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This is too short of a ride for a car service-- it is slightly less than 10 minutes. No car service is going to do that or if they would they'll charge you a ton for it. Just use Uber or Lyft.

You are already incredibly close to the airport at the Intercontinental-- about 10 minutes in a car. Its right across the harbor. You could go stay physically at the airport at the Hyatt Regency or Hilton but neither of them are as nice of a hotel as the Intercontinental and frankly not much closer from a driving standpoint.

Its not enormous. If he is a fanatic I would say 2-3 hours would give you a very, very in depth experience. You could easily Uber doing all of it. I personally would not rent a car based on what you are describing.

You still might come out ahead cost wise overall. The other thing to consider is that Santa Monica is so walkable (as opposed to other places) so you certainly don't need a car to do anything within Santa Monica.

A lot to unpack here given its several scenarios. Given what you've said, if the only thing you want to do outside of Santa Monica is the Petersen Museum (which is a huge favorite of mine), just don't rent a car at all and Uber to Santa Monica on arrival and then Uber back and forth to the Petersen the day you want to visit. You'll save money that way vs paying for parking nightly at your hotel, paying for parking at the Petersen, gas, and rental costs. No sense renting a car just to do a quick trip to the Petersen and no stress having to drive. I've stopped renting cars on trips to LA that I stay in one area or don't have to move around much. UberX is quick, relatively inexpensive, and can provide a lot less stress not having to find parking. Again, a few options here depending on what you do or if you take my advice above. If you don't rent a car at all I still think you'll come out ahead cost wise even with the longer Uber ride down to San Pedro. If you do rent a car you can usually return the car after hours at most locations with a drop box for the keys-- just confirm. BUT, and you should check this, one way rentals like this can come with significant fees that might not be immediately apparent since you wouldnt be picking up and dropping off at LAX. That also might tip not renting a car at all and just Ubering over in terms of cost savings.

The Intercontinental Boston definitely has bell staff and a doorman on at 5am but I agree that Uber will be helpful at that hour.

Depending on the length of the back to back from Maryland, you might want to look at Amtrak as an option into Newark Penn Station and Uber over to Cape Liberty and just leave the car at home. Two round trip Amtrak Regional tickets and the Ubers would be a lot less than $30 a day for 14 days (assuming its a 14 day B2B).

It depends on the hotel or hotel brand. They're not required to offer day rooms at all so if its a busier season there might be little to no day room availability as they would rather sell the room for a night. As travel has picked up substantially, day room availability in general has plummeted. For an easy way to search a big brand the Marriott day use rate code is ZDY which you can search across all their brands in their app or website.

Do double check where in New York you are docking. If it is a B2B (vs a port stop) there is the possibility you are docking in Brooklyn which would change things quite a bit in that it will take you time on each end to get to and from Manhattan. If you are docking at the Manhattan Cruise Terminal then a lot of the above advice works.

We've done the afternoon tea at both the Hamilton Princess as well as the Rosewood. The Hamilton Princess is the more traditional of the two with the tiered sandwiches and pastries etc. The Rosewood is a little more of a modern rendition. Both are good but if you are looking for something traditional I would do the Hamilton Princess. Afternoon tea and high tea are two completely different things. Afternoon tea is what you are describing. High tea is a traditionally working class supper with meats, fish, etc that was usually eaten standing up after a day of labor.

It is a real beach but only exists because of the manmade breakwaters that are just off shore. Frigate Bay is fine but calling it magnificent is a bit of a stretch. We've also had times there that the seaweed was so bad that you couldn't get in the water so worth keeping in mind. Of course thats why having access to the resort's pools comes in handy. I'm not disputing that it is nice, it is, but lets not oversell it with magnificent. If you want a magnificent beach take the ferry over to Nevis and visit Pinney's or head to Cockelshell Beach a bit further on St Kitts where the Park Hyatt is at.

I'm with Charles on this one-- get out of the Dockyard area and go see the actual island. Once you get back from the tour, if you leave first thing, you'll have enough time to wander around the Dockyard area.

Cambridge is fine and quite nice-- its the area where Harvard University is. It's just a bit further out from the normal tourist areas of Boston proper.

The three main resort areas where there are courses are Kapalua, Kaanapali, and Wailea. Out of all of them The Plantation Course at Kapalua is most likely the most well known and is pretty spectacular. It is quite expensive to play though at $395 a round. You also have the Bay Course there which is slightly less spectacular and commensurately priced. The Royal Course at Kaanapali is ok. Its older, fairly flat, and the clubhouse facilities are just ok. But its well located. The greens are fast. I have not played the Kai Course-- the other one-- in a while so cant really comment but would suspect its well maintained as the Royal Course is. Wailea's Gold course would be the way to go there. The King Kamehameha Golf Club is really quite spectacular (the amazing clubhouse was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright). If your home course has a reciprocal agreement with them by all means do it. But otherwise it is the only fully private one I'm listing here. It does have a nicer atmosphere overall being a private club vs the more resorty feel you get in Kapalua or Wailea. The course, while not quite as challenging as Plantation, is a little bit better maintained I think simply because it has less traffic on it. If I was going to Maui to play and had the ability to pick one I would just do the Plantation Course. Go big or go home.

They don't though. Just looking at Avis-- most close between 2pm and 3pm daily. One is only open on Sunday from 8am-noon. SeaTac is 24/7. The franchised downtown locations of the major rental car companies can be a craps shoot and on international one ways can cost significantly more when using them vs a corporate owned location. Also rental companies will show "sold out" to these franchised locations on an international rental but show availability to their corporate owned location at SeaTac. I used to do this all the time. This I agree with.

There are zero-- no Manhattan hotel offers an airport shuttle to any of the 3 main airports. At JFK you can take a taxi for a flat fare, but at the others Uber/Lyft will be the way to go. Yes-- all will be available. Sometimes Uber/Lyft are allowed to pick up at the MCT and sometimes not. Sometimes you'll need to cross the street to the other side of 12th Ave to get a taxi/Uber. For $400 you can get something decent (as long as its not a holiday or a special event is going on). INK48 is often mentioned here and is very close to the pier. I am not at all a fan of Times Square (and don't recommend you be either) but if one had to stay near Times Square (and therefore close to the MCT as well) The Algonquin, City Club Hotel, and Casablanca Hotels are quite nice and MAY be close to that $400 a night. Also take a look at hotels near Bryant Park which are on the other side of Times Square and the area is much less hectic. The Library Hotel there is a gem. A little further north another nice option that could be in your budget would be the Intercontinental The Barclay. I'm sure others will have other recs-- aside from INK48 these are all places I have personal experience with over the years and can vouch for. They might not all be in your budget on a particular night but there is a chance that one of them will be.

There are literally hundreds of hotels close to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal ranging from budget costing a couple hundred a night to 5 star options costing several thousand a night. We need more here-- budget, preferences, etc to even start to provide decent advice.

If I were doing what you are looking to do I would be looking in Beacon Hill/West End, Back Bay, South Boston, and maybe the Financial District/Waterfront area. All of those would put you within walking distance of most things (South Boston would be a little bit more of a walk than the others). In the West End (which is adjacent to Beacon Hill and near North Station/Garden) is a complex called Longfellow Place. They might have short term rentals-- we recently put someone there for work for a few weeks and they had a good experience. The city is very walkable from it.

This I agree with-- I would take the train a million times before I would deal with the fees and hassle of a one way international rental. I only did it because work at the time was paying for it-- the one way drop fees and international fees they hit you with can be exorbitant.

I'm speaking generally here because I don't know who you are potentially renting from but the major car rental offices downtown are mostly franchised and located in hotels/parking garages. They do not offer shuttles and often have limited hours that are geared mainly towards business travel during the week. Having often rented cars in the past between Vancouver and Seattle I think you will find that the most economical options will have you dropping off at SeaTac (which is an owned/operated site by most major rental car companies). They do not offer a shuttle downtown or to the pier. You would need to Uber. The car rental center at SeaTac though is quite easy to navigate and is very easy to use-- you are just a bit of a distance from downtown. Like I said above though-- the savings might be worth it.

Carnival departs from Midtown Manhattan so you are going to have to make the trek into the City at some point. $300 can still get you something decent in Manhattan on the right days-- a 3 or possibly 4 star hotel. And then you have the added benefit of all the City has to offer in terms of sightseeing and restaurants as well as being very close to the ship the next day. I would see if something in Times Square or Midtown fits your budget first and then push out to Jersey only if you had to. An UberX from EWR to Midtown is going to be about $65 all in including tolls and taxes. I would check Lyft too. You can of course book a car service but it will cost a bit more. Don't take a taxi from EWR-- New Jersey taxis are generally awful. Carnival doesn't have a dedicated terminal-- you'll be departing from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on the West Side. Its set up a lot like an airport with arrival and departure levels-- you'll be dropped off and drop your luggage like any other cruise terminal and then head up to check in.

You can’t really- the big competitions are all based on surf conditions. For example, the Eddie Aikau— the more famous of them, is scheduled this year to take place between Dec 14 and March 12, 2024 only when average wave height reaches 40 ft. They can’t schedule these things on a particular date- just a range and when the surf is big enough they go.

The walk from the Dufferin Terrace (upper town where the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac is) to the Citadel is about 15-20 minutes and can be done without any cobblestones. The main square, Place Royale, is the main area with cobblestones-- the roads and sidewalks for the most part are smooth paved and even in area where the roadway is cobblestone in and around the older lower town, the sidewalks are smooth.

The airport shuttle is a water launch from the airport-- not a car. Cars can't access Murano at all and very limitedly Venice proper. As cruisemom said-- unless touring Murano is a big part of what you want to accomplish in Venice, it will put you at a disadvantage with the limited time you have to see the main sites. Wouldn't be my first choice either. Find a spot in Venice thats fits your budget that ideally has their own private dock or is near Piazzale Roma or adjacent Santa Lucia Station.

If your intention is to spend most of your time in Murano then by all means, but much like Venice proper, hotels along the canals in Murano you can access directly from a water taxi but you'll be schlepping luggage in Murano to hotels that are not on canals just as you would in Venice. If the intention is to spend most of your time in Venice then you'll just waste a bunch of time commuting between the two. With only two days I would splurge for a hotel with their own private dock in Venice proper and just also splurge for a water taxi to get there. You'll stay right where you can walk to most things and you won't have to drag your luggage anywhere.