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Travel Advice needed
Hello Ladies.
DH's great aunt died yesterday. So we are going to have to go to the funeral sometime this week. She lives in Staten Island NY. SO here are my 2 questions. Should we travel up the night before and get a room and then go to the funeral the next day then come home?? or can it all be done in one day of travel?? Also, are we better off driving or is there an easy way to take a train?? I am looking for something the most cost efficent and with as little frustration as possible. I am not familiar AT ALL with the drive.
Re: Travel Advice needed
I don't have any travel advice.
I'm sorry for the loss in your family.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I'm not really familiar with that area, but I think it would be alot of driving for one day. I guess it also depends on what time the funeral is. If it's later at night you probably aren't going to want to drive home, so if that's the case maybe drive up there and go to the funeral and then stay the night?
First of all, sorry for your loss.
You can do it in one day... do you know what day of the week the funeral is? That would make a difference for MY travel choices. Weekday -- I'd stay overnight unless your DH and you are up for driving up very early and fighting rush-hour traffic.
There's not going to be a good way to take the train to Staten Island without changing trains a couple of times and then how would you get from church/funeral home/burial site/after-luncheon?
I am so sorry for your loss.
Will there be a wake as well? Usually that is the night before, so you might want/have to go up the night before for that. The drive definitely can be done in one day, but it also depends on what time the funeral is. There is a lot of traffic in that area, so you want to leave time to get there.
First, sorry for your loss.
Second, while it can all be done in one day, I would go up the night before. If you were to drive to Staten Island in the morning during the week you would have a lo of traffic to deal with (unless you left south Jersey after 10am or so).
We drive to Staten Island frequntly, it's how we get to Manhatten (we drive into SI, pay $6 to park and take the free ferry into NYC). The drive is about 2 hours in non-rush hour traffic. I don't think it's possible to take public trans there, plus like the pp said, you would be w/out a car for all of the funeral stuff.
First of all, I'm sorry for your family's loss. ?
It can certainly be done in one day. ?Your arrangements really depend on time of day. ??
Traffic will be a nightmare because you are going to fight both Philly & NY traffic. ?It used to take me 1.5 hours to drive to Sayreville/New Brunswick area which isn't too far from Staten Island - but you will have even more traffic to fight through than I did. ?I used to leave at about 6:00 - 6:30am to really avoid heavy heavy traffic. ?If you leave around the same time, I would give yourself at least 2.5 hours to get there. ?If you leave any later, you're going to need to give yourself even more time.?
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THanks for the advice. We do not know the details yet. She passed away yesterday. While it is sad, she died at 99 years old! She really had a very full and active life up until 3 years ago. So, while it is sad to lose her, it isnt surprising and she did have a wonderfully full life.
When I know more details I will decide when we are going to go. We really cant afford to spend any money on a hotel room, but if we can find something cheap it might be worth it to save us the frustration. Also, my uncle lives in Manhatten, maybe we can use him as some sort of resource.