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Q: We are travelling on a Celebrity cruise in September finishing at New York, well infact not strictly New York as it docks at Bayonne on the other side of the Hudson river. We ave had included an overnight room at a good hotel but at Newark Int Airport only to have to travel the next day to JFK for the overnight flight home - very messy! Has anyone experienced this with Celebrity and does anyone have a good idea about the best way to transit New York from Newark to JFK without paying the earth!

Submitted by:Linton, Keighley on 12th Aug 2008
Subject: Celebrity Cruises/Constellation/North America

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Answer by Aldrich, Newbury (12 Aug 08 20:02) to a QUESTION by Linton (12 Aug 08 19:38)

Why have you opted to stay at EWR when your flight is from JFK? Personally I would stay the night in Manhattan, enjoy the city and then catch a cab to JFK. To get from Bayonne to Manhatten we caught a cab to Hoboken ($40) and then caught the PATH train over to 34th St and we exited right opposite Macys. A very central location and the PATH train cost $1.50pp. However, with your current situation you have no option other than get a cab, or a private limo or a shared shuttle (supershuttle.com) The problem with a cab is you will be charged double as NJ registered cabs are not allowed to pick up in NY (those are the states). It is like a cab from Yorkshire not being allowed to pick up anyone in Lancashire. So if you catch a NJ registered cab to JFK he will have to travel back to NJ empty.

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Comment by Linton, Keighley (15 Aug 08 20:49) about an ANSWER by Aldrich (12 Aug 08 20:02)

Thanks for the very helpful comments. The cruise company booked us in to the Marriott at EWR as part of the package. I suspect there are several other parties who have the same problem as us. We had thought of forgetting the hotel at EWR and just finding one in Manhatten (where we have stayed before) making the transfer to JFK much simpler, perhaps that's what we ought to do. An added difficulty is that my wife is disabled and would have difficulty carrying luggage on and off a train. As an aside, although we thought the price for the cruise was very good value, we notice that the americam cruise agencies are advertising it at an even better price (putting on one side the airfare!).