I too would stay the first night in Boston and start my Cape vacation a bit refreshed the next morning after a good night's sleep. ... more

... kicks), and pick-up your rental you'll be hitting the road at 5 or 5:30. It's not a complicated drive and Thursday evening traffic shouldn't be TOO bad ... but, you would be starting out at the height of the usual commuter rush hour. ... and even if ... more

... concern here. As stated, travel fatigue, coupled with driving on the 'wrong side' of the road, would be enough to dissuade me from traveling to the Cape immediately after arrival. The airport hotels are cheap and cheery and there is easy access to car rental places from most of them ... more

... I always start my summer vacation on a Saturday monring by driving from just outside of Boston, THRU the city and down to N.Truro (just next door to P-town) and I drive home on a Saturday, checking out of our rental at 10, hanging in Ptown for a ... more

... in August for the same rental since 1992 or 1993. We've never encountered more than a 3 mile backup at the bridge ... and this was back in rotary days ... the last few years, without the rotary have less than 2 miles. I once got stuck on the section of ... more

... Cod. Our goal for this vacation is to be able to lie on the beach during the day and and go out at night dancing. I have a few questions: A) Which hotel would be best for beach access? Also, which hotel is best located to the clubs etc? B ... more

... bad during the week; try to avoid the obvious business rush hour traffic hours when traveling through Boston or Providence, etc. Weekend traffic is terrible, but if you were visiting for a week from Saturday to Saturday you could secure a rental home rather than a hotel for the week ... more

... more energy than me on vacation, but I would suggest that you should choose one island for a day trip as opposed to trying to do both in a one week period. Once you firm up your itinerary, I would buy ferry tickets on line as July is peak season ... more