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  1. yaguri avatar

    Re: Public Transportation from Southern Vermont to Truro, Cape Cod

    by yaguri 30 June 2011

    What's with the sudden popularity of Manchester, VT? See [this|http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2069967] thread…

  2. nilsy avatar

    RE: Winter in N. New England?

    by nilsy 22 April 2010

    My mistake - not sure why I said "outlet," I should have just said "lot's of stores." I'm not a shopper, but if OP is interested in…

  3. carracar avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by carracar 05 January 2009

    Oh yes...Now I remember... That's the place the Beatles built a Cathedral...carracar

  4. mrpenney avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by mrpenney 05 January 2009

    >Now will the real Manchester, please stand up The one in England is the real one--the others are all cheap knockoffs. --M.

  5. carracar avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by carracar 05 January 2009

    Actually I passed thru the area in Nov. I recall Manchester Junction,Manchester center & Manchester Village. As on can see above, I'm…

  6. cybergal avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by cybergal 05 January 2009

    I only realised that there was an airport in Rutland, of course, because of your post in #3. Because when you google 'nearest airport…

  7. bzookaj avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by bzookaj 05 January 2009

    I did miss your post. I think flying to Rutland and taking the bus would be the easiest way to do it. Might be the cheapest as well.…

  8. cybergal avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by cybergal 05 January 2009

    The Manchester I mean doesn't appear to have an airport. Albany is the nearest biggie. But I can get a Chicago-Boston-Rutland flight on…

  9. carracar avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by carracar 05 January 2009

    What the hell... I mis read, the head... me bad. Me take more coffiee now...carracar

  10. Ogie_Ogilthorpe avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by Ogie_Ogilthorpe 05 January 2009

    carracar, Vermont, not NH.

  11. carracar avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by carracar 05 January 2009

    What the hell...SOUTHWEST flies Chicago - Manchester % flights a day ... with economy...currently from $180...carracar

  12. cybergal avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by cybergal 05 January 2009

    I think you might have missed my post in #5.

  13. bzookaj avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by bzookaj 05 January 2009

    Burlington is almost twice as far from Manchester as Albany, but it is closer to Rutland. Your choice, really. Because it bears mentioni…

  14. cybergal avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by cybergal 05 January 2009

    Is Burlington nearer to Manchester than Rutland?

  15. trekker502 avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by trekker502 05 January 2009

    I would think that Burlington also has a large airport, and maybe a train.

  16. cybergal avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by cybergal 05 January 2009

    Ooh - Rutland has an airport too (though I'd have to fly from Chicago via Boston).

  17. cybergal avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by cybergal 05 January 2009

    Thanks - you're a star.

  18. bzookaj avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by bzookaj 05 January 2009

    Found it. [*Rutland-Manchester Bus*|http://www.thebus.com/routes/rt7commuter.htm]. Only six days a week, so plan accordingly.

  19. cybergal avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by cybergal 05 January 2009

    Thanks - bum. It does look difficult. And expensive. I wonder how much a taxi from Rutland (I can get there by train from Albany) to…

  20. bzookaj avatar

    RE: Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by bzookaj 05 January 2009

    Albany is the closest. [*Manchester website*|http://www.manchestervermont.net/directions.php], options at the bottom. It's going to be…

  21. cybergal avatar

    Getting from Chicago to Manchester, Vermont

    by cybergal 05 January 2009

    I'm a non driver. I +think+ the nearest airport to Manchester is Albany so I guess I can fly that leg, but then how do I get from Albany…

  22. nilsy avatar

    Advice on New England itinerary

    by nilsy 25 September 2007

    Brooktrout's right about the White Mountains, but I'd say that Vermont is more charming. With two weeks you could do both without too…

  23. psw avatar

    Outlet shopping East Coast

    by psw 24 February 2007

    Another thought - if you're going from Cape Cod up north without passing through Boston, you'll be on Rt. 495. There's an outlet center…

  24. Ye Olde Thorn Tree avatar

    Where are you from?

    by Ye Olde Thorn Tree 16 December 2002

    Carneys Point, New Jersey, USA
    Have lived in Pennsylvania; New York City; Wilmington, Delaware; Arlington and Manchester, Vermont;…

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