Where is the best place to park car for 5-days for Logan?
Where is the best place (cost effective) to park a car for 5-days when I travel from Easton, MA to Logan? I'll only have a carry-on, so I'm OK taking public transportation from some point if that makes sense.
I'd drive all the way in and park at Preflight Parking. Go to their Web site for a 25 percent discount coupon. That cuts the price to $13.50 a day, or $67.50 for the five days. That's less than parking at Logan Express in Braintree for $11 a day plus the round trip bus fare.
Taking the T from the Quincy Adams stop is a little cheaper, but changing from the red line to either the orange or the green, then to the blue line, and then to the airport bus is a pain.
If you know someone who lives near the LE terminal, leaving the car at their place and taking a taxi to/from the bus might be an option.
Taking the T from the Quincy Adams stop is a little cheaper, but changing from the red line to either the orange or the green, then to the blue line, and then to the airport bus is a pain.
If you take the T from Quincy Adams, it makes no sense to connect to the orange or green line to the blue line; rather, it's a very easy connection to the Silver Line at South Station, which brings you right to the terminal, without the need to catch the MassPort airport bus.
I second preflight parking!
With preflight parking, you can also earn points. I think it was something to the effect of buy 20 days at regular price, get 5 days free parking!
I used most of my 20 days for work travel and used the 5 days free parking for a trip last year.
If you take the T from Quincy Adams, it makes no sense to connect to the orange or green line to the blue line; rather, it's a very easy connection to the Silver Line at South Station, which brings you right to the terminal, without the need to catch the MassPort airport bus.
Good point. I've never used the Silver Line, it's never gone where I needed to go, so it's not top of mind.
I'd personally still drive and park at Preflight, but that evens things a bit. At $8 a day for overnight parking at the Quincy Adams station, that's $40 plus round-trip T fare, versus $67.50 plus the cost of about 25 miles more on the car and a tunnel or bridge toll to drive all the way. The OP would save over $20 that way, and the hassle-wait factor on the T is slightly offset by the shuttle to the parking lot. If "cost-effective" means what it sounds like, that could make sense. (If you drive to North Quincy, the MBTA Web site says parking is only $5 a day, but I've never been there so I don't know how easy it is to reach that station or how likely the lot is to be full when you get there.)
