Pre-orientation Travel to Providence
Hello Spring Semester Students-
For those of you who will be catching the bus at Port Authority bus
station(in NYC)on your way to pre-travel orientation it would be best if
you pre-purchase your ticket before you get to the station. You can do
this by following the steps described below. (Once you get to Providence
you will be met by Global LAB staff. Your travel arrangements and expenses
will be provided for from there through your departure for Morocco and
India.)
There will be a number of you meeting at the station. There are four
students signed up for Morocco and six students signed up for India and it
appears most of you will be joining the group via a bus ride from NYC to
Providence. If you familiarize yourself with the blogs you will see some
familiar faces when you get to the bus station!
To book a bus ticket to travel from the Port Authority bus station in New
York City to the Providence Greyhound Station in Providence, Rhode Island,
follow the convenient directions below:
1) Go to http://www.peterpanbus.com/tickets/fares.php
2) Select 'New York Port Authority NY' as origin city, and 'Providence
Terminal RI' as destination city and then click 'Continue'.
3) Scroll about halfway down the page to see the list of bus times. If
you wish to purchase an electronic ticket, select 'Online' for the 1:30
bus. If you wish to purchase a ticket which will be delivered in the
mail, select 'By mail'. *Note, if you select 'Online' it will bring you to
a screen with 14 different trip options. New York to Providence is the
first one, so simply select that to be brought to the purchasing screen*
4) Enter February 15, 2008 and your name to purchase a ticket.
If you are FLYING into a NYC airport or to Newark airport you can catch
either a shared form of transporation (shuttle bus or subway/train) or a
taxi to get you to Port Authority. (The bus from Newark to Port Authority
costs $13.) Allow as much time as possible for to get from the airport to
the bus station. Ideally you want to have at least two hours between your
arrival time and your bus departure and more would be even better. (If you
get to Port Authority early there are plenty magazine and coffee shops
that you can explore until your bus departs).
We will be sending emergency phone numbers to all of you via email before
departure that you can use in the event you miss the bus the group will be
on and need to catch a later one. (These will connect you to Global LAB
staff).
If you have other questions about pre-travel planning or preparations you
can contact me or Tracy Joosten (our India co-leader) who many of you will
be getting to know soon!
Michelle