EWR-Princeton-JFK!!

I have this really complicated day in the middle of my us trip!! I land into newark at 7am after a red eye from las vegas. I have to pick up my son from his camp in Princeton at 3pm, and then the next morning catch an early morning (7.30 am) flight out of JFK!

Can someone please help me with where i shd stay (near JFK? near EWR? Manhattan?) and how i shd go abt commuting to and fro! Is this likely to be a mess?

EWR-Princeton-JFK!!

It sure sounds like it%26#39;s going to be not only a mess but very tiring for you. If your son will have a lot of stuff with him, it would probably be most convenient to rent a car and drive, but you will be positively exhausted, so not a good idea. If your flight is at 7:30 am out of JFK, if it%26#39;s an international flight, you%26#39;d have to be there at 5:30 am. I%26#39;d stay out at JFK but you will have an endless day of traveling the day before.

Your options from Newark to Princeton besides driving are train (njtransit.com) or a van service

http://www.goairporter.com/

That same van service might provide transport to JFK from Princeton too.

None of the JFK hotels are great. The Holiday Inn Express gets decent reviews here. A friend recently used the Courtyard Marriott at JFK and said the rooms were newly done with great beds and nice showers. Keep in mind most of the shuttle services from the hotels to the airport don%26#39;t start running til 6 or 7 so you%26#39;ll probably have to arrange for early transport. Good luck.

EWR-Princeton-JFK!!

thanks!!! Prob best to hire a limo from ewr to princeton then ny then sleep early and get a cab to jfk. Prob cost me a packet but seems like the only viable option. This way we can snooze in the back seat! Thanks so much!!!

Train from EWR to Princeton. pick up kid - train to penn Station NY, connect to LIRR to Jamaca, stay at a hotel near Jamaca Station (Airtran to JFK)

PS for an flight that early you can get to the airport around 6 and be OK. - get your boarding pass online 24 hours in advance.

Al%26#39;s plan is fine until the last part -- Jamaica Statition is in a somewhat seedy area, with a downright crummy area directly adjacent to it. You do NOT want to stay near Jamaica station of the LIRR. As mediocre-at-best as the JFK hotels are, you are better off there than in dowtown Jamaica.