10-24-2017, 08:21 PM
(10-24-2017, 07:45 AM)SammyOES Wrote:(10-23-2017, 10:15 PM)tomh009 Wrote: I've done the drive twice (for work -- plus once for a vacation). No fun in my opinion.
I leave Kitchener at 4 AM to catch a 6:30 flight from YYZ to EWR, and I get to the office just before 9:00. Mr Google says that by driving I would arrive sometime between 12:00 and 1:30, assuming zero stops. Yes, I need to rent a car, but I spend 45 minutes having breakfast and sleep 90 minutes on the plane -- and still arrive 3-4 hours earlier. And neither security or US immigration are a problem at that time of morning.
Flying to NYC in the morning of a workday is a lot different than flying out of NYC on the evening of a holiday weekend. Flying can definitely be faster - my record is just under 4 hours door-to-door from Kitchener. (Pretty proud of that. )
My record the other way is something like 15-16 hours.
That's kind of my point though, I have found flying to be really unreliable. Driving OTOH seemed to be fairly reliable, especially on weekends with friends. Alone, I'd probably hop on a bus or train, at least I can work reliably the whole way down.