(Providence RI) T.F. Green Airport offers travelers a variety of airlines with diverse service areas.
Air Canada
Reservations - (888) 247-2262
Markets served (non-stop) - Toronto
Cape Air
(seasonal)
Reservations - (800) 352-0714
Markets served (non-stop)- Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket
Continental Airlines/Continental Express
Reservations - (800) 525-0280
Markets served (non-stop) - Cleveland and Newark
Delta Airlines/Delta Connection/Northwest Airlines
Reservations - (800) 221-1212
Markets served (non-stop) - Atlanta, Detroit and Minneapolis/St. Paul
Southwest Airlines
Reservations - (800) 435-9792
Markets served (non-stop) - Baltimore-Washington, Chicago Midway, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix, Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale
United Airlines/United Airlines Express
Reservations - (800) 241-6522
Markets served (non-stop) - Chicago O'Hare
and Washington Dulles
US Airways
Reservations - (800) 428-4322
Markets served (non-stop) - Charlotte, NC, NY LGA, Philadelphia, and Washington - Reagan National
sj, insent with a copy of the updated RFP. I submitted it to the Providence Visitors and Convention Bureau.
Planning guide -- [link]
I like the one on the water! They all look fine.
Trudy, I'll send you the updated RFP, and javachik to be a completist.
Oh, and DX said that he'd come to a Providence F2F but he wouldn't offer to help organize it.
Planning guide -- [link] I like the one on the water! They all look fine.
Thank you. I have already submitted the RFP to all of the hotels in Providence that I think are suitable, and I am waiting to hear back from several of them. I am not sure which hotel you mean by the one on the water, but if you are referring to any of the hotels in Newport, I seriously doubt that they would be affordable or offer us any kind of deal in the summer months, since that is their busy season.
Also, there's a commuter train (not Amtrak) that runs from Providence to Boston (run by the MA transit system). Hours are limited, natch, but they are seven days a week (I swear once upon a time they didn't go all the way to Providence on the weekends).
Providence pimping
Federal Hill in Providence is a historic Italian neighborhood with great restaurants and some interesting shops. You might want to make reservations ahead of time for some of the restaurants: link
Here is a list of restaurants in the College Hill area of Providence (near Brown University) where there are also some very cool stores: link
Roger Williams Zoo: link
Newport has historic homes that you can visit, great restaurants, and is a fun place to just walk around on a good weather day: link
You can see pictures of the historic homes in Newport here: link
This is the mall right in downtown. There is great shopping (including Lush!), lots of popular restaurants, a movie theater, a Dave and Busters, and if anyone wants to do a manicure day here, I’d be happy to make the appointments: link
The Rhode Island School of Design has a very nice museum and gift shop: link
There is a list here of other galleries people might be interested in going to in the area: link
Here is a general website for the city of Providence: link
Links for transportation to and from the city can be found here: link
Waterfire is an interesting thing to do in Providence in the evening. They don't have their summer schedule up yet, but more information can be found here: link
Providence to Boston is about an hour by car.
Providence to Newport is about 45 minutes by car, and the Narragansett beach area is about 15 minutes closer.
Providence to Worcester is about 45 minutes by car.
If anyone wants to do a day trip to any of these places, we can probably arrange a carpool with localistas including TCG and I.
I’d be happy to pick up people from the TF Green Providence Airport (Which is technically in Warwick) if I can and I get some advanced notice.
If there is anything else that people are interested in and want to know about, just ask me.
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Side note: I'm also concerned that adding a third date to the mix may have split the vote. June 26-27 is leading substantially at the moment (the only non-NYC weekend), but the two July dates (if added together) equal the exact same number. I didn't add a question about how many people couldn't attend, but I'm concerned about this situation. Anyone who would like to hash this out, please join us in conversation in F2F.
sj - do you know if Al Forno is still in business, and is it's reputation still as good as it used to be? At least, was it before you moved away?
I've just heard about it for years, but never managed to get there.
