Martha's Vineyard Day Trip with Optional Island Tour from Boston
Description
We are a veteran owned coach service to Martha's Vineyard. Our ease of booking, convenient pickup and drop-off locations and comfortable, air-conditioned coach will provide you with a memorable experience. Enjoy a short ride from Boston to Woods Hole where you will board the Steamship Authority with no lines or waiting in a holding area. With us, you will have time to enjoy breakfast and coffee from a local cafe before boarding. As always, round-trip ferry tickets, snacks, water, island maps, discount food cards and commentary are all included. Island tour option; Unlike other tours, THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL BUS TOUR. A wonderful 3 hour, full island tour in one of our 14 passenger, air-conditioned, high-top vans is the best way to see the island. Tour goes through all 6 towns with stops along the way for pictures and restrooms. Our guides are the best in the business!
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Itinerary
Enjoy being picked up directly from your hotel's front door. Our large 12-14 passenger coach will provide an outstanding customer experience. Live, historical commentary provided by your driver as you traverse around Boston.
While traveling to the Steamship Authority, enjoy engaging in full, live commentary by your driver/guide. Learning about historic locations such as; Plymouth, Cape Cod Canal, Bourne and local Native Americans reservations.
Once on Cape Cod, your excursion includes a mini tour of Falmouth. We travel through downtown, view the marvelous cedar shake houses and travel the coast for views of the Vineyard Sound.
After a short trip around Falmouth, let's take a beautiful visit at the Nobska lighthouse. This historic locations offers amazing picture opportunities, an outer house walk-around and cliff views.
We arrive at the Woods Hole Steamship Authority at about 9:00am. That is 30 minutes before your vessel departs the terminal. This allows our guest plenty of time to explore town or stop in a local cafe for a coffee and a breakfast sandwich before boarding the 9:30am ferry to Oak Bluffs. We are the only company in Boston that offers this experience.
Your ferry ride from Woods Hole to Oak Bluffs is 45 minutes. While on-board you may enjoy inside, A/C seating or walk about the massive passenger deck for outstanding pictures of both Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod. Concessions and restrooms are on the ferry for your convenience. As always, round-trip ferry tickets are included.
Once on Martha's Vineyard, all guest will have roughly 6 hours to explore at their leisure. You are welcome to rent bikes, take the city bus, order a ride share or take a 3-hour island with our affiliate partners (additional fee). Those who wish to take the 3-hour tour option will be greeted by the tour directed at the Oak Bluffs harbor
Your ferry leaves Oak Bluffs at 3:45pm. Relax after a bustling excursion of the island on your 45 minute ride back to Woods Hole. You will be greeted by your original tour guide in Woods Hole at 4:30pm.
From Woods Hole to Boston is roughly a 2-hour ride. Feel free to offer feedback on your day to one of our expert drivers. We strive to get guest back in the Boston area for about 6:30 pm Your expert guide will provide you with local Boston cuisine recommendations and events
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pickup from MOST ALL hotels in downtown Boston ONLY. Several in Cambridge, Seaport and South Boston. If you are not staying at a downtown Boston hotel, you may be asked to meet at one of the many pickup points within the city. We do NOT pick-up from airport location hotels, sorry. The tour coordinator will contact you 24 hours in advance to make arrangements. Thanks! Please call us if you were not given an exact time. International customers, please download WhatsApp for communication. We do not refund no-show customers.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- A maximum of 28 people per booking.
- Not wheelchair accessible, very sorry for the inconvenience
- Guest may be asked to meet at a different location other than the hotel listed. This is to ensure smooth and timely departure from Boston.
- Guest will be notified one day prior to pickup with time and location
- It is the guest responsibility to check messages via voicemail, text, WhatsApp or email
- We do issue refunds for no show customers
- Our drivers have a strict five minute wait policy. The itinerary is meticulously crafted.
Reviews(429)
We had a lovely time. The weather was beautiful. Our tour guide, Rory, was knowledgeable, helpful, and made excellent recommendations for food and shopping. Directions were clear and everything ran smoothly. We opted to spend the day at MV walking around and utilizing the free bus, instead of the 3 hour tour. That worked really well. Great time and company, thanks Rory!
Both the driver and the tour guide were exceptional . Both knew so much about the city of Boston and the Island. It rained so hard on the way back. Our driver handled the road was calm and made the trip so enjoyable.
The Martha’s Vineyard trip was a memorable one. Rory our guide/driver was very punctual, very through with his explanation which made the bus ride enjoyable. At the Vineyard, Mark was waiting for us and we toured the island in his minibus. Being a local he was very knowledgeable, giving us fun facts.
Loved our driver Rory and our island tour guide Paul!
Matt and his beautiful fiancée picked us up in front of our hotel. A comfortable ride with great commentary and a little history of the island set the tone for the tour. Dropped us off in Cape Cod at the ferry port early. A quick coffe, french danish and a little time for shopping before we boarded the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. Easy ride, arrived and our guide Paul was waiting for us to get our tour started. Paul is a fourth generation islander with a passion for this stunning island. He knew everyone and everythin about the island. A couple of photo stops and rr breaks and we returned to Port to shop and grab a smoothie. Reversed trip back to our hotel, enoying conversation and scenery of Boston. A great day trip!
Amazing and well coordinated experience. The 3-hour guided tour was exceptional….learned a lot about MV.
This trip was very good but the time on MV could have been timed better
Enjoyed the tour and saw the value of it for a first time visit. Tour guide is totally invested and loves the island. Not enough time to explore on your own or have a relaxing sit down lunch. We had an hour on our own after we disembarked before the tour finished.
Everything was great except the weather on the way back caused the Ferry to cancel and we had to spend the night on Martha’s Vineyard. Matt had no control over it but it was crazy! Otherwise, the tour itself was great.
The tour was a great way to visit Cape Cod from Boston. Rory was a great guide.
