Martha's Vineyard with Car

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Can anyone tell me if there is another ferry that will get me to MV with my car other then Steamship Authority?

[janegold]

Not that I'm aware of.

[scm1011]

I don't think so.

[donthasslethehoff]

@sloanpeterson ,are you asking because everything is booked? I just tried making a reservation for mid-August and everything is booked. My friends who live on island says the wait list always works. You just have to schedule a hypothetical trip to be able to get on the wait list. I am not too worried.

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Jun 24, 2016 10:40:23 GMT -5 donthasslethehoff said:

@sloanpeterson ,are you asking because everything is booked? I just tried making a reservation for mid-August and everything is booked. My friends who live on island says the wait list always works. You just have to schedule a hypothetical trip to be able to get on the wait list. I am not too worried.

Yes omg its booked through Oct. LOL

I will def try waitlist thank you so much

[donthasslethehoff]

Jun 24, 2016 11:53:30 GMT -5 @sloanpeterson said:

Jun 24, 2016 10:40:23 GMT -5 donthasslethehoff said:

@sloanpeterson ,are you asking because everything is booked? I just tried making a reservation for mid-August and everything is booked. My friends who live on island says the wait list always works. You just have to schedule a hypothetical trip to be able to get on the wait list. I am not too worried.

Yes omg its booked through Oct. LOL

I will def try waitlist thank you so much

What ends up happening is the people who go back and forth constantly essentially book all their hypothetical trips right at the start of spring so everything books up quick and as their plans change (as they always do) trips open up. Don't be discouraged!

The only thing that does suck and I might not be 100% correct with this, but if you want to be on the waitlist, you have to actually book and pay for a trip. If you end up not getting in off the waitlist (which you can have it look for available trips until the day before you want to go), and you end up cancelling your original trip under 14 days from its scheduled time, you might only get credit, and not an actual refund of the $175 or so that it costs.

We need to go from a Friday until Sunday, and the only real trip that was available was Thursday night late boat (at like 9:45pm) and a Monday night late boat. If we don't get in off the wait list, we will need to cancel this trip all together.

[hw77]

Wow I had no idea it was so tough to take the car ferry. Only taken the passenger ferry with bikes, backpacks for the weekend (no kids )

[donthasslethehoff]

Jun 27, 2016 9:00:58 GMT -5 hw77 said:

Wow I had no idea it was so tough to take the car ferry. Only taken the passenger ferry with bikes, backpacks for the weekend (no kids )

I think it's the same ferry? If you're going from Woods Hole through the steamship authority, the cars and passengers are on the same one. It can only fit so many cars though. If you're just going as a passenger you can just buy tickets day of. Cars are a whole 'nother story.

[hw77]

Oh, I've only gone out of Hyannis... i really shouldn't chime in, I have no helpful suggestion. Just didnt realize getting a car to the island was that tough, I did know it was pricey.