| Topic | Info | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Airlines | Ithaca, NY is hard to get to – it has a small airport served (fortunately) by 3 carriers, but ticket costs are higher than you might expect. It's just 10 minutes from downtown so very convenient when you arrive, however ($15 cab ride). Look for flights via Philadelphia (US Airways/American), Newark (United), or Detroit (Delta). Be ready for the last leg to be on a small plane – sometimes a prop plane. | |
| Alternative airports | Syracuse is a good 1 hour and 15 minute drive north and a little east of Ithaca. Airfares are sometimes moderately and sometimes dramatically cheaper to Syracuse, but you have to use a service such as the Ithaca Airline Limousine that costs $85 one way or $130 round trip, plus has limited trips per day. If you can coordinate your arrivals with others, options like Executive Limousine and Sedan or Superior Limousine may offer a discounted group rate, or renting a car is an option (though parking on Cornell's campus is about $10/day) Elmira has surprisingly good air service (direct flights to/from Chicago) and is often cheaper than Ithaca for Delta flights. The same shuttle/limo options should apply Binghamton may be worth investigating but is likely less of a deal; Rochester is more like a 2 hour drive, but you could rent a car | |
| Campus2Campus bus | Cornell operates a bus service 3 times a day from New York City, leaving Weill Cornell Medical College on the upper east side and the Cornell Club on E 44th street and connecting directly to the Ithaca campus in approximately 4 hours. Rates are currently $90 each way or $180 for a round trip, and seats must be reserved in advance. Buses have wireless. | |
| Hotel | We have reserved a block of rooms at $129/night plus tax at the Hotel Ithaca in a convenient downtown location near restaurants and buses up to campus. Call 607 272-1000 and ask for the VIVO room block. The group rate expires Friday, September 12, so please make your reservation soon. | |
| Restaurants | The Ithaca Hotel is very near all downtown restaurants including the Moosewood Restaurant (an Ithaca landmark) as well as a variety of other options on Cayuga Street (Just a Taste Wine & Tapas Bar, Mahogany Grill, Viva Tacqueria, Mercato, Madeline's) | |
| Entertainment | Cornell Events Calendar (note that it's Fall Break), Uncle Joe's sports bar, etc. |
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