Transportation to Downtown?
Jun 22nd, 2001 | 09:19 AM
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You can visit the Pike Place (not "Pike's") Market and do the underground tour without a car, for sure. There are a variety of ways to get downtown from the airport, including public bus in front of your hotel (takes 30-40 min.) or use one of the airport limo services to downtown hotels, etc., quicker but more expensive, obviously. In the city center the bus is free, parking far from it, so a car can be a nuisance.
The San Juans are another story. There are passenger-only boats from the Seattle waterfront or sea-plane flights to the San Juans from Lake Union in central Seattle, but if you want to go to more than one island or tour around (recommended) then a car will be necessary. Ferry connections to the islands in the summer are very congested, and it's around a 2 hour drive from the airport to the car ferry dock in Anacortes, so a car-based trip needs 3 days or so in order to be worth the hassle.
The San Juans are another story. There are passenger-only boats from the Seattle waterfront or sea-plane flights to the San Juans from Lake Union in central Seattle, but if you want to go to more than one island or tour around (recommended) then a car will be necessary. Ferry connections to the islands in the summer are very congested, and it's around a 2 hour drive from the airport to the car ferry dock in Anacortes, so a car-based trip needs 3 days or so in order to be worth the hassle.
Jun 22nd, 2001 | 10:04 AM
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Cindy, If you want, you can try Priceline to rent a car in Seattle. Go to the following Web site:
http://pub4.ezboard.com/bpricelineandexpediabidding
There are FAQs for bidding on rental cars. There's also a thread in the Rental Car section of the site for rentals west of the Mississippi. In that thread, it shows that people have gotten compacts/standards for $19/day and premium cars for $21 or $27/day at SEA (Sea-Tac).
Usual disclaimers apply--no vested interest in your using Priceline or the Web site mentioned above, no guarantee Priceline will have a car at the price you want to pay, yadda, yadda. But it is possible to get rental cars for less than $40/day at Sea-Tac.
Hope this helps. Have a great trip--it's hard not to like Seattle in August.
http://pub4.ezboard.com/bpricelineandexpediabidding
There are FAQs for bidding on rental cars. There's also a thread in the Rental Car section of the site for rentals west of the Mississippi. In that thread, it shows that people have gotten compacts/standards for $19/day and premium cars for $21 or $27/day at SEA (Sea-Tac).
Usual disclaimers apply--no vested interest in your using Priceline or the Web site mentioned above, no guarantee Priceline will have a car at the price you want to pay, yadda, yadda. But it is possible to get rental cars for less than $40/day at Sea-Tac.
Hope this helps. Have a great trip--it's hard not to like Seattle in August.
