TRANSPORTATION

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) –http://www.pitairport.com/
Pittsburgh International Airport is located just 16 miles west of downtown Pittsburgh.  It’s a visitor friendly airport with assorted restaurants and stores for your convenience.

JETBLUE  flights from BOS to PIT-http://www.jetblue.com/
Jetblue has great prices and 3 trips to Pittsburgh from Boston everyday!  Plus they have the cool little TVs too!  We fly Jetblue everytime we travel to PIttsburgh, PA.  It comes highly reccomended!

AMTRAK-Trains from South Station, BOS to Pittsburgh, PA
Warning!!!  This is NOT  good traveling option!  It costs about the same as flying, will take over 9 hours, and is NEVER on time!  Most trains arrive and leave from Pittsburgh at 2AM/3AM.  One Thanksgiving it took me 22 hours to get from Pittsburgh to Boston- don’t let this happen to you.  Not only would you most likely miss the wedding, you’d be stuck on an Amtrak train for FOREVER!  Please just purchase a plane ticket!

Car Rentals from PIT-  http://www.pitairport.com/car_rental
We highly reccomend renting a car in the ‘burgh. Car Rentals are extremly convenient and counters are next to the baggage claim.  Public transportation is almost non-exsistent and taxis are very hard to come by.  Find some family members, fly in together and share a car- cars seat 4-6 people!

Parking in Pittsburgh- Bring Quarters!- Pittsburgh has many on street parking options and a few parking garages.  We would reccomend having a roll of quarters with you at all times when looking for parking in Pittsburgh.  Phipps has some on site parking, but most of it is on street parking meters.  Be considerate of the parking rules, don’t risk it, Pittsburgh WILL ticket you!  Trust us, we’ve been there!

Pittsburgh Public Transportation- The Subway in Pittsburgh is a laughing matter.  It will only get you 6 or so stops, none of which are near the hotels or the wedding site.  The buses aren’t much better.  Please don’t get tangled up in the imagionary public transportation system that Pittsburgh claims to have in place- make it easy on yourself  RENT A CAR!

LODGING

#1 Hampton Inn Pittsburgh University Center Oakland
3315 Hamlet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 681-1000
Hampton Inn Reservations: 1(800)-426-7866
http://www.pittsburghhamptoninn.com/photo_gallery_univ.php

#2 Wyndham Pittsburgh University Place Hotel
3454 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412)-683-2040
http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/PITUP/main.wnt

#3 Quality Inn University Center
3401 Blvd of The Allies. Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412)-683-6100
http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-PA369?promo=gglocal

DRIVING DIRECTIONS-
FROM BOSTON TO PITTSBURGH-  This journey is approximately 9 hours long.

Take I-90 W out of Boston.  Take exit 9 to merge onto I-84W toward US-20/Hartford/New York City (Partial Toll Road, Pass through CT, NY, and enter PA- 231 miles).  At the end of I-84W take the exit on the left onto I-81S towards Wilkes-Barre, PA. Take exit 151B to merge onto I-80 W to Bellefonte.  (When you enter Bellefonte, say “Bellefonte” loudly, clap and shake your hands!)  Turn left at Jacksonville Rd/PA-26 South.  Continue to follow PA-26 South.  PA-26 South turns into I-99 South.  Continue on I-99 South.  Take exit 28 to merge onto US-22 West toward Ebensburg, PA. Continue onto I-376 W to Pittsburgh, PA.