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Martha's Vineyard Day Trip: Boston's Original Tour
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Boston
Experience the original Martha’s Vineyard day trip from Boston. Enjoy personalized service, complimentary snacks, and a discount card. Explore the island on your own or upgrade to a fully narrated tour.
Experience the original Martha’s Vineyard day trip from Boston. Enjoy personalized service, complimentary snacks, and a discount card. Explore the island on your own or upgrade to a fully narrated tour.
Duration:
12 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Downtown - Tour through Downtown Boston with narration as your guide makes their morning hotel pickups.
- Cape Cod Canal - Enjoy the scenic views as you travel over the World’s widest sea level canal. Our own Cape Cod Canal!
- Falmouth - Travel through the charming Town of Falmouth, Cape Cod on the way to the ferry.
- Island Queen -…
- Downtown - Tour through Downtown Boston with narration as your guide makes their morning hotel pickups.
- Cape Cod Canal - Enjoy the scenic views as you travel over the World’s widest sea level canal. Our own Cape Cod Canal!
- Falmouth - Travel through the charming Town of Falmouth, Cape Cod on the way to the ferry.
- Island Queen - See beautiful Falmouth Harbor as you are dropped off at the Island Queen Ferry. Enjoy Cape Cod’s most pleasurable passenger ferry experience during your 35 minute sail to Martha’s Vineyard.
- Nantucket Sound - Enjoy your sail through Nantucket Sound while en route to Martha’s Vineyard.
- Oak Bluffs - You will arrive in the beautiful town of Oak Bluffs at 935am during our summer months. If you do not purchase our 3 hour tour, you may spend as much time as you wish in this town.
- Martha’s Vineyard Camp meeting Association (MVCMA) - This is a must-see during any visit to Martha’s Vineyard. Over 300 beautifully decorated gingerbread cottages. Explore and take as many pictures as you wish.
- Flying Horses Carousel - Another must-see in Oak Bluffs. The Flying Horses Carousel is the oldest continuously operating carousel in the country (since 1884).
- Edgartown - While taking our 3 hour island tour (or spending the day on your own) be sure to visit this charming town.
- Gay Head Light (Aquinnah Light) - While on our 3 hour island tour you will stop and view the Gay Head Cliffs and lighthouse. SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!
- Nobska Point Lighthouse - This stop is seasonal for us as it is only done when we use the Steamship Authority Ferry Service. Usually both early Spring and late October.
- Steamship Authority Ferry Docks, Woods Hole - This Ferry service is one of the ferries that we use for our day trip to Martha’s Vineyard. Usually it is in April/May and late October.
What's Included
- Round-trip mini-coach bus with air conditioning
- Scenic ferry cruise to Martha’s Vineyard
- Complimentary bottled water, snacks, and guidebooks
- Hotel pick-up/drop-off at select locations
- Up to 6 hours on Martha’s Vineyard
- Drive through Falmouth and along the Cape Cod Canal
- Option to view Gay Head Cliffs
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Time to explore downtown Edgartown
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- Round-trip mini-coach bus with air conditioning
- Scenic ferry cruise to Martha’s Vineyard
- Complimentary bottled water, snacks, and guidebooks
- Hotel pick-up/drop-off at select locations
- Up to 6 hours on Martha’s Vineyard
- Drive through Falmouth and along the Cape Cod Canal
- Option to view Gay Head Cliffs
- Time to explore downtown Edgartown
- Available 3-hour narrated island bus tour
- Day-trip excursion from Boston to Martha’s Vineyard
- Tour covers all 6 towns on Martha’s Vineyard
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch (dining options available on Martha’s Vineyard)
- Gratuities
- Lunch (dining options available on Martha’s Vineyard)
Additional Information
Don’t get tricked by imitations. We have the honor of being the FIRST Martha’s Vineyard day trip out of Boston, and we have held the position as the city’s top service to the island since our inception in 2011. Our guides are professionals, we offer approved pickups from Boston Hotels, and our fleet comprises of latest air-conditioned mini-coaches, all…
Don’t get tricked by imitations. We have the honor of being the FIRST Martha’s Vineyard day trip out of Boston, and we have held the position as the city’s top service to the island since our inception in 2011. Our guides are professionals, we offer approved pickups from Boston Hotels, and our fleet comprises of latest air-conditioned mini-coaches, all aimed at providing you a personalized passenger experience that you truly deserve. Traveling to the island has never been simpler! We also furnish complimentary snacks, bottled water, island guidebooks, and a discount card with exclusive island benefits! Once you’re on the island, you have the freedom to explore at your own pace or choose to upgrade with our 3 hour comprehensive island tour. Join us as we help you Explore Martha’s Vineyard!
- Provided Boston Hotel Pick-Up Locations: AKA Back Bay Hotel, Boston Harbor Hotel (MUST BE A HOTEL GUEST), Colonnade, Dagny Hotel, DoubleTree by Hilton Boston (Washington Street), Fairmont Copley Plaza, Hilton Back Bay, Hyatt Regency Avenue de Lafayette, Intercontinental Boston, Marriott Copley, Marriott Long Wharf, Millennium Bostonian Hotel, Omni Parker House, Park Plaza Hotel, Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, Revere Hotel, Seaport Hotel, Sheraton Boston Hotel, W Hotel, Westin Boston Waterfront
- Please note: PICKUPS ARE ONLY PROVIDED AT HOTELS THAT ARE ON THE LIST.
- Priority seating is available upon request
- There is walking involved on this day trip
Location
Boston Marriott Long Wharf
State Street
*For those who do not require hotel pick-up, please meet at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel main entrance (must be confirmed as your pickup location).
Boston Marriott Long Wharf, 296 State St, Boston, MA 02109, USA
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Maryfmb
Nov 23, 2024
Wonderful day trip, great guide. - I took this tour as a solo traveller and can highly recommend it. It is a small group tour and I made friends with other people on the tour who were great company. Our tour guide, Jennifer, was great with a wonderful sense of humour. She immediately established a good rapport with all the passengers. She was very informative and went the extra mile to make sure everyone was well looked after. She made you feel you were in safe hands.
The trip itself was wonderful. Lots of places of interest to visit including the very picturesque wooden houses of Oak Bluffs. I had stopped off in Boston for a long weekend en route to the UK after a short trip to Canada so was short on time. This day tour, with the ferry out to Martha's Vineyard was perfect. What a great memory!
Thank you.
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Noemi_h
Nov 5, 2024
Awesome - I enjoyed the trip to Martha vineyard on the ferry. Beautiful scenery. Loved all of it. Also we had a beautiful day. And of course the driver was excellent explaining the whole trip. Very professional. And very knowledgeable.
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Frances_a
Nov 3, 2024
Martha's vineyard - Martha's vineyard was on my bucket list. Glad I finally got to visit this gorgeous island. Tour guide was so knowledgeable. Enjoyed every bit of the tour. I would recommend it to all.
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Kat_w
Nov 2, 2024
Well worth the money and full day. - The transportation and tour guides were great. Funny and shred really great information. Also appreciated the personal experience stories. I wish I had not waited until late October to do this, because some of the business on the island had already closed for the season - but that’s on me.
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Taryn_t
Nov 2, 2024
Jennifer was the best! - Jennifer was a hoot on her “last day!” She made the trip so much more fun. Loved the ferry! Everything was so beautiful on the island.
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Woodssa91
Oct 31, 2024
Well worth the visit AND the island tour! - Fantastic guides and well worth doing. We had Timmy who drove us on the Boston side to Cape Cod and back, then Jeff, who picked us up for the island tour once off the ferry. Both were super informative, and I would 100% recommend this if you are visiting Martha's Vineyard. We would not have got half way round the island nor heard all of the interesting and quirky facts we learnt along the way.
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Tinylass
Oct 30, 2024
Excellent day trip - Long day starting at 6am and back in Boston for about 7pm. Nice drive to the ferry and only a short 30 minutes or so across to the Island. We didn't book the Island tour but used the public busses to get around. We went to Edgartown, Vineyard Haven and back to Oak Bluffs on the busses and they were easy to find and use. Their website gives you loads of info and the prices were around $2-3 a ticket. It was throwing it down all day when we went but there were plenty of lovely local shops at each town to have a look in and we bought some really nice souvenirs.
Our driver was very knowledgeable and told us everything we needed to know and there were toilet stops to and from Boston at a services that also sold food and drinks; although there was bottled water, breakfast bars, crisps and kit-kats and some other snacks on the bus for anyone who wanted them which was very nice!
All in all a brilliant day trip!
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Krashzmo
Oct 30, 2024
Beautiful island. - It's off season so not a lot of places open but the houses and beaches were beautiful. I enjoyed the tour. I would recommend it!
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Rosana_r
Nov 2, 2024
Long, expensive day to see very little - The meeting time was super early and the day was too long for what it was seen. I believe this tour needs to be split into the people that tour the island on its own vs the one taking the additional tour of the island. There was a lot waiting time after the island tour which I assume was given to those touring the island on its own (as they needed to take public transportation to get to places). Not worth the money. The island is not that interesting and there was not much to do near the ferry station after the island tour was completed. There were other ferries I could have taken and get back to Boston earlier. I would not recommend this tour at all. A very long expensive day to see very little. In addition, while tips are appreciated and are not mandatory, the signs on the buses give you a guilt trip as they state that "tips are a big part of the tour guides income". This was an expensive tour, you should pay your drivers and tour guides better so they don't rely on tips to make a decent income.
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Christine_d
Nov 1, 2024
Not worth the money - Rained hard- poured for most of the trip, so couldn't see anything. Windows were so fogged up and nothing was even visible from the bus. The tour guide passed around a couple of pictures of what we were supposed to see...most people just fell asleep on the bus. Ferry ride back was rough too. It was a wasted day and waste of money. Tour should've been canceled and either money refunded, or tour rescheduled on a different day. It even said in the description that the tour was weather dependent.
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