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Itinerary ideasfrom New York

Six routes out of the city, each with the crossing, the hours and the company worked out.

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The premise

Where New York goes when it leaves

Manhattan is unusual among great cities in how quickly it can be left behind. Ninety-seven miles of parkway puts you on the Atlantic; an hour in the air reaches an island thirty miles offshore; three and a half hours reaches the Bahamas before the afternoon is out.

The constraint is almost never distance — it is whether the days at the other end have been thought about at all. What follows are six routes we arrange most often from New York, each a starting point rather than a fixed programme.

The routes

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Itinerary 01 — Long Island, New York

New York toThe Hamptons

Ocean, and ninety-seven miles of parkway

Journey: 2h 10m
Distance: 97 mi
Season: May – Sep
Nights: Two

The crossing

Getting to the Hamptons

By car

The LIE to exit 70, then Route 27 east. Leave before two or after eight.

2h 10m

By seaplane

East 23rd Street Skyport to East Hampton, low over the Sound.

40 min

By helicopter

Downtown Manhattan Heliport direct. The Friday-evening option.

38 min

By rail

The Cannonball from Penn Station, Fridays in season, no change.

2h 35m

The register

What the Hamptons asks of you

The East End does not reward effort. Its social code prizes ease above almost everything — the worn linen over the new one, the dinner that appears to have been assembled without planning. Arriving visibly impressed is the one reliable way to be read as a visitor. A companion who understands that makes the weekend considerably easier: conversation at a Georgica table moves quickly and settles on nothing for long, and what is wanted is someone who can follow it without needing it explained.

40.9634° N, 72.1848° W

The run

Arrival, in order

Arrive and unpack
4.30pm
The house on Georgica Pond. Unpack properly rather than living from the case — it turns a trip into a stay.
An hour in the Atlantic
5.45pm
Main Beach is four minutes away and near-empty by six. Colder than it looks until late July.
Dinner in East Hampton
8.00pm
A table on Newtown Lane, booked well ahead. Seasonal, unshowy, and better outside if the evening allows.
A drink, then the terrace
10.15pm
Somewhere small and within walking distance. Then the house, the last of the wine, and ninety-seven miles of distance from the telephone.

On arrival

Four things worth the afternoon

Village street in East Hampton — **The village**Eight blocks of it, best walked before the shops open.

Sag Harbour wharf and waterfront houses — **Sag Harbour**A whaling town that kept its scale. Drinks on the wharf.

Dining room set for the evening — **Newtown Lane**Where the weekend’s one properly booked dinner belongs.

Itinerary 02 — Massachusetts

New York toNantucket

Thirty miles out, and deliberately so

Journey: 1h 05m
Distance: 216 nm
Season: Jun – Sep
Nights: Three

The crossing

Getting to Nantucket

Private jet

Teterboro to Nantucket Memorial. The standard arrangement in season.

1h 05m

Scheduled charter

Seasonal direct services from JFK, running from June.

1h 20m

By yacht

Through the Sound and round Point Judith. A genuine pleasure in settled weather.

14h +

Car and fast ferry

Five hours to the Cape, then an hour on the water. Only if the car is wanted.

6h 30m

The register

What Nantucket asks of you

The island runs on understatement. Cobbles, grey shingle, no traffic lights, and a strictly enforced absence of anything that looks new. Evening dress means a jacket, not a statement. A companion calibrated for Manhattan needs to dial it down about two notches — and the women arranged for island weeks already know that before the wheels touch. What works here is ease at a long table and comfort with an afternoon that has nothing in it.

41.2835° N, 70.0995° W

The run

Arrival, in order

Land and settle
3.40pm
Ten minutes from the airfield to Hulbert Avenue. The house will be open and the windows already up.
The water at Steps Beach
5.00pm
A short walk down. The Sound is flat and warm by late afternoon, and quieter than Children’s Beach.
Dinner on India Street
8.00pm
Booked three weeks out. Small rooms, low ceilings, and an evening that moves at the island’s pace.
The wharf, then back
10.15pm
Straight Wharf after the tables clear. The walk home through town takes about eleven minutes.

On arrival

Four things worth the afternoon

Shingled cottages on the bluff — **Sconset village**Rose-covered and entirely unbothered. Go by bicycle.

Grey-shingled house on Hulbert Avenue — **Hulbert Avenue**Grey shingle, white trim, four minutes from the wharf.

Small dining room at night — **India Street**Where the one properly booked dinner of the trip belongs.

Itinerary 03 — Eleuthera, The Bahamas

New York toHarbour Island

Three and a half hours, then eleven minutes in a launch

Journey: 3h 20m
Distance: 1,100 mi
Season: Nov – May
Nights: Four

The crossing

Getting to Harbour Island

Private jet

Teterboro direct to North Eleuthera. Customs on arrival takes minutes.

3h 20m

Commercial and hop

JFK to Nassau, then a short hop north. Daily through the winter.

6h 10m

The launch

Three Island Dock across the cut to Dunmore Town. The proper way to arrive.

11 min

By yacht

Most arrive on their own keel. The anchorage is tight and expects notice.

Varies

The register

What Harbour Island asks of you

Golf carts instead of cars. No jackets, ever. Dinner at eight in something linen that cost a great deal and is not supposed to look like it. The island rewards ease and punishes performance, which makes the choice of companion unusually consequential. What works is someone genuinely relaxed in a small, observant community — content to spend an afternoon doing nothing in particular, and entirely uninterested in being looked at.

25.5000° N, 76.6333° W

The run

Arrival, in order

Land, and cross
2.20pm
Through North Eleuthera in under ten minutes, then the launch across the cut. A cart meets the dock.
Unpack at the house
3.00pm
Above the beach on the eastern shore, or in town if the harbour side is preferred.
The pink sand at low light
5.30pm
Three miles of it, almost empty after five. The colour is real and most obvious in the last hour.
Dinner in Dunmore Town
8.00pm
A ten-minute cart ride, and a kitchen doing the same six things exceptionally well for thirty years.

On arrival

Four things worth the afternoon

The cay and its shoreline from the air — **The flats**Shallow, clear, and best reached by boat at slack water.

Colourful colonial street — **Bay Street by cart**Colonial, pastel and entirely walkable in an afternoon.

House above a turquoise shore — **A day on the water**A charter out and anchored, with nothing scheduled after.

Itinerary 04 — Colorado

New York toAspen

Four and a half hours to eight thousand feet

Journey: 4h 30m
Distance: 1,730 mi
Season: Dec – Mar
Nights: Four

The crossing

Getting to Aspen

Private jet

Teterboro to Sardy Field. A demanding approach — hold a Denver alternate.

4h 30m

Commercial

JFK via Denver or Salt Lake, then a short hop into the valley.

7h +

Eagle, then Highway 82

Seventy miles up the Roaring Fork. Often faster when Sardy is closed.

+1h 30m

In the valley

Aspen is eight blocks wide. A car is useful only for Snowmass.

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The register

What Aspen asks of you

Dinner is early by Manhattan standards — eight o’clock, and the room is quiet by eleven; the altitude accounts for most of that. Conversation is unhurried and runs long, which makes the company more consequential than the table. A companion who skis is an advantage but not a requirement: a great many good days here are spent entirely off the mountain. What matters is ease at a long table and comfort with four unhurried days.

39.1911° N, 106.8175° W

The run

Arrival, in order

Land at Sardy Field
3.10pm
Through the FBO in minutes. The drive in runs along the river and is the best introduction the valley offers.
Unpack on Red Mountain
3.45pm
Or the West End, if walking into town matters more than the view back across it. The fire will be lit.
Into town, on foot
5.30pm
Eight blocks, worth a slow circuit before dark. The light off the snow at this hour is remarkable.
Dinner on Hyman Avenue
8.00pm
Booked well ahead — the good rooms are small and the season is short. Order lightly on the first night.

On arrival

Four things worth the afternoon

Snowy mountains above the valley — **The valley floor**A slow drive down toward Woody Creek, unhurried.

Mountain at first light — **Dawn on the peaks**Worth one early morning. Coffee in town afterwards.

Table set for the evening — **Hyman Avenue**Where the week’s properly booked dinner belongs.

Itinerary 05 — Ottauquechee Valley

New York toWoodstock, Vermont

Two hundred and sixty-eight miles, and the drive is the point

Journey: 4h 45m
Distance: 268 mi
Season: Sep – Oct
Nights: Two

The crossing

Getting to Vermont

By car, the Taconic

Eighty-five miles of parkway built for touring in the thirties, and largely unchanged.

4h 45m

Private jet

Teterboro to Lebanon, New Hampshire, then forty minutes across the river.

1h 10m

By rail

The Vermonter to White River Junction. Scenic for the last two hours.

7h 30m

The interstate

I-91 the whole way. Ninety minutes faster and entirely without merit.

4h 30m

The register

What Vermont asks of you

Nothing is required of you socially — but two nights in a village of four hundred people, with no events and nothing scheduled, puts the whole weight of the weekend on the company. It is the itinerary most often chosen by clients who already know the companion well, and the least suited to a first arrangement. Where it works, it works better than anywhere else on this list.

43.6245° N, 72.5187° W

The run

Arrival, in order

North on the Taconic
10.30am
No trucks, no billboards, and long climbing curves through the Hudson highlands. The best road on the eastern seaboard.
Lunch in the Berkshires
1.30pm
Cut east at Hillsdale into Great Barrington. An hour is enough — a long lunch makes a late arrival.
Cross into Vermont
4.20pm
North on Route 7, then the river road above Brattleboro. The landscape changes within a mile of the line.
Arrive Woodstock
5.45pm
In along the Ottauquechee with the light going. Unpack properly; the inn will hold dinner.

On arrival

Four things worth the afternoon

Autumn forest reflected in still water — **Still water**Early, before the valley road picks up.

The river valley in full autumn colour — **The valley road**At four o’clock, when the colour is at its best.

Dinner table by firelight — **Dinner on Elm Street**Seven o’clock, by the fire, and no schedule after it.

Itinerary 06 — Rhode Island

New York toNewport

Three hours to the last of the Gilded Age

Journey: 3h 15m
Distance: 180 mi
Season: Jun – Sep
Nights: Two

The crossing

Getting to Newport

By car

I-95 to Route 138 and over the Pell Bridge. Straightforward outside a regatta weekend.

3h 15m

By yacht

Up the Sound and round Point Judith. Newport Harbour is the point of the trip.

12h +

Private jet

Teterboro to Newport State. Ten minutes from the airfield to Bellevue Avenue.

55 min

By helicopter

Direct from Manhattan, and the usual arrangement for a single night.

1h 05m

The register

What Newport asks of you

Newport keeps two worlds side by side and is relaxed about both: a serious sailing town by day, and by evening a set of houses that have been entertaining in the same rooms for a hundred and thirty years. Dress is nautical rather than formal. The social calendar is dense in July and August, and an invitation-led weekend here asks for a companion who is genuinely easy in a crowd and does not need managing.

41.4901° N, 71.3128° W

The run

Arrival, in order

Arrive and settle
2.00pm
A house off Bellevue, or the harbour side if the boats matter more than the lawns.
Ocean Drive
4.00pm
Ten miles round the point with the water on three sides. Slowly, and stop at Brenton.
Drinks on the harbour
7.00pm
Bannister’s or Bowen’s as the fleet comes in. The best hour of a Newport day.
Dinner, then the wharf
8.30pm
A table on Thames Street, and a walk back along the water afterwards.

On arrival

Four things worth the afternoon

Gilded Age mansion on Bellevue Avenue — **Bellevue Avenue**The Breakers and the Cliff Walk below it. Go early.

Rocky coast at sunset on Ocean Drive — **Ocean Drive at dusk**Ten miles, and the light on the rocks at the end of it.

Newport marina and masts — **The harbour**Masts, chandlers and the oldest tavern in the country.

The company

Who the arrangement is for

Every itinerary on this page assumes two people. The difference between a good trip and a memorable one is rarely the house or the table — it is whether the person opposite is genuinely easy company across four unscheduled days.

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Questions

On arranging travel from New York

How far in advance should a trip be arranged?

Three to four weeks is comfortable for most of these routes and two is usually workable. The constraint is rarely the companion — it is the house and the table. Christmas and New Year in Aspen, and the foliage fortnight in Vermont, need several months.

Does a companion travel out with me, or meet me there?

Either. Travelling out together tends to make the first evening easier, and on a driving itinerary it is the itinerary. Where discretion favours separate arrivals, that is arranged without comment.

Are flights and transfers arranged as part of the booking?

They can be. The concierge will hold private aviation, a launch or a car alongside the arrangement where a client prefers a single point of contact.

Can an itinerary be adjusted?

These are starting points, not fixed programmes. Every element is adjusted around a client's dates and preferences before anything is confirmed.

Turquoise water meeting pale sand, seen from the air

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Where New York goes when it leaves

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New York toThe Hamptons

Getting to the Hamptons

By car

By seaplane

By helicopter

By rail

What the Hamptons asks of you

Arrival, in order

Arrive and unpack

An hour in the Atlantic

Dinner in East Hampton

A drink, then the terrace

Four things worth the afternoon

New York toNantucket

Getting to Nantucket

Private jet

Scheduled charter

By yacht

Car and fast ferry

What Nantucket asks of you

Arrival, in order

Land and settle

The water at Steps Beach

Dinner on India Street

The wharf, then back

Four things worth the afternoon

New York toHarbour Island

Getting to Harbour Island

Private jet

Commercial and hop

The launch

By yacht

What Harbour Island asks of you

Arrival, in order

Land, and cross

Unpack at the house

The pink sand at low light

Dinner in Dunmore Town

Four things worth the afternoon

New York toAspen

Getting to Aspen

Private jet

Commercial

Eagle, then Highway 82

In the valley

What Aspen asks of you

Arrival, in order

Land at Sardy Field

Unpack on Red Mountain

Into town, on foot

Dinner on Hyman Avenue

Four things worth the afternoon

New York toWoodstock, Vermont

Getting to Vermont

By car, the Taconic

Private jet

By rail

The interstate

What Vermont asks of you

Arrival, in order

North on the Taconic

Lunch in the Berkshires

Cross into Vermont

Arrive Woodstock

Four things worth the afternoon

New York toNewport

Getting to Newport

By car

By yacht

Private jet

By helicopter

What Newport asks of you

Arrival, in order

Arrive and settle

Ocean Drive

Drinks on the harbour

Dinner, then the wharf

Four things worth the afternoon