Katy and Stephen's Farmhouse Wedding in Vermont: June 2009

What is this wedding blog gizmo all about?

Hi everyone,

This blogging thing is new to Katy and me. But we figured it might be of some use. The goal is for us to post information to one spot, and everyone else can find it. Also, if you are trip planning and want to coordinate a rental car or a bus ride, this might help to coordinate when people are coming and going.

Just so we all know, a "blog" is basically a running dialogue. So any new post shows up on this web page right at the top of the list, below. So the initial post we put up with good links to Vermont information, is now all the way at the bottom. So scroll down through to find useful information. More soon,

s&k

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Links to bus schedules

Here are bus schedules for:

Hanover, NH - Logan airport (Boston, MA)
White River Junction - Manchester airport (Manchester, NH) - see below

The White River bus station is about 10 min. from the "Prime Homestead"

The Hanover bus station is about 20 min.

We can work out getting those who will not rent cars to and from these stations. We should have a car or two on reserve (Rent a Wreck!) and hopefully we can coordinate enough arrivals/departures so these folks can be on similar schedules.

Manchester, NH airport to White River Junction, VT; via greyhound; reserve via telephone: (800) 231-2222; $27 ticket one-way (same in reverse)

Departs Travel time

12:50am 1 hr, 35 min

11:05am 1 hr, 35 min

3:05pm 2 hr

7:20pm 1 hr, 35 min

White River Junction, VT to Manchester, NH airport; via Greyhound; reserve via telephone: (800) 231-2222

Departs Travel time

8:30am 1 hr, 30 min

1:00pm 2 hr, 5 min

4:00pm 1 hr, 30 min

8:30pm 4 hr, 20 min

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Some possibly helpful links for trip planning

Hi folks,

Here are some links that might be of use. Just a start...

Woodstock, Vermont Area Chamber of Commerce

Upper Valley Chamber of Commerce

White River Junction, Vermont | A Historic Railroad Town

Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce

Quechee, Vermont Inns and Bed and Breakfasts, Quechee Real Estate and Dining and Events

Visiting & Tourism - Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce, Burlington, VT

Vermont Map

Map of Vermont showing major towns and highways

Welcome to New Hampshire

Manchester Boston Regional Airport: Manchester, NH USA: A Boston Area Airport & The Convenient Alternative to Logan International Airport

Welcome To Burlington International Airport

Intro to wedding planning

Ok, wedding plan test, 1-2-3, testing, testing, wedding planning 101 here we go...

Registry/non-profit donation options

Of course, gifts are completely unnecessary and we don't want anyone to feel obliged. For the undeterred, we would like to suggest a few options:

For a non-profit donation, our favorite non-profit is Backyard Harvest, in Moscow, Idaho. They glean vegetable gardens and fruit trees to donate fresh produce to food banks. (Katy did her graduate work on this organization, and the director is a good friend: backyardharvest.org)

For other options, we have registries at:

Williams and Sonoma (searchable by our names)

Gaiam (use email address: katrinaprime@hotmail.com)

Most of all, a congratulatory word when we next see you, a letter in the mail, or your presence at our wedding is most important.

How do I get to and from the airport?

Great question. The best airports to fly into are Logan in Boston, and the Manchester airport in New Hampshire. The Dartmouth Coach runs to and from White River Junction and Manchester, and Greyhound runs to and from White River Junction and Boston. You can look these schedules up, but we're also going to post these schedules this weekend, Solstice weekend. We plan to rent a car or two to shuttle folks, and for folks to shuttle folks, to and from the bus stations and the "Prime Homestead" (wedding site) in White River Junction. Check out the "links to bus schedules post" to the left (you may have to scroll down).

Katy and Stephen's Farmhouse Wedding in Vermont