Parking strategies for Newport Boat Show

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jviss

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Feb 5, 2004
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Tartan 3800 20 Westport, MA
I may go the Newport boat show this weekend. Tickets are $18 each, parking is $15!!! Anyone with local knowledge for parking and breakfast, if I get there way early, and have breakfast before the show?

Thanks!

jv
 
Sep 25, 2008
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Alden 50 Sarasota, Florida
Been there, done that. First, $15 for parking is cheap. It's usually$20 or more nearby the show. Best places for breakfast are on Main St downtown away from the tourist traps and a 10 min walk to A Cup Ave.
 

jviss

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Feb 5, 2004
7,090
Tartan 3800 20 Westport, MA
So, ...

...no free, street parking options anywhere, if I get there really early? It's not just the price, I don't like the feeling of being in a cattle drive.
 
Jul 8, 2011
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Catalina C27 Noank, Ct
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...no free, street parking options anywhere, if I get there really early? It's not just the price, I don't like the feeling of being in a cattle drive.
Most streets in neighborhoods have permit parking only. If you want to be near downtown where the bulk of the action is, your best bet is to pay to park. Since it's boat show weekend, the local police force will be aiming to meet their parking ticket goal for the month in one weekend, so make sure to look at any signs wherever you park.
 
Oct 1, 2007
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Boston Whaler Super Sport Pt. Judith
I may go the Newport boat show this weekend. Tickets are $18 each, parking is $15!!! Anyone with local knowledge for parking and breakfast, if I get there way early, and have breakfast before the show?

Thanks!

Send me a PM and I'll let you in on my secret sauce for parking. Tell me what day you are going.
 
Sep 25, 2008
7,673
Alden 50 Sarasota, Florida
...no free, street parking options anywhere, if I get there really early? It's not just the price, I don't like the feeling of being in a cattle drive.
if you know where to look, you can find on-street free parking but not close to the boat show. Anywhere up the hill toward Bellevue, on Bellevue or the supermarket parking lot on the corner are a short walk. If you want flat, downtown past the movie theater also a short walk.
 
Oct 1, 2007
1,865
Boston Whaler Super Sport Pt. Judith
if you know where to look, you can find on-street free parking but not close to the boat show. Anywhere up the hill toward Bellevue, on Bellevue or the supermarket parking lot on the corner are a short walk. If you want flat, downtown past the movie theater also a short walk.
Arrrggghhhhh. Don you're giving away our secrets!!! Local knowledge is everything. Now we'll be competing with all these guys for slots!!!:cry:
 
May 24, 2004
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CC 30 South Florida
$15 that is cheap. Got invited two years ago to the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat show. The person I went with thought nothing of paying $45 for parking three blocks away. It looked as if they were having block parties in some of the large number of Mega Yachts that were there. I guess the display of wealth extended to the parking lots.
 
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