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5 guides · free Three things we write about
- 01
The dates that decide a trip
Last boats of the season, sticker beaches opening and closing, the Derby, the holiday weekends.
- 02
The island by season
What is open, what just closed, and what a week here looks like right now.
- 03
Ferry and bus changes
Timetable switches and booking notes, before they catch you out.
What a letter looks like
The island after the crowds
The crowds went home on the Tuesday after Labor Day, and the island is not better or worse for it, just different. The things that take planning in July come easy now: a table without a long wait, a car reservation on the ferry, a parking place by the harbor.
Getting around is still easy: the VTA bus switches to its fall timetable on Sunday, October 4, and stays fare-free through June 30, 2027.
The last Steamship boat calls at Oak Bluffs on October 22. From October 23 every Woods Hole ferry lands at Vineyard Haven, on the winter timetable.
Three paragraphs from the October letter. Each letter runs about five minutes, with our own photos, then back to your day.
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