Transportation

 PLANE TRAVEL: Please call or email to discuss... Please be informed about airline policies regarding unaccompanied minors and overweight luggage... Our counselors will meet children at the gate at the airports... We keep return tickets in safe-keeping.

FLIGHT INFORMATION

• We expect to receive your blue transportation form by March 1st. Thank you!
• Please send us a detailed itinerary so that we have full information for children's flights both to and from camp.
• Some arrivals and departures can be coordinated with other families. Please call to discuss.

TIMING OF FLIGHTS and CHOOSING A DESTINATION:

• Flight arrival at Portland Jetport is best if timed between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the first day of camp.
• Flight departure from the Portland Jetport is best if timed between 9 a.m. and 1p.m. on the last day of camp
• West Coast families: We suggest you arrive in Portland only (not Boston) on Friday evening. Please arrange to have your camper arrive in Portland by 9 p.m.
• Boston: Note that we will pick up and drop off a small number of campers at Boston's Logan airport, if absolutely necessary.
  ~Please arrive at Logan by 2 p.m. on the first day of camp to allow for the subsequent 4-hour ride to camp.
  ~Trip home: Departure must be after 3p.m. to allow for travel from Maine and check-in.
  

Airport Transfer Info

If you schedule as we request, then no transfer fees charged.

If you reserve as follows, extra transfer charges will apply:

Portland flights at days other than noted: $150.00

Boston flights at times/days other than noted: $300.00

Airport Pickup

Portland's Jetport accommodates all aircrafts, but is small enough that we can easily meet all flights. Our counselor groups spend the day at the airport greeting campers at the gates; we can obtain gate passes. We pick up luggage, offer snacks to all, and then travel to camp in large touring buses or our modern vans. Meanwhile, back at Hidden Valley. .. Our office staff will call you at home as soon as we hear from the airport that campers have disembarked (about 30 minutes after landing.)

 DRIVING CHILDREN TO CAMP: Directions are noted on the hard copy of the HVC Parent Handbook or by clicking here. Please plan to arrive between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Good-byes maybe difficult for all, so we suggest that during the late morning you have a tour of camp with your child and his/her counselor, meet the llamas, enjoy a picnic lunch with us (served from 12:30 to 1:30), and then allow your child to spend the afternoon getting acquainted and playing games with campers and staff while we await the arrival of camp buses.

Car pickup at the end of the session is Thursday morning between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Please arrive on time as children are waiting to join you and hopeful about their next adventure.

Regarding Wednesday...Parent classes (ropes, crafts, etc.) are offered on Wednesday; details sent via snail mail in the spring...

• Departure Weds. night is discouraged as we hope that cabin groups can spend a last night together.

 BUS TRAVEL: Look for a reminder a few days prior to your camper's departure and/or arrival...

• Please pack a lunch, snacks, books or games. We'll make stops to purchase beverages for all...
• Chaperones (from among the camp staff) will spend time with each child and introduce campers to one another...
• Luggage goes on buses with campers.
• Bus Fares (one-way): Newton, MA - $90.00 --- New Haven, CT - $110.00 --- Darien, CT - $120.00 --- New York City - $130.00 --- Teaneck, NJ - $130.00

• Most families will pick up their children. Please arrive at camp between 8 and 10 on Thursday.
• We can bring some children to the Portland Airport. Please plan a departure between 11 AM and 2 PM on Thursday.
  

• Please drop off your child between 10 and 12 on Thursday. This will allow time to get settled and have a tour at lunchtime.
• If flying to camp, please plan arrival time between 11 AM and 2 PM on Thursday.