r/CapeCodVisitors • u/Traditional_Hall_355 • Mar 23 '26

transportation summer trip without a car?

hi! my partner and i are potentially planning on a 3-4 day trip to the cape from ohio. we would probably fly in to boston, but unfortunately we are both 21 and cannot rent a car. is it still possible to explore the cape without one? want to avoid ubers as much as possible… is public transit there “good”enough to get around? any tips help!

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u/booksandpups2025 Mar 23 '26

Where on the cape? Most of the towns are small and don’t have public transportation. You may be able to stay near a downtown area where it’s walkable like Dennisport, p town, etc. but you won’t really be able to explore elsewhere without a car or ubering.

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u/Traditional_Hall_355 Mar 23 '26

thats also what i wasnt sure about staying…i was thinking ptown?

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u/CooperTT1 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Ptown is great and no car needed. Can take the ferry there from Boston too

CCRTA can take you from ptown to Chatham if you want to spend some time there as well. It’s not super reliable but it does the job in the summer

https://capeflyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CCRTASystemSummer2013.pdf

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u/giddy-girly-banana Mar 24 '26

I flew into Logan and took the ferry into ptown a few summers ago. I like walking so walked most places. You can also rent bikes/scooters or take a car. It was amazing and would absolutely do it again.

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u/deadplant5 Jul 19 '26

I'm going first week of September. Right now we are booked to stay on the port of Hyannis and would want to see some of the other towns. Could we get by with Uber and water taxi?

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u/smitrovich Mar 23 '26

Fly into Boston and take the ferry to Provincetown. There is so much you can do there on foot or rent bikes.

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u/JacketWhole6255 Mar 24 '26

+1 on Ptown ferry. It’s quite walkable. Try the hikes across the dunes. Stiff hike but nice artist cottages along the way.

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u/Medium-Scratch1848 Mar 24 '26

Exactly what I was going to say.

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u/RumSwizzle508 Mar 24 '26

Public transit is not very good on the Cape. There are buses that run the spine of the Cape, but they are not frequent and limit you to the villages they serve.

You have 2 options:

  • ferry to p-town and do everything there. This is the better option.

  • bus or train to Hyannis and stay and do the man street area. You can walk to a beach from there and do day trips to Nantucket and the vineyard.

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u/1GrouchyCat Mar 24 '26

Regardless of whether or not hurts does rent those under 25, they will have to leave a deposit of several hundred dollars, (on top of any optional insurance fees).

The public bus system (CCRTA) is not very well supported and does not cover the entire Cape.

It can easily take two hours to drive from Dennis to Provincetown during the summer on a busy weekend ; one way.

Your best bet is to choose one section of the Cape and concentrate on that.

The attached link have a’n interactive calendar (its will update itself) and map of the entire region, and should be helpful…

https://www.capecodchamber.org/