Start with the place you are visiting, then open the guide that matches the trip: Massachusetts, Boston, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Providence, New York, New York City, Washington DC, or Miami.
Cambridge vs Boston, Amherst campus-town visits, Springfield museum and campus weekends, Worcester college weekends, Pioneer Valley campus trips, Berkshires arts overnights, Salem/North Shore timing, Cape Cod checks, and Massachusetts planning outside a Boston overnight base.
Back Bay, Seaport, Fenway, Cambridge day plans, Logan Airport arrivals, and choosing a first-weekend base.
Mystic, Stonington, New Haven, Litchfield Hills, river towns, southeast Connecticut, shoreline weekends, and rail-versus-car decisions.
Providence vs Newport, statewide weekends, car-free tradeoffs, coastal food trips, and deciding where to base.
Downtown, College Hill, the East Side, riverfront walks, restaurant choices, and Brown or RISD visits.
Hudson Valley, Long Island, Catskills, Finger Lakes, Adirondacks, Niagara, western New York, and statewide routes from or around New York City.
Midtown, downtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Central Park, Broadway, museum days, NYPL, Staten Island Ferry, airport arrivals, rain plans, and first New York City base decisions.
National Mall, Smithsonian museums, Penn Quarter, Dupont Circle, The Wharf, Union Station, DCA, IAD, and BWI arrivals.
Miami Beach, Brickell, Wynwood, PortMiami, Miami International Airport arrivals, stormy afternoons, and first-night plans.