{"id":958,"date":"2018-09-05T13:17:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comet-travelocity-press.lx.wave.dev\/?p=958"},"modified":"2020-09-28T16:17:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T21:17:49","slug":"5-cities-that-make-for-incredible-playovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/5-cities-that-make-for-incredible-playovers\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Cities that Make for Incredible Playovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, Illinois (November 2, 2018) \u2013 Travelers by now are familiar with \u201cstopovers\u201d, or the trend of planning a full day or more between major flights that allows for bonus exploration in cities. But what about connections where you have anywhere from 4 to 8 hours between flights? This sweet middle spot allows for what we\u2019re calling a \u201cplayover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A playover happens when an airport is close enough to a downtown to make a day trip doable\u2014without missing the flight. Not only is this a better way to pass time, but it\u2019s a great opportunity to check big cities off your bucket list. So forget leafing through the latest gossip rags at Hudson News and instead add a playover itinerary in one of these 5 very affordable U.S. cities from CheapTickets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.Boston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boston\u00a0is super easy to explore with little time. Logan Airport offers a quick and free bus to the Seaport District, or take an airport shuttle to the \u201cT\u201d which drops visitors downtown in 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cost<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Free to Seaport District, $2.50 to return; $2.75 each way to\/from downtown<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel time<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>18 mins to Seaport; 30 mins to downtown<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Atlanta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aboard a downtown-bound MARTA train, a half-day playover in\u00a0Atlanta is as easy and refreshing as a glass of sweet tea.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cost<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>$2.50 each way<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel time<\/strong>: 20<em>mins to downtown<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3.\u00a0<strong>Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both Midway and O\u2019Hare are connected to downtown via the city\u2019s \u201cEl\u201d rail system making a half-day playover in Chi-Town a cinch.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cost<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>$2.50 each way<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel time<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>50 mins via O\u2019Hare; 35 via Midway<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4.\u00a0<strong>Denver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The MallRide from Denver International Airport will connect you to downtown Denver\u2019s revitalized Union Station\u00a0and its many attractions in under 40 minutes for free.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cost<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Free<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel time<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>40 mins to Union Station<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5.\u00a0<strong>Las Vegas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vegas is perfect for just a few hours and McCarran Airport\u2019s close proximity to the Strip makes it easily doable via a budget-friendly WAX express bus.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cost<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>$2 each way<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Travel time<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>15 mins to the Las Vegas Strip<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, Illinois (November 2, 2018) \u2013 Travelers by now are familiar with \u201cstopovers\u201d, or the trend of planning a full day or more between major flights that allows for bonus exploration in cities. But what about connections where you have anywhere from 4 to 8 hours between flights? This sweet middle spot allows for what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":1378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheaptickets.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}