Getting Here
Guest House Retreat & Conference Center is located midway between New York City and Boston, ten miles north of the Long Island Sound coastline. The most common travel hubs are Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks and Old Saybrook Train Station. Guest House is not served by public transportation and so arranging a ride with a fellow group member or private car service is highly recommended.
**Note that there is currently a GPS bug with our address and we recommend that you find us by name “Guest House Retreat…” in your navigation tools.
Car Services to Guest House
Call to book your ride as soon as you know your travel dates. Rideshare services like Lyft and Uber do service Guest House, though it can take longer than expected to find a driver.
To and From Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks CT
Hesham Taxi Service – 860.690.1612
Accent Limousine – 860.529.0400
AAA Cab Service – 860-623-8888
To and From Old Saybrook Train Station, Old Saybrook CT
Essex Taxi – 860.767.7433
Nick’s Taxi – 203.273.5034
To and From JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Airports
Liberty Limousine – 203.235.9200
CT Limousine – 203.974.4700
Scanlon – 203.668.4734
Valley Cab Co. – 860-793-0300
By Train
Guest House is located about twenty minutes from the Old Saybrook Train Station (OSB). Amtrak and Metro North both stop there, and from the station you can take a private car service (above) to Guest House. Both the New York and Boston trains are approximately two-hour trips.
Metro North/Shore Line East Railroad: NYC to Old Saybrook, CT
Metro North/Shore Line East schedule
Amtrak: To Old Saybrook, CT
800-872-7245
Amtrak schedule
By Air
Guest House is conveniently located near several airports:
- Bradley International Airport (BDL), Windsor Locks (60 minutes)
- Tweed Airport (HVN), New Haven (45 minutes)
- T.F. Green Airport (PVD), Providence (1 hour, 25 minutes)
- LaGuardia Airport, New York (2 hours)
- JFK International Airport, New York (2.5 hours)
- Newark International Airport, Newark (3 hours)
Directions to Guest House
Driving times without traffic:
New York City: 2 hours | Boston: 2 hours | Providence: 1 hour, 30 minutes | New Haven: 45 minutes | Hartford: 45 minutes
- I-95 (North) to Exit 63, Route 81 North
- Follow Route 81 North for about 8 miles
- Turn right onto Route 148 East, continue about 1.5 miles
- Immediately after the sign for the Town of Chester, you will see the sign for Guest House on your left
- I-90 West to Exit 9, I-84
- Continue on I84 West for 50 miles to I-91 South
- Follow directions from I-91 south (traveling from Hartford, below)
- I-91 South to Exit 22 South (exit on the left), Route 9 South
- Follow Route 9 South for 17 miles to Exit 8 (Old Exit 6)
- Turn right onto Route 148 West, toward Killingworth; continue 3 about miles
- Guest House is located on the right, across from Masonicare at Chester Village
The Merritt is a more scenic drive than I-95 and does not allow trucks.
- Take the Henry Hudson Parkway/West Side Drive/Route 9A to Exit 4, the Cross County Expressway
- Stay left and follow signs to the Hutchinson River Parkway and Merritt Parkway, continue about 12 miles to enter the Hutchinson River Parkway
- The Hutchinson River Parkway becomes the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut
- Continue about 52 miles to I-95 North and then follow directions from I-95N/New Haven/New York
- I-95 South to Exit 69, Route 9 North
- Follow Route 9 to Exit 8 (Old Exit 6), Chester
- Turn left onto Route 148 West, toward Killingworth; continue about 3 miles
- Guest House is located on the right, across from Masonicare at Chester Village