<p>Your best bet to get from Providence to New Haven is to rent a car. Have you checked the fares to La Guardia? There's a fairly frequent train service from Grand Central to New Haven. We live in metro Detroit and that's a popular route for students in the area. Daughter flies in to La Guardia, takes the airport shuttle to Grand Central and the train to New Haven. </p>
<p>This is a good time to make Hotel reservations. They fill up very quickly. The hotels around the University hike up their prices during bulldog days, beginning & end of the school year and Parents weekend.</p>