On the Outside Looking In
The article says, “What's the new definition of a must-see? When you can fly there for less than it would cost to drive. Luckily, Buffalo's no bore — particularly not in the busy summer months. A few of our favorite things: the annual garden tours, the region's striking architectural heritage (see: Frank Lloyd Wright; a rich arts and crafts legacy in East Aurora), not to mention the twin summer cultural extravaganzas on either side of the Niagara River — Lewiston's Artpark and Niagara-on-the-Lake's Shaw Festival. Did we mention the amazing summer wines?” To see the full article, visit: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25068151/
The article was the result of the CVB’s on-going national media relations efforts, which attempt to educate and convince members of the media to cover Buffalo’s visitor attractions and amenities. In regard to the MSNBC story, the reporter, who is also the New York Post travel editor, was contacted by the CVB many times over the last year about attractions and happenings in the Buffalo area. After much time and effort the CVB’s work paid off when Buffalo appeared in this morning’s article.
The CVB recently landed two other major media hits, including a cover story in Canadian Automobile Association Magazine www.caamagazine.ca/ (circulation 1.5 million) and The Globe & Mail’s “Dreamscapes” http://dreamscapes.intuidoc.com/Apr08/ magazine (circulation 112,000). These articles have extra importance due to the proximity of the lucrative Canadian market. The Roycroft Inn in East Aurora reported a recent spike in Canadian inquiries after the historic inn was featured in the CAA Magazine and Dreamscapes articles.
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parkstreetwoman
Great article! Great news for Buffalo! But hey, let me provide the caption for the beautiful photo: "Erin Grajek, Director of Marketing for the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, shows off the revolving sphere fountain." For more information on visiting this historical treasure, check out http://www.buffalogardens.com
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buffgayguy
it is cheap to fly here becouse nobody wants to visit, so of course they offer cheap seats to fill the plans, ever visit a u-haul website to book a truck outa here? To the Carolina's from Buffalo, it is $1,600 one way, from the South to Buffalo it is $600.00. ...pretty much sums it up.
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300miles
Sorry BGG - it doesn't work that way. The cost of UHaul's to not compare to airlines. The cost of airfare is cheaper flying into and out of HUBS. Smaller cities, which are rarely hubs, tend to have more expensive flights because they have lower volume. The buffalo airport has avoided that by attracting many low-cost airlines here, which also helped lower the cost of major airlines here.
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dpbflo
buffgay- as the story states we along with denver phoenix seattle and orlando we have cheap airfares- you mean to tell me no one wants to visit them other fine cities?
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sally
Buffgay - Who want's to visit WNY? Are you even remotelyserious? Can you say Niagara Falls? You know that place that attracts 10 million tourists per year on the US side, and over 20 million a year on the Canadian side. You might have heard of it, it's one of the 7 wonders of the world? Whose closest airport is BNIA.
Sheeesh what a maroon - as BB would say!
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sally
Buffgay - Who want's to visit WNY? Are you even remotelyserious? Can you say Niagara Falls? You know that place that attracts 10 million tourists per year on the US side, and over 20 million a year on the Canadian side. You might have heard of it, it's one of the 7 wonders of the world? Whose closest airport is BNIA.
Sheeesh what a maroon - as BB would say!
300 miles - HUBS are almost always more expensive to fly out of. look at the prices for Cincy, or Charlotte, or Philly. The only time hubs are cheaper is if they are a hub for a low cost airline, such as frontier in Denver or if they are a hub for multiple airlines such as Chicaco. Back when Pittsburgh was a hub for US Air they had the highest airfares in the nation
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Perry
Nice publicity for Buffalo. I remember a Buffalo News article saying that Buffalo went from being one of the most expensive places to fly in the mid-1990's to being today, one of the top 20 percent cheapest places to fly - thanks to Southwest, Jet Blue and other low-airfare carriers.
The Botanical Gardens is a great place...definitely one of Buffalo's treasures.
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jt1983
awesome national publicity for buffalo! the CAA article is a great read.
BGG you suck. literally. if you hate it so much, leave!
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DCblover
Our airports and airfares in the area are such an asset of living here. If cabin fever sets in in February, I have quickly found cheap, around $200 r/t now non-stop flights to get to Florida and Phoenix from Buffalo. I have family in those areas who visit here much more than they used to because of the cheap flights to here.
Also a quick drive, Toronto Pearson can get me to any corner of the globe non-stop anytime. Although sometimes a bit more expensive, the convenience on non-stop international travel from YYZ is always appealing when avoiding delay prone East coast hubs like JFK, ORD and PHL. How long does it take a Long island resident to get to JFK or EWR? A bit off topic but such an underrated asset of residing here.
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flyguy
Its not cheap to fly direct from Buffalo to Washington DC thats for sure. Absoultely ridiculous costs into Dulles or Regan from Buffalo. You want a cheap flight direct into the general region fly Southwest to Baltimore, then of course your in a whole other city even father from where you need to be.
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DCblover
Flyguy try the DC METRO greenbelt express bus from BWI to the greenbelt metro station in Maryland. You can get off of your Southwest flight from Buffalo and be looking at Abe in an hour, get off at Smithsonian or Foggy Bottom. You can also take a quick marc train to union Station I prefer to fly to BWI when going to DC cheap and less hectic of an airport than DCA or IAD, and really easy access to central DC.
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sally
But if you do that you can't piss and moan like flyguy in an attempt to say that the article was wrong to praise BNIA for having low air fares!!
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ToughintheStreets
Sally he never said. All he said was that it wasnt cheap to fly to DC. Relax!
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