No matter when you go to MV you need ferry reservations  if you’re taking your car. You need tickets for your car and yourself as well as any passengers in the car.  If you’re a walk on passenger then all you need are tickets, no reservations.  Since the  Steamship Authority (known as the SSA) is the only ferry service that accommodates cars that’s the focus of this entry. 

    

The above reservation brochure can be obtained by mail or at the ferry terminals.  It’s pretty easy to fill out your dates and times and get your tickets by sending in your requests.  Or you can phone for them (508-477-8600). For quicker gratification you can go online.

   opening page

   reservations

  schedule

   pick your dates & times

Then just click to see if they’re available and order your tickets.  

Pictured here is the ferry “Martha’s Vineyard” waiting to take you away to the joys and fun that is the Island of Martha’s Vineyard.