Thursday at 6/7am.

Wednesday at 3pm will make you wish you were never born.

We are leaving at 6am Wednesday and hoping for the best.

Anonymous wrote:Wednesday at 3 pm will likely take you 8 hours. Leave Thursday morning.

Easily. I'd say even more.

-NJ native

The 3 pm on Wednesday suggestion HAD to be a joke, right???

Wednesday at 3 pm will likely take you 8 hours. Leave Thursday morning.

I go to exit 15 on the NJTP from Arlington every year during the holidays and leaving in the early morning has always been way more successful for me.

Thursday before 8.

I've also done that drive multiple years (to Exit 11 off Turnpike) and leaving about 6am on Thursday is the way to go.

I do this drive ALL the time. Either do it late at night (although there is more of a chance for construction. But the big construction areas have been finished. If you leave in the morning, leave at like 6 am. It will make a difference. I am personally doing the drive at 6 am on Wednesday.

Thursday - leave before 8 am, closer to 7 am is better.

Have done it every year for last 8 years and never have a problem.

Anonymous wrote:Thursday for sure. How far are you going?

Rockville to exit 10 on the Turnpike.

Thursday for sure. How far are you going?

Chiming in to say I don't like either option. I would leave Wednesday around 9 pm. If you have kids, get them dressed in pjs and load up the car.

You would be insane to leave on Wednesday at 3pm. Thursday at 8am is okay. Wednesday after 9pm would be better, Thursday at 6-7am better still.

If you had the choice to leave Wednesday at 3pm or Thursday at 8am, which would you choose?