Book Now!

Current Promotion

Current Promotion

Current Promotion

Current Promotion

Current Promotion

Current Promotion

2025 Excursion & Preferred Account Renewals and Head Start Information

The Preferred Program allows those with an island-based address, and who meet additional program qualifications, access to the daily Preferred Spaces, which are set aside and opened for booking seven days and one day ahead of the travel day, as well as to the Head Start booking period prior to the general opening for summer reservations.

The Excursion Program, available only to individuals who are on a town's street list on Nantucket or in one of the six towns on Martha's Vineyard, additionally entitles customers to discounted fares for vehicle travel. 

Customers whose account numbers end in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6, or 8) must renew their Preferred or Excursion accounts by December 31, 2024, to be eligible for the Head Start reservation period.

2025 Preferred Program application

2025 Excursion Program application

 

2025 Headstart Reservations - Important Dates & Details

Week 1: January 14–20, 2025

  • Non-Transferable Reservations Only
    • Reservations must be for your account only.
    • No transferable reservations or bookings for others' accounts allowed.

Week 2: January 21–27, 2025

  • All Reservation Types Allowed
    • Includes transferable reservations and bookings for others’ accounts.

About reservations and about transferrable reservations: 

•Each qualified resident is eligible for 10 Head Start reservations
•Up to 5 of 10 can be booked directly for another person
•Up to 3 of 10 can be designated as transferrable to give to another person at a later date
•Two qualified people on a profile=20 Head Start reservations

Example:

  1. George Clooney – Excursion Reservation - Booked for himself
  2. George Clooney – Excursion Reservation - Booked for himself
  3. George Clooney – Excursion Reservation - Booked for himself
  4. George Clooney – Excursion Reservation - Booked for himself
  5. George Clooney – Excursion Reservation - Booked for himself
  6. Harrison Ford – Standard Reservation – Booked for another
  7. Julia Roberts – Standard Reservation – Booked for another
  8. Brad Pitt – Standard Reservation – Booked for another
  9. Transferable at a future date
  10. Transferable at a future date

Access the Reservation Application

Visit the 2025 Headstart Reservation Application [click here].

Questions? Call the Reservation Office at (508) 477-8600 from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. 

Â