Elena Marchetti

Northeast Corridor Editor

Elena Marchetti covers the Boston-New York-Washington premium ground and rail spine for Business Class Journal. She spent eight years on the corporate travel desk at the Boston Globe before joining BCJ in 2024 and has tested every Acela first-class itinerary on the Northeast Corridor since the 2021 timetable reset. She splits her time between Back Bay and the West Village.

Recent reporting

guides

Best Car Service NYC to Boston (2026): A Premium Reviewer's Acela-vs-Car Ranking

We ranked nine chauffeur operators serving the New York-to-Boston corridor in 2026, scored against the Acela-vs-car premium decision: when chauffeured ground beats Acela First on cost, on door-to-door clock, on multi-stop flexibility through Greenwich and Westport, on work-aboard privacy, on Boston bridge timing across the Tobin and the Zakim, and on the Logan, Hanscom, and Hyannis airport-handoff cases.