Boltbus to Baltimore For a Buck: A Success Story

May 11, 2009 at 3:41 PM | by JetSetCD | Comment (1)

Any day is a beautiful day when one can get from New York City to Baltimore for less than the cost of a can of soda. And indeed it was perfect sunny weather in the Charm City when on Saturday, we took our own advice and headed down the interstate for the weekend.

After boarding the nearly-full bus at West 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, next to a Sbarro's where tourists were, for some reason, eating breakfast, we settled into the bus' leather seats. Immediately we hooked onto the WiFi signal before the bus had even left, and we enjoyed a stable connection all the way down to Baltimore.

In our frenzy to get online however, we made the mistake of opting for an emergency exit row seat with perhaps an inch more legroom (laptop screen space). Why was this such a bad call on our part? Because the middle few rows on Boltbus do not have power outlets, unlike the other rows with their standard-size double plugs. Rest assured that we would not make this mistake again on the return trip.

Upon arrival to Baltimore, the bus makes one extra and pleasantly unexpected stop in addition to Penn Station; it will let off passengers at Baltimore's Inner Harbor if there is a demand. We continued all the way in to Penn Station however, and enjoyed arriving to a better neighborhood than we're used to finding around train stations.

It was such a nice day and a quaint area that we continued to walk through the historical district with their abundance of churches and cobblestone streets until finally we gave in and hit up the tourist site of Washington Monument.

An impromptu craft fair, some hot dogs outside of the Orioles stadium, and a visit to Edgar Allan Poe's grave later, we were tuckered out. Peeking into our wallet, we noticed that we had spent less than $20 including our roundtrip bus tickets—excellent! That left us wide and open to indulge in a great meal before boarding the bus back and facing another work week in New York.

Although the $1 fare promotion to Baltimore is now over, we checked out the website and noticed that one-ways are still holding steady at $10-$15 for next weekend. Watch for upcoming promotions on Jaunted and at their website.

Related Stories:
· BoltBus [Official Site]
· Megabus and BoltBus Going Head to Head in Baltimore [Jaunted]
· Bus Travel Coverage [Jaunted]

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