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  • Free Lower Manhattan Transit with the Downtown Connection


    The Downtown Alliance provides a free bus service called the Downtown Connection to help you get around Lower Manhattan.

    The Downtown Connection travels between South Street Seaport and and Battery Park City, making 38 stops along the way.  You can hop on and off as you please. Seven buses serve the route. Look for the red shuttle-sized buses with the Downtown Connection labeling on the side.

    The buses are set up for GPS tracking, so you check online to see where the buses are and when they’ll arrive at a stop. The Downtown Alliance website has directions on how to use your cell phone to check on bus locations.

    The bus service runs seven days a week (except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) from 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.  Buses arrive at the stops on about 10 minute intervals during the week and 15 minute intervals on the weekend.

    There are many things to do in Lower Manhattan that are either free or inexpensive. You can walk the Brooklyn Bridge, visit the 9/11 Memorial, see the famous Wall Street Bull, explore Battery Park and South Street Seaport, or take the Staten Island Ferry (for views of the Statue of Liberty), all free of charge. A ferry ride to Governors Island costs just $2 for adults, $1 for seniors, and is free for kids under 13, and the official ferry out to visit the Statue of Liberty is just $18 for adults, $14 for seniors and $9 for kids. Combine these activities with the Downtown Connection’s free bus service and you can spend days seeing NYC attractions while spending very little money.

    See a map of the Downtown Connection bus route.

     

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  • Search for the Best Bus Fare with Wanderu


    Bus travel is one of the most affordable ways to get to New York City. But you’ll want to shop around to make sure you’re getting the best fare. Rates can vary significantly by day of the week and even time of day. And if you’re fortunate enough to live in an area served by more than one bus company, you’ll want to do some comparison shopping. All this is made much easier with Wanderu’s bus fare comparison tool.

    At Wanderu.com, all you have to do is enter the starting point and destination for your trip and the date you’d like to travel, and they’ll show you bus routes with fare information. You’ll be able to see if ticket prices vary by time of day.  And you can scroll through dates to see if you can save some money by traveling on a different day.

    In addition to direct routes, the search shows multiple bus routes that require a transfer at some point during the trip. Sometimes these multiple bus routes are actually faster and less expensive than the direct route. For example, we did a search on travel from Knoxville, TN to New York City and found that by transferring in Washington DC, we could save $42 and arrive an hour earlier than if we took the direct bus. That’s the kind of information that would not be easy to figure out on your own but is simple with Wanderu’s search.

    Wanderu partners with 25 transportation providers, and they recently announced that Greyhound, the country’s largest provider of intercity bus transportation, has been added to that team of partnerships. For now, the new Greyhound additions to the search are concentrated in the northeast U.S., but additional stops will be added in the future.

    It’s about time someone made comparison shopping for bus travel easier. Good work, Wanderu.

     

  • CitySights NY Coupon Code for 10% off Bus Tours


    Use code “10OFFCS” for 10% off the City Sights NY Uptown, Downtown, Night, or Brooklyn tours. These are double-decker bus tours operated by City Sights NY. All fof these, except the Night Tour are all hop-on-hop-off type tours that allow you to get off to explore an area one foot and then get back on the bus later. The Night Tour is an escorted bus tour that you stay with throughout.

    Visit the City Sights NY website for more details about the tours: Enjoy a 10% discount on a City Sights NY Uptown, Downtown, Night or Brooklyn Tour! Use code: 10OFFCS

     
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  • 25% Off Any Go Bus Trip in July


    Go Bus is offering a 25% discount off any trip in July with the promo code “HAPPYJULY”

    Go Bus provides express bus service between New York City and the Boston area (stations are in Cambridge and Newton).  Taking the Go Bus is always an affordable way to get from Boston to New York City, but with this special discount it’s even a better deal.

    Find out more about Go Bus transportation between New York City and Newton & Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • Go Bus Weekly Boston-NYC Ticket Giveaway


    Go Buses gives away a free pair of round trip tickets each week through a sweepstakes featured on their Facebook Page.

    Go Buses provide express bus service between the Boston area and New York City.  The Boston area stations are in Cambridge and Newton.

    Visit the Go Buses FB page for details.

  • Save on Go Bus Travel Between Boston and NYC


    NEW (07/27/14): Use promocode: CJGOBUS10 for 10% off your trip at check out!

    The Go Bus  is a popular and inexpensive way to get to New York City from the Boston area.  The buses run daily and have departures scheduled for every couple hours.  The Boston area bus stops are in Cambridge, at the Alewife Bus Station and in Newton at the Riverside Bus Station.  In New York City, the bus stops in Manhattan at 31st Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues (near Penn Station).

    You’ll travel in modern buses with high back seats, free wi-fi, electric outlets, bathrooms, and tinted panoramic windows.

    You’ll get the best rates and save money if you travel Monday – Thursday and take the early buses.  Friday, Saturday, and Sunday fares are more expensive.  And late afternoon/early evening fares are more expensive also.

    You can search around the Go Buses website  to find the best deal.  Type in the dates you want to travel and they’ll show you the rates for all the buses that day, so you can find the cheapest.  You can also use the date selector to scroll through other days and see if you could save money by switching your travel date.

    Tips:

    • Use available promo codes
    • Travel Monday – Thursday
    • Be flexible and pick the departure time with the least expensive fare.
    • Book a round trip and apply any discounts offered.

     


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