Bus Fare Comparison Site?

Hi All

Just wondering if anyone knows a site, I suppose similar to Expedia etc that gives bus fare comparisons rather than going to each site to find fares from NYC to Boston?

I was looking at the train but I want to leave after 1pm and there don%26#39;t seem to be any services to do that. I don%26#39;t want to fly as I hear its a very pretty journey so... bus it seems to be.

Cheaper is better for the budget but a bit of comfort would be good too.

Any ideas folks?

Many thanks :D

Bus Fare Comparison Site?

I dont believe there is but the buses that go from NYC-BOS are Greyhound the biggest and its sisters Bolt bus and Peter Pan also there is Mega bus and Limoliner which is more like a first class section on a airplane.They each have their own websites and you can get really good deals if you book in advance,however there is one bus company you want to AVOID that is Fung Wah they have a pretty bad safety record and some serious issues.

Bus Fare Comparison Site?

I don%26#39;t know of any sites that do comparisons, but I can give you a bit of info ...

Greyhound is the oldest, most established. Fares start at $12 one way.

Bolt, Megabus and Lucky Star all board on street corners (rather than a bus terminal) in NY City and end at South Station in Bosotn. Fares can be purchased from an agent at the bus but are best purchased in advance, on-line. If your timing is good you might even get at ticket for $1 or $5.

Avoid the Fung Wah line. They%26#39;ve had safety issues and recently while riding Bolt to NY, Fung Wah wizzed by at what seemed to me to be an excessive rate of speed.

I might add in the past two weeks, I%26#39;ve taken Bolt from Boston to NY twice and from NY to Boston once. I paid between $15 and $18.50 one way. Of those 3 trips, two weree fine and one was horrible ... it was hot, traffic was heavy, a/c on bus broke and the windows don%26#39;t open. ARGH!

Thanks for the advice. Would either of you know if Bolt%26#39;s schedule is only posted for a month at a time?

I%26#39;m trying to find a schedule for 17 July from NYC to Boston and nothing comes up!

Perhaps I%26#39;m being too organised? ;D

It looks like it post its schedule 50 days in advance,you are leaving on a Friday each day the schedule is different i looked up Fridays in June and it looks like the first bus leaves at 7AM then every hour until 1PM then 130,200,230,300,400,530,600,630,730,and the las bus leaves at 830PM.

just an FYI---I just got an email from Megabus saying they now leave from Back Bay Station.

Megabus and Greyhound/Peter Pan have been okay.

To call the trip by highway from New York to Boston ';a very pretty journey'; would be to overstate it, in my opinion. For the most part, it%26#39;s fairly dull. It%26#39;s nicer from the east/south side of a train, but still nothing to write home about.

That said, it generally doesn%26#39;t really make sense to fly.

Especially going on 95. You%26#39;ll be so busy avoiding the trucks and busses, you wouldn%26#39;t have time to look even if there something interesting to see.