Helen’s Travel Corner

On a short flight from Boston to New York a couple of weeks ago I sat by a very nice lady born and bred in Massachusetts heading to a convention in Portland, Oregon. We had a pleasant conversation about Boston and the usual small chat including how I am from Tennessee but don’t sport a Southern accent. She made a hilarious comment about her husband, describing him as a “wicked redneck.”

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The Challenge: Which bus is the better discount bus between Boston and New York City?

As reported in an earlier blog posting on Fung Wah’s competitors, it can’t be denied that discount buses have come to Boston and are here to stay! The big players are the Fung Wah, the BoltBus and the Megabus with one way trips to New York from Boston costing $15 or less each way. On the last quick trip to New York I tested out the BoltBus to see what all the hype was about, and props to my mom who went along for the journey. We took the BoltBus to New York City and the Fung Wah on our way back to Boston so we had back to back experiences to use to compare the two discount buses. The votes are in, and the judges have decided that depending on what you want in your discount bus depends on which bus is best for you.

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I just did this and figured many of you probably qualify too.  The deadline is coming up soon but check it out… If you’ve traveled outside of the US between Feb. 1, 1996 and Nov. 8, 2006, you qualify for this claim.  It has to do with credit card conversion fees (I think).  It’s super [...]

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