Cheapest way to go to NYC and Boston from DC?

I'd like to visit NYC and Boston next month. I live in Maryland (near DC).
What would be the cheapest way for me to do this?

Take Amtrak?
Take Greyhound or another bus?
Drive my car?
Another option?

If I drive my car, would I be able to park for free at the hotel or hostel
that I stay at? If not, what's a ballpark figure for cost of parking per day?

Thanks for any help.

wrote:

I'd like to visit NYC and Boston next month. I live in Maryland (near
DC). What would be the cheapest way for me to do this?

Take Amtrak?
Take Greyhound or another bus?
Drive my car?
Another option?

If I drive my car, would I be able to park for free at the hotel or hostel
that I stay at? If not, what's a ballpark figure for cost of parking per
day?

Thanks for any help.

Cheapest way (beyond walking or bicycling) would be to travel by motorcoach.

Washington Deluxe (www.washny.com), Vamoose (www.vamoosebus.com), and
Chinese companies (www.ivymedia.com) generally charge $20 o/w, $35 r/t
between Washington and New York.

Chinese companies (www.ivymedia.com) generally charge $10 o/w, $20 r/t
between New York and Boston.

Thus, you can make the journey for as little as $30 o/w. $55 r/t.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:31:54 -0400 wrote:

:I'd like to visit NYC and Boston next month. I live in Maryland (near DC).
:What would be the cheapest way for me to do this?

:Take Amtrak?
:Take Greyhound or another bus?
:Drive my car?
:Another option?

Are you just planning to get there, or are you planning to do anything around
there?

My guess is that greyhound would be your cheapest option, but what will you be
doing in the NYC and Boston areas? Hanging in the center of town? Visiting
attractions in the area?

:If I drive my car, would I be able to park for free at the hotel or hostel
:that I stay at? If not, what's a ballpark figure for cost of parking per day?

Depends on how close you stay to the city centers.

--
Binyamin Dissen
http://www.dissensoftware.com

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 22:54:16 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
wrote:
Are you just planning to get there, or are you planning to do anything around
there?

My guess is that greyhound would be your cheapest option, but what will you be
doing in the NYC and Boston areas? Hanging in the center of town? Visiting
attractions in the area?

Yeah, just seeing the sights for the most part. Maybe a daytrip to Salem.

In article ,
wrote:

I'd like to visit NYC and Boston next month. I live in Maryland (near DC).
What would be the cheapest way for me to do this?

Take Amtrak?
Take Greyhound or another bus?
Drive my car?
Another option?

If I drive my car, would I be able to park for free at the hotel or hostel
that I stay at? If not, what's a ballpark figure for cost of parking per day?

Grayhound is probably the least expensive; driving second. Amtrak is
probably the most expensive, but most convenient. You could fly, but that
is not going to be cheapest unless you can get a cheap Southwest Airlines
flight from BWI. Another option is to plan the trip with some friends,
then drive and split the cost for tolls, gas, and parking.

In Boston and NYC, you are not going to find free parking at an hotels
in the city limits. You'll probably pay around $30 - $50 per night to
park your car. Boston will be more expensive than NYC, but not much more.

You should check out hotel rates too. Its not hard to find a reasonably
priced room (around $150/night) in NYC, but in Boston, you will have
trouble finding a room for as little as $150 a night unless you stay in
an outlying area such as Waltham or Brookline.

On Tue, 04 May 2004 13:27:14 GMT, Marcel Lachenmann
wrote:

Of course, if the cost is shared between two or more people traveling
together, driving a car rapidly becomes more economical, besides
being more convenient. Tolls, parking, depreciation, and maintenance
are basically fixed costs regardless of the numbers of people,
and the additional gas consumed isn't too great of a factor.

By the time you get to 4 people, the car will almost always win on the
economics. It might not be the most convenient if parking is hard to
get.

---
Bob