Megabus Returns with Hartford to Boston and New Haven Service

Megabus announced they have reviving the Hartford to Boston line starting August 17, 2011. They will also be adding to New Haven as another stop from Hartford. This is in addition to the already existent Hartford to New York service, introduced last December.

To celebrate the Boston and New Haven service, Megabus is offering 1,000 free seats on those routes from Hartford for travel between Aug. 17 and Sept. 17. Use Megabus promo code is HART1K to get your discount

The new service includes four-round trips daily to Boston's South Station. Buses will leave Hartford from the Columbus Boulevard curbside near Morgan Street at 6:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 2:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Departures from Boston are at 7 and 11 a.m. and 3 and 7 p.m. The trip takes about two hours, but can be much longer on Friday and Sunday nights.

Go to Megabus.com for more information

Megabus Returns to Hartford - Plus Free Trip Promo Codes

Megabus is returning service to Hartford. This time service is limited to just New York and Amherst. Service from Hartford to Amherst and New York - starts December 15th.

Celebrate the return of the service with a free trip from Hartford to New York. Use promo code: NEWNYC

If you are going to Washington D.C. - you can also use this promotional code - ILUVDC.

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Click here to go to Megabus US

Promo codes valid for trips from Dec. 15, 2010 to Jan. 15, 2011.

Enjoy.

Megabus Promo Code

Megabus.com is offering 100,000 free seats, valid on its routes in the Northeast and Midwest.

Free seats may be booked at any time and are valid for travel Jan. 6 - March 20.

Use Megabus Promo Code: GETAWAY.

Megabus Hartford Coming Back?

Megabus sent registered users who emails today with a survey trying to determine two questions: Should Megabus move from Back Bay Station to South Station? And...Should Megabus add another stop in between Boston and Hartford?

If you want Megabus to come back to Hartford, I encourage you to click here to take the poll that Megabus is looking for feedback on. The last question on this short SurveyMonkey poll asks whether you would like Megabus to stop between NYC and Boston. The options are Hartford, Providence, and Bridgeport. Obviously, if you are reading this Pulitzer-losing blog you should definitely vote HARTFORD. Take the poll with different browsers (or clear your cookies and repeat poll within the same browser) and we can help push HARTFORD to the top of the priority list.

If Megabus was smart, instead of the poll they would just look at the lines at South Station/Port Authority for the Peter Pan/Greyhound gate to Hartford, and see there is a lot of money to be made. All they have to do is a little marketing and the Boston-Hartford or New York-Hartford routes would be really popular. They should even dedicate a route to just Boston-Hartford and New York-Hartford to avoid the constant and awful no seat despite your reservation awkward momments.

So please if you have literally 2 minutes to fill out a survey, please click here to take the poll.

Here is part of the email Megabus sent to Boston-New York customers.

Megabus DC glitch

So if you're trying to get from Washington, D.C. to New York or Boston, read this story Show's how incompetent the Megabus payment system is. It's worse than the car insurance industry.

Greyhound and Peter Pan Bus $15 Hartford Fares

Greyhound and Peter Pan Bus have slashed prices from Hartford to Boston and New York. Usually, Hartford bus-goers had to pay more than their NYC or Boston bus-going counterparts. Now if you book online from Greyhound Web Only Fares Page or Peter Pan Bus E-Tickets you can just pay $15. This is nearly HALF off regular walk-up price. But I guess we get that "wonderful" personal touch from Greyhound and Peter Pan bus staffers.

While Greyhound/PeterPanBus is much slower bus for riders on the Boston-Hartford route (which usually stops in Worcester) - paying $15 and not having to wait on the street like a dog and fighting for survival might make this a better experience than the Megabus - which when it did the Hartford run - was an inconsistent route with buses arriving really late or leaving really early from schedule. Peter Pan claims to have free Wi-Fi internet connection too...Greyhound says they have Wi-Fi as well, but seemingly not on the Hartford route.

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