Author Topic: Best way to New York?  (Read 3892 times)

amnesiac

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Best way to New York?
« on: April 20, 2005, 03:34:00 pm »
Looks like I might have to make a few trips to Central Park this summer:
 
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bearman🐻

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2005, 03:44:00 pm »
I hear good things about the Chinatown bus. $35 r/t. Not sure of the web site though.

SalParadise

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2005, 03:46:00 pm »
ivymedia.com
 
 washingtondeluxe.com
 
 cheap and easy.

jkeisenh

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2005, 03:48:00 pm »
my favorite is the Dragon Coach, since it drops off in Herald Sq which is far more convenient than NY's chinatown.

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2005, 03:49:00 pm »
chinatown bus is so passe ... greyhound now offers the same price ($35 r/t) and departures every hour ... although they don't have cool kung-fu movies
(o|o)

jkeisenh

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2005, 03:56:00 pm »
chinatown buses are more likely to let you take a bike on if there's space.  greyhound is jerks about it.

Venerable Bede

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2005, 04:10:00 pm »
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  chinatown buses are more likely to let you take a bike on if there's space.  greyhound is jerks about it.
boo-hoo.
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sonickteam

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2005, 04:11:00 pm »
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
  chinatown buses are more likely to let you take a bike on if there's space.  greyhound is jerks about it.
how much is the bus to take you back to Wisconsin?

SalParadise

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2005, 04:24:00 pm »
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  chinatown bus is so passe ...
haha, reaching new levels of hate...dude, it's a bus!
 
 what do you want? a new line that takes you from DC9 to thurston moore's front porch?

jkeisenh

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2005, 04:25:00 pm »
wow, Thurston has a porch?  how very.

Fico

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2005, 04:29:00 pm »
There's one that goes from Tenleytown to Madison Sqaure Garden...it doesn't have the stench of stir-fry and has newer movies...very kosher..
 
 www.vamoosebus.com

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2005, 04:41:00 pm »
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  chinatown bus is so passe ...
haha, reaching new levels of hate...dude, it's a bus![/b]
dude, i was being sarcastic!
(o|o)

SalParadise

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2005, 05:48:00 pm »
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
   
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Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  chinatown bus is so passe ...
haha, reaching new levels of hate...dude, it's a bus![/b]
dude, i was being sarcastic! [/b]
oops.
 
 *extends olive branch*

Bags

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2005, 05:56:00 pm »
Buddha, are you necessarily looking for the cheapest transport?  You can often find flights that are less than the train -- anywhere from $90-150.  If you fly in to Newark, there's an easy train in to Penn Station and take a cab or hop on the subway there.  If you fly in to LaGuardia, I think you have to take a taxi, which can be pricey depending on where you're going...

Random Citizen

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Re: Best way to New York?
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2005, 06:19:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Fico:
  There's one that goes from Tenleytown to Madison Sqaure Garden...it doesn't have the stench of stir-fry and has newer movies...very kosher..
 
 www.vamoosebus.com
Thanks for posting that link! Vamoose Bus + room at the Chelsea Star (about a block from the drop-off) = inexpensive weekend spent in NYC  :D