Traveling with a budget made friendly with the Bolt bus.

Traveling has never been as convenient as it has been this past weekend, as Randy and I took our vacation exploring the east coast with the Bolt buses.

During these financial hard times it, not everyone can afford $800 vacation packages for just three day getaway for Memorial Day weekend. Therefore we decided to take our vacation and enjoy the east coast by bus this year for Memorial Day Weekend.

We started out in NYC going to Boston. It took about four hours to get there, as we left early in the morning. We arrived in the heart of the city around 11 am, walked around the day as we ate at Cheers in the trendy Beacon Hill neighborhood and continued walking through the city to Fenway Park, the home of Boston Red Socks. We took the bus back to NYC around 9 pm.

The next day we got up, we took the Bolt bus by Penn Station on 34St outside the Tick Tock diner to Philadelphia. The ride to Philadelphia was about 2 hours, but i didn't even feel it because of the wireless services that they have on board. I was sitting on Randy's laptop throughout the trip I-Chatting with my sister in Sweden.
As we arrived into the city, we checked into our hotel, Quarter Club right in the shopping district of Philadelphia, just blocks away from City Hall. We got a really nice deal for the hotel and yet the concierge offered us a really nice upgrade to a suite instead.

After we checked in to our hotel we, rested our feet as we mapped out all the sites that we wanted to see. We definitely wanted to go to Liberty Bell, City Hall, The Rocky Statue Eastern State Penitently, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art also known to most as a the Rocky Steps. We were so lucky with the weather throughout our trip it was just absolutely beautiful, warm and sunny all weekend long. We loved the sites; we ran up the Rocky Steps like Rocky and yelled at the top of the steps "Draaaaggoooooo". However the best part of the trip was when we went to the Macy's store and discovered the world’s largest organ (music instrument). I stopped by the visitor's center to ask for directions to the restroom, as this loud church sounding music started playing. The visitors consultant Jennie, explained to us that the loud music playing was the Grand Court Organ, which was built in the store over 150 years ago and was the biggest Organ in the world. She continued giving us a nice tour of the store, briefing us about the architectural history of the building and what a land mark this store is today. She explained to us that president William H. Taft was there on the opening of Macy's department store and how majority of the history of the store is not visible due to recent construction. After the end of our tour she gave us a discount card and told us that we can use it at any Macy's all over the states.

Although I wish these last couple of days wouldn't have ended so soon as they did, I have to say that i really enjoyed myself a lot and got to learn a lot about the American history. I am glad that we took the trip with the Bolt buses which offered excellent service, free Wi-Fi, cheap prices and punctuality without any major difficulties. The best part about this trip is that it cost us less than $ 400 dollars for the 3 days including hotel stay, travel, food, shopping and tickets to attraction. It was a trip well worth it and I know both me and Randy will remember the good times we shared during our weekend getaway on May 21-23 in 2009.

This is a great deal if you are coming out of town and want to get the most for your money. Tickets run for about $20-$40 round trip with the Bolt buses to any of the following cities: Philadelphia, New York, Boston and D.C. You can visit the city for the day and go back on the last bust home.

For more information about Bolt buses please visit http://www.boltbus.com. Hotel accommodations can be found on any major travel sites. If you are a student make sure you bring your student ID card with you as there is a student discount at several attractions.