A cheap traveler, i am.
I just got back from nyc about 2 weeks ago. its basically my favorite place on earth. that being said, its also one of the most expensive places on earth HAHA! anyway, i am always looking for a cheap place to stay or free things to do while in the city.
I stumbled upon Broadway hotel and hostel while looking around on hostels.com. after reading reviews on trip advisor and making sure it wasnt far from a subway stop i decided to call to see how much a room would be tax and all, and if they had a private room with private bathroom.
I did, and they did. they call it a private double double with private bathroom. I told them i would call back.
I kept looking for about a month for a cheaper place to stay like maybe some chic little boutique hotel or something. Yeah, that wasnt gonna happen. This is the CHEAPEST place you will find *in manhattan* to stay.
it is a hostel so it isnt super nice, the comforters needed some updating, but overall it was good. no weird smell, which i expected lol also, the windows in our room opened which was nice. but the bathroom is TINNNYYYYYYYYY. overall the place serves its purpose and it is only 2 blocks from the subway.
for 2 nights our total came to 267, tax and all. thats basically unheard of. most places are 200+ per night. i would definately stay again :)
Sunday, March 27, 2011
MegaBus from Knoxville to DC review round 2
AHHHH! -- here we go again :)
Well about two weeks ago I took the megabus from knoxville to dc and then again from dc to nyc. both times were definitely as expected. they are a no frills bus line, and i mean that in the nicest way possible. however my experience this time was a little different from the last -- let me explain.
First of All - Drivers determine the whole mood of the trip. If you have a fun driver, he cracks a few jokes and lets you watch movies on the tv's (so long as everyone agrees on the movie that is). If you have a driver who really doesnt care to make friends or talk to his passengers then you better bring a pillow or self entertainment because there will be no movie.
Second of All - there were about 3 times as many people on this bus as last time. I left out on a Wed night and every row was full with at least 1 person, some had 2. I lucked out and didnt have to share, mainly because i stared fiercely at my blackberry and did NOT make eye contact. make it obvious you do not wanna share. the return trip was COMPLETELY full. A church group, complete with children and elderly folks had bought tickets to return on the night ride just like i had. fortunately i was the ONLY person who did not have to share my seat. i had gotten on first - claimed my seat - and sprawled out, making no qualms about not sharing a seat.
Last but not least - LONGER BREAKS AND NO SNOOOWWWW!!!! hallelujah. we got an hour break at the stop in wytheville (mentioned in my previous review here) which was AMAAZZEEBALLS because there was a 24/7 dennys!!!! we made great time as well, arriving an hour early each way.
to sum it all up, yeah.. its a good deal. just arrive early because u dont want to be left.. and dont expect it to be the ritz. i will always take megabus to dc!! you cant beat it right??
-------SIDENOTE: the driver of one of the buses told me that they would like to make knoxville a "hub" city, as well as ATL going as far south as miami or orlando. i SOO hope people keep taking MegaBus so they dont pull this area from their stops!
Well about two weeks ago I took the megabus from knoxville to dc and then again from dc to nyc. both times were definitely as expected. they are a no frills bus line, and i mean that in the nicest way possible. however my experience this time was a little different from the last -- let me explain.
First of All - Drivers determine the whole mood of the trip. If you have a fun driver, he cracks a few jokes and lets you watch movies on the tv's (so long as everyone agrees on the movie that is). If you have a driver who really doesnt care to make friends or talk to his passengers then you better bring a pillow or self entertainment because there will be no movie.
Second of All - there were about 3 times as many people on this bus as last time. I left out on a Wed night and every row was full with at least 1 person, some had 2. I lucked out and didnt have to share, mainly because i stared fiercely at my blackberry and did NOT make eye contact. make it obvious you do not wanna share. the return trip was COMPLETELY full. A church group, complete with children and elderly folks had bought tickets to return on the night ride just like i had. fortunately i was the ONLY person who did not have to share my seat. i had gotten on first - claimed my seat - and sprawled out, making no qualms about not sharing a seat.
Last but not least - LONGER BREAKS AND NO SNOOOWWWW!!!! hallelujah. we got an hour break at the stop in wytheville (mentioned in my previous review here) which was AMAAZZEEBALLS because there was a 24/7 dennys!!!! we made great time as well, arriving an hour early each way.
to sum it all up, yeah.. its a good deal. just arrive early because u dont want to be left.. and dont expect it to be the ritz. i will always take megabus to dc!! you cant beat it right??
-------SIDENOTE: the driver of one of the buses told me that they would like to make knoxville a "hub" city, as well as ATL going as far south as miami or orlando. i SOO hope people keep taking MegaBus so they dont pull this area from their stops!
Friday, January 14, 2011
MegaBus Knoxville to D.C review :)
As most of you know, I was beyond excited when I heard that Knoxville was going to become a hub for one of the "china town like" bus lines. I checked out the whole website and saw that I could get 4 round trip tickets from Knox to D.C for only 14 dollars plus a .50 service charge. This was definitely a deal I could not pass up, after checking out some hotel prices I decided that I HAD to buy these tickets. On the day of my trip I arrived at the Knoxville bus station (which is brand new btw) about an hour early just to be sure I wouldn't miss it. MegaBus arrived right on time, we all formed a line and put our own luggage in the stow-a-way on the bottom of the bus. Remember this is a no frills bus, but who can't load their own luggage? So after the driver checked our tickets we boarded on a first come first serve basis. There was only abt 20 people on the bus so most everyone had their own row which was nice because we got to stretch out and sleep since we were on the night ride. We pulled out exactly on time and drove straight through to Wytheville, VA and stopped at a Flying J truck stop. I LOVE truck stop food, and this one had hot food including pizza and corn dogs! After a 20 min break we got back on the bus and continued to Christiansburg where we picked up a few other passengers. Off to DC we went. We arrived in DC exactly on time. The trip home was just as the first, we loaded our own luggage and had a row to ourselves. We dropped some passengers off in Christiansburg and this time when we stopped at flying j the burger king and subway next to it was open and we could eat there if we chose. We got a bit longer this time to eat and still got back almost an hour and a half early. But it was snowing on the way up so we slowed down a lot. To sum this up I'm already planning my next megabus trip. You CAN'T beat it!
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