Hmmm... you can only go to New York from Baltimore (White Marsh). But you can go to a lot of places from NYC.

The bus from NYC to Baltimore continues on to D.C. ... but there is no way to take that bus from Baltimore to D.C. Strange routing. :)

DD: Strange, indeed. Anyone else noticing peculiar things while booking?

I've been using Megabus for ages in the UK. When I was in London last month, I went to Cardiff (which is roughly the same distance as Baltmore to NYC) for GBP5 each way! I have gotten seats for as little as GBP1 each way!

DD: I used to take Greyhound up to New York years ago... Boy, was that ride NOT fun and it cost a whole lot more than a buck.

I don't think their routing is so strange.

You can, of course, book a trip to NYC and then a separate trip to (say) Boston from NYC, so you might wonder why they don't also offer Baltimore-Boston as an option (with a transfer in NYC). The problem for MegaBus is that this would imply a "guaranteed connection," and it's quite understandable, especially for these prices, why they wouldn't want to make such a guarantee.

As for the Baltimore-DC question, the bus occasionally runs early, and if they offered that route at some precise time, they'd have to wait in Baltimore.

Any way to book a trip later than the currently listed last date of Jan 24? The promotion may run until March 18, but it doesn't look like there's any way to book tickets for anything but the first week of the promotion at this point.

DD:Anyone out there able to answer Dave's question?

Answer to Dave's question is that tyou can do not book more than 2 months in advance. Those days will show up sometime in Jan.

DD: Awesome. Thanks Lee.

I took the megabus from Baltimore to NYC for the first time on Sat. I was concerned about booking again - although we got on, many people (about 35!) did not get on the 7:30 am. bus, as it was overbooked. They were told another bus was coming, but running 30 to 40 minutes late. Leaving NY of NYC 4 people had reservations, but no seats, I'm not sure what happened to them. Has anyone had any experience with their policy on overbooking? The driver said they frequently overbook... I have a reservation in January, and I'm concerned about not getting a seat. Thanks

DD: ooh yea, SJ, that would really tick me off if I bought a ticket and didn't have a seat. Has any experienced this? And does Megabus give you something if they bump you for overbooking?

Just a follow-up. I spoke to the Northeast division of Megabus Customer Service today. If they are overbooked and you don't get a seat, they will place you on the next available bus, and/or may offer you a free ride in the future. If there are "many" people waiting, the women said like 30, they will send another bus out sooner. If it is just 3 or 4 people, you need to wait for the next bus. I was not happy hearing that - if we were planning on taking the 9:40 home from NYC, the next bus wasn't until 12:15 a.m. - several hours of waiting in between for those three or four people who didn't get on the 9:40 last Sat. Also, how many people would it take for them to send another bus...30, 25, 20?? I think I will plan on using one of the bus routes in the future that you REALLY reserve a seat on...Hunt Valley and Superior have always been reliable. The Megabus benefit might be for someone with more flexibility, and less money who is not on a tight time schedule, but until they change this policy of overbooking, I'm not going to take the chance.

DD: Excellent advice, SJ. The key word, if you're going to use Megabus, is flexibility it sounds like.

This is probably more gear towards the east coast but I'm in the midwest and I'm going to take the Megabus down south to visit family with some kids 2 under the age of 2 and I was just wondering, what are the chances of them getting a spot or how does that work? Can anyone tell me?