Yes, and you can do it without a car at either end. The bus from NYC to Niagara Falls starts at $40, takes 8 to 9 hours to cover about 400 miles, and drops you at the Old Main Street charter bus zone, one block from Niagara Falls State Park. The park itself is free to walk into. What the trip is not is a day trip, and pretending otherwise ruins it. Below are the three shapes that actually work.…
Leave the car at home; New York is the one American city that rewards you for it. OurBus runs into Manhattan from across the Northeast — Philadelphia from $9, Washington DC from $13, Boston from $19 — and lands you at a Midtown curb instead of a parking garage. We checked the corridor pages on August 12, 2026, and the numbers below are that day’s fares and windows. Add the subway and your own feet, and a car in this…
Four rules cover almost everything about traveling with kids on OurBus: every child books a ticket and gets their own reserved seat, car seats can come aboard, foldable strollers stow in the hold without touching your luggage allowance, and riders under 16 travel with an adult. We checked each policy on the OurBus FAQ on August 31, 2026, and everything below quotes what it says. Get these four right and the rest of the trip is snacks and window seats.…
The OurBus luggage rules fit in one sentence: one suitcase up to 50 lbs rides free in the cargo hold, plus one bag that fits on your lap. An extra bag is a $30 add-on bought at checkout. That covers most riders, most days — and if that’s all you needed, you’re done. The rest of this post is about the exceptions, because that’s where riders get caught. Some buses on the network won’t sell you the extra bag at…
The bus is cheaper, and not by a little. On August 27, 2026, we priced both: OurBus runs NYC to DC from $17, while Amtrak’s advertised floor on the same corridor is $22. The advertised numbers hide the real gap, though. Fare-tracking data shows train tickets between the two cities averaging $111 to $147 one way. Amtrak’s pitch is speed and frequency; what that pitch actually costs is the question, and for most trips on this corridor the answer is…
Most OurBus routes board in one of two places: a cluster of Midtown stops, or the George Washington Bridge Bus Station uptown. A few services use other locations entirely. For many routes the destination sets your boarding area for you, and three upstate routes offer no Midtown option at all. Why Do OurBus Routes Board in Different Places? The pattern broadly follows the direction of travel. Several upstate services board uptown at the George Washington Bridge Bus Station, which sits…
Between nothing and sixteen hours, though the longest window means arriving before dawn. A DC day trip from NYC turns on one number: the last OurBus back from Washington leaves at 7:30 PM. The ride south is 3 hrs 30 min to 5 hrs 50 min. Therefore a noon departure leaves under four hours, and an afternoon one nothing. Key Takeaways The last bus back from Washington is 7:30 PM on the current schedule. Confirm it when you book, because everything…
Count your hours first, then pick the corridor — not the other way around. Depending on when you can leave on Friday and when you must be home on Sunday, an OurBus weekend is anywhere from about 35 hours to 49, and each of those numbers points at a different route. Find your number below, then read only that section. How Many Hours Do You Actually Have? That is the one question worth answering first, and almost nobody asks it. Ground…
Here is how OurBus works, end to end: you book a single seat on a scheduled intercity route through the app or the website, get an e-ticket by email, show the mobile pass to the driver at your stop, and ride. Most stops are a marked spot on the curb rather than a terminal, and nothing needs printing. Key Takeaways Booking is online only, through the OurBus app or website. No cash, and no tickets sold by phone or at…
Because of frequency, not marketing. On the busiest OurBus corridors you can leave almost any hour: New York to Philadelphia runs 19 to 20 buses a day from $9, and New York to Boston runs up to 20. Intercity bus travel stopped being a compromise when the departure board started looking like a train timetable. Key Takeaways Fares start at $9 on New York to Philadelphia, the busiest of the ten corridors we checked at 19 to 20 buses a day.…