There are the existing buses: Greyhound/Peter Pan, Fung Wah, Lucky Star. The one-way fares are pretty much the same in the $15-$25 range. Now, there are new buses that entered the competition: BoltBus (a Greyhound operation) and MegaBus (a subsidiary of Coach USA).

Both bus companies will offer at least one seat per bus for only $1.  The remaining seats at MegaBus, will be priced no more than $14 each, while remaining seats at BoltBus will be priced no more than $25.   Both companies have $0.50 reservation fee.  Both will also offer free wireless internet onboard.  Sweet!  BoltBus did add a few more perks including electrical outlets in each seat and less rows resulting to larger legroom.

But be forewarned… there are complaints that some of the buses of BoltBus show up late or don’t show up at all.  Well, you usually get what you paid for.

Of course, those $1 seats are hard to catch. If you can book way in advance, the odds are better.  Mega Bus right now is offering free seats from NYC to Washington DC for travel beginning the weekend of May 30.

(source: Boston.com)