Hunt Valley Motor Coach owns a large amount of Coach buses that take schedule tours and trips across the country.
Each day of the week they leave from various places around the Beltway to New York City and Atlantic City. For $45 you can go up and come back on the same day...for $90 you can go up one day and come back a different day. To get to New York alone you would spend $33 in just tolls, not to mention gas, parking and the headache of driving in the city.
They also take bus trips--for a decent price you can go to Atlantic City, Myrtle Beach, cross country and a variety of other places and tours on their buses. You can go by yourself or with a larger group of people.
I have used them to go to New York 7 times since December 2003 (its now August 2005): they go up regardless of the weather and are extremely reliable.
I highly recommend them for your traveling.
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