The only way to travel: Cheap seats and free Wifi

Greyhound gets it. With airport security now turning the short commuter flight into an all day affair, surly airline workers and airports beating up travelers with high prices for things like Wifi (with the exception of the few offering it free), the bus may be ready for a comeback. Free Wifi is like free beer. Serve it up and you’ll pack the house, or in this case, the bus.

Greyhound has launched a new service that will offer affordable tickets (as low as $1 each way when purchased in advance online), slightly more leg room (three inches, to be exact), and free on-board Wi-Fi to travelers in its major Northeastern corridors.

“BoltBus” will make its maiden voyage tomorrow between New York City (33^rd and 7^th) and Washington, D.C. (11^th and G). To promote the launch, tickets for all seats for travel this weekend (starting tomorrow through Sunday) are one dollar if purchased in advance online.

With this new service, Greyhound is cutting costs while also catering to its new generation of customers, a more Internet-enabled crowd than the typical bus travelers of yore.

“We think customers will really enjoy the ability to be online while traveling,” says Dustin Clark, a Greyhound spokesperson. “Basically, we’ve targeted this consumer segment that we thought would really enjoy express point-to-point service between these cities—students, business travelers, commuters—people who would actually benefit from being able to stay connected. If they need to do work or school work, a typical bus trip is three to four hours that would normally be lost time—now you’re not losing any time.” (Wifi Planet)