Getting to and from the Jewel

Have you every invited friends or family for a visit only to find out that they don't have a car? Needless to say with the Blogger's affinity for the Big City, many invites have turned this way. So with the advent of the Chinese Bus and now Megabus and Boltbus hugging Route 95 as they shuttle people without cars and those that simply want to save our environment between Philadelphia and DC, the Betterton Blogger thought "why not alert these wonderful entities to the marvels of the Eastern Shore." So just last week, I emailed Boltbus with an idea: On Fridays and Sundays why not have one of your buses, going in each direction, divert its route from 95 to 301 and 213 with stops in Chestertown, Annapolis and then their regular end point?



To my surprise, and credit to Boltbus, they replied with the following:

Thanks for your email. We’re very aware of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the many folks that travel out to the beach each weekend. Unfortunately all of our assets are fully deployed in our existing markets that we service and we do not anticipate acquiring any additional vehicles until after the next budget year. I’m very sorry but this is not a niche that we will be in a position to explore for at least the next year or two. I know that this isn’t the news that you wanted to hear from us, but we felt it was important to be honest with you in this matter than to place some false hope with you on this service. We appreciate your interest in Boltbus and wish you well in finding another carrier that can explore this service opportunity to the eastern shore.

Kindest regards,

Jim Austin
Sr. Manager-Customer Interfaces
Email: jim.austin@boltbus.com

Well the B Blogger was quite suprised with the rapid response but alas there is still no easy solution in getting your visitors without a car or boat. Any ideas, I'd love a hydrofoil. Have any of you readers done the Boston Provincetown Fast Ferries?