Bolt by Bus for $1

Halloween can be scary, but it is also an opportunity to travel from Los Angeles to San Jose or Oakland CA for just $1. If you book a seat on Bolt Bus (www.boltbus.com) from Oct. 31 to Nov.3, the price on this new route for the line is only $1.

Bolt Bus, a subsidiary of Greyhound, offers service at sometimes ridiculously low prices on its routes, which at present cover just the heavily populated East and West Coasts of the U.S. There is one route into Canada, between Seattle and Vancouver. On the East Coast, Bolt Bus serves several large cities between Washington DC and Boston MA.

Safety concerns after some big bus accidents have apparently resulted in a crackdown on some of the low-cost bus lines operating in the Eastern corridor of the U.S.Therefore, it is good to know that there are still some operators who are giving consumers a big break on travel fares.

I have not yet travelled by Bolt Bus, but at these prices it is tempting.