Transportation

I was originally going to take a Chinatown Bus from Washington, D.C. to New York back to New Jersey. This would've cost me $35 (bus) round trip, with a transportation time of 4-5 hours on the bus, plus $15 and another hour on New Jersey Transit to get back to Princeton. So, best case scenerio, 5 hours; worst case without unforseen circumstances, ~ 6.5 hours. Since I wanted to get home at a specific time and not in the middle of the night on Friday night, I opted for the Amtrak from DC to Trenton instead. Duration of the trip back to NJ? 2 hours and 20 minutes. Cost for a roundtrip? $150. I decided to try it. Next time, I'll try the bus and see how that goes. You sure do get a lot of leg room on Amtrak though.