Meandering through the Mall

As the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. is a great place to visit with a charter bus hired from Bus Charter Trips. A visit to the seat of the American government will give you and your group an insight into how this great nation of ours came to be.
Most sightseeing in Washington D.C. is centered on the National Mall. This unique national park is a huge green area in the center of Washington D.C. is the heart of the nation. Stretching for 2 miles from the White House in the south, to the U.S. Capitol Building in the east and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial in the west, the National Mall has been witness to some of the greatest moments in modern American history.
The National Mall features the greatest concentration of museums, monuments, memorials and government buildings of any city in the United States. Many of its attractions are close to each other, and within walking distance. However, limited parking areas, and security concerns over parked vehicles, means that any kind of public parking in the area is limited to those who work there, or severely time limited. This is where traveling with a charter bus comes in handy, allowing you and your group to be dropped off, and picked up, at your own schedule and location.
Walking through the National Mall, the visitor may get easily confused about what to see, and where. Pick up a handy visitor’s map from any museum or hotel, and plan out where you wish to go, and what you would like to see. It is very unlikely that you will be able to finish the Mall in a day. For instance, if you wish to visit the Smithsonian, do note it is 19 separate buildings, spread across the mall, each concentrating on a specific subject. A museum curator visiting the Air and Space Museum spent 5 days reading each individual exhibit label. This will give you an idea of the scale of some of the buildings on the National Mall.
Most visitors start with the main monuments and memorials. The Washington Memorial with its 555 foot obelisk stands tall over the Mall. The Lincoln Memorial is another firm tourist favorite, having been seen in the background of many a movie. For a sombre experience, visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where it’s black granite walls etched with the names of U.S. servicemen who died in the conflict reflects on the sacrifice of war. You can pause by the Reflecting Pool, scene of many a protest and march by the people during the 60s.
As the day heats up, most visitors retreat into one of the many air conditioned museums along the Mall. Choices include the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of American History, the Air and Space Museum, the family friendly Museum of African Art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery which displays Asian art and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Plan your visit to Washington D.C. with Bus Charter Trips by giving us a call and find out about our friendly, personalized service.

Need Help Booking Bus Charter Trips?

Booking bus charter trips doesn't have to be an overwhelming task. Whether it is for your company's corporate event, an across country sightseeing trip for your group or you simply want to plan a night out in your city with your friends to celebrate an anniversary, birthday or upcoming nuptials, we can help you arrange affordable, safe transportation.

How Easy Can Booking Charter Bus Trips Be?

As easy as can be! When you need to make travel arrangements, we really only need three pieces of information from you to being to put together an economical package that will meet your groups' every travel need. We will need to know where you want to go. How many people will be traveling and when you'd like to make your charter bus excursion. Using this information, our trained representatives will be able to give you the best choices for your charter bus.

Aren't Charter Buses Uncomfortable?

Perhaps at some charter bus companies, but not ours! Our charter buses have soft, upholstered seats to give your group a nice comfy ride. Most of our buses have state-of-the-art sound systems that play CD's, DVD's and of course speakers from front to back so everyone can hear. Also, if you're concerned about restroom facilities, many of our larger bus models have built in facilities so no stopping along the way and no one has to be inconvenienced and can be assured of traveling in pure comfort from start to finish of your charter bus excursion.

Is Traveling by Charter Bus Economical?

Absolutely and with the prices of fuel higher than ever, choosing to make your travel arrangements using charter buses is one of the wisest financial choices you can make. Compare the pricing between everyone in your group loading into their vehicles and driving caravan style to your destination. It's cramped, crowded and when one person has to stop, everyone has to stop. Driving is tiring. When you take multiple vehicles there is a good chance the driver for each vehicle will be fatigued once you reach your destination, not a great way to start a sightseeing tour or corporate event. Who has fun when they are exhausted? Also, you'll need to budget for putting fuel into multiple vehicles, wouldn't you rather just save your money and spend it on having fun at your destination?

If it's your responsibility to get a group of people to a corporate function or you need to create a sightseeing tour with multiple stops, consider the convenience and fun of booking bus charter trips to meet this need, everyone will arrive refreshed and ready to participate in the fun.

Tips on Packing Smart

Packing smart is a mental game.

A lot of people are faced with a lot of stress when it comes to packing for a trip. They frantically try and pack their entire lives in to a suitcase and while trying to anticipate every item they might need to use during their charter bus rental tour around Washington DC or Baltimore MD, which leads to over packing and not surprisingly, more stress!

To help you prevent that, we here at Bus Charter Trips have put together a checklist to help you overcome all that packing anxiety and eliminate any bus charter trip worries.

Clothes:
To pack wisely, pack three tops for every bottom. Pants and skirts can be worn multiple times. Just swap your top and you’ve got a whole new look, and besides forget about looking like a model during the bus charter trip, you're having a vacation not a catwalk. Following this formula, a week-long trip shouldn’t require more than six tops, one pair of pants, one pair of shorts, or for ladies, one dress, and three bras.

Colour:
Stick to a color scheme and keep to it. Use two neutrals for your core basics and add two to three fun shades that coordinate should be all you need. Remember, a dark palette hides stains and easily sails from day to night and wearing something neutral during your trip would be the wisest decision you have ever made for your Washington DC bus charter night out.

Footwear:
No one needs more than three pairs of footwear on any party bus trip. One pair each of sneakers/flats, business shoes, and sandals/thongs is all you need.

Layer:
Ditch pieces with bulky linings think thin. Control temperature with layers and pack tees, tanks, and cashmere cardigans instead thick sweaters or a hefty jacket.

Multi-task:
Yoga pants and board shorts can moonlight as pajamas. Your favorite gym clothes can also double up in place of a pajamas. For instance, a tee shirt or tank top can be paired with a skirt and heels for dinner, capris and sandals for shopping, and shorts and sneakers for a weekend hike. Keeping things simple, honestly speaking, can be the best policy for short bus charter trips like these.

Accent:
Use accent pieces to draw highlight your features or create conversation pieces so people don’t focus on the clothes.

Fabric Choice:
Fabric blends containing nylon, elastane, or polyester beautifully resist wrinkling. Natural fabrics such as wool, Lyocell, modal or cotton mixed with polyester or spandex resist wrinkling better than pure cotton. Anything with texture (crinkled gauze, ruched jersey, seersucker) or a busy print helps camouflage fold marks.

Enjoy your party bus rental trip, win the mental game of packing and pack like a pro for your road trip with Bus Charter Trips and who knows, you might be packing even more bags filled with souvenirs for the return trip.

The Best Washington DC Restaurants To Please Your Palates

After the stress of dealing with your work on a daily basis, you absolutely and irrefutably deserve to let your hair down and enjoy the evening with your family and friends. If you have trouble deciding on which restaurant, pub or club to hit, here are a couple of suggestions.

Bus Charter Trips regularly takes our customers to Oya Restaurant and Lounge which is a popular restaurant that specializes in rum-related drinks. The atmosphere is eclectic and electrifying at the same time. Their unconventional food and drinks have won them many awards over the years and seems to be a popular spot for many of Bus Charter Trips customers. There is a fireplace and private rooms that you can book if you wish to spend your time with your family and friendly in a less noisy environment. Classy, entertaining and very elite lounge area for bachelor parties, bachelorette parties, birthdays, anniversaries, corporate dinners, and family gatherings. It is truly one of a kind.

If you are looking to cap your budget at $30 per person without compromising the quality of the food, atmosphere and experience, then take Bus Charter Trips charter bus to this very hip little Italian eatery on Connecticut Avenue very simply called Dino which is a must. Being in the Cleveland Park neighborhood has its perks...less traffic and more parking. The ambiance here is casual, cool and relaxing because of their more traditional approach to dining. As we all know, the Italians can get very serious about their meals, and this is precisely the kind of experience you can look forward to in Dino. Serious food without breaking the bank.

Fancy sitting around in Florence's Piazza della Signora? You don't have to go all the way to Italy to do that because there is always Acqua al 2 to depend on. This classy Italian restaurant is a chain of Italian restaurants which first opened its door in Florence way back in 1978 and after two decades, it has found its way to our shores and now, there is one on 7th Street. And you can then get the party back on the party bus during your trips.

To make the most of your time here in Washington DC, we reckon you would have a better time with the bus charter, coach bus, party bus, passenger bus, sleeper bus or other large luxurious charter bus that Bus Charter Trips may have in store for you. We hope to serve you in the very near future.