Holiday Tours

GotoBus has recently compiled a list of the hottest holiday tours to match every personality type. Check out our holiday tours selection here and see our recommendations below.


"Adrenaline Junkies": Try parasailing, ATV tours, safaris, scuba diving, helicopter tours, or dog sledding

"Beach Bums": Florida, California, Hawaii and Mexico make great warm weather getaways

"Connoisseurs": Napa Valley tours are sure to impress even the most discerning recipient

"Eco-Travelers": Explore nature's finest by booking a trip to the Grand Canyon, Yosemite National Park or Niagara Falls

"Kiddies": Disney World, Disneyland, Legoland, Sea World, and Hershey's Chocolate World always top kid's lists

"World Travelers": Check out international tours in Europe, Canada, Mexico, and China

New Year’s Eve 2009 Countdown Tours

2009 is just around the corner! Do you have plans yet? Make it a New Year’s resolution to celebrate in style and make it a night to remember. We are currently offering eight different New Year’s Eve Countdown Tours that range in duration from six to nine days. Many of these packages include numerous stops throughout the Northeast!

Some attractions include:

New York City- South St. Seaport, Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue, Times Square, Chinatown, Ground Zero, Wall Street, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Top of the Rock

Countdown to 2009 in the world-renowned New Year's Celebration at Times Square!

Philadelphia- Independence Mall, Liberty Bell

Washington DC- Capitol Hill, National Air and Space Museum, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, Vietnam and Korean War Veterans Memorial

Hershey, PA- Hershey’s Chocolate World: the sweetest place on Earth!

New York State- Corning Glass Museum, Niagara Falls

Boston, MA- Harvard University, MIT, Boston Common, Government Center, North End, Harbor Cruise, Quincy Market


See all New Year’s Eve Countdown tours for more details and itineraries.

Palm Springs- California!

GotoBus has just released 16 new sightseeing tours departing from Palm Springs, California. Palm Springs is a major tourist destination for travelers who crave warm weather, mountain views and desert excursions. With temperate winter climes averaging approximately 70 degrees Fahrenheit it is no wonder that northerners and locals alike choose to sightsee during these months.

Our Top Picks for Palm Springs include:

1. Palm Springs Grand Tour: Visit the cities of Cathedral City (The re-born city), Racho Mirage (The Playground of the Presidents), Indian Wells (The wealthiest city in the nation), Palm Desert (Home of El Paseo Drive). While on this leg you will see the estates of Frank Sinatra, Walter Annenberg, the church that Dolly Sinatra re-furbished, walk through a nature garden and more. Next our tour will take a short break to experience the natural Dates of the valley. After the break you will head into the heart of the Old Movie Colony of Palm Springs and the Las Palmas area of Palm Springs. You will get up close and personal with the stars on the second leg of the tour. See the homes of stars like Bob Hope, Dina Shore, Alan Ladd, Elvis, Liberace, Celine Dion, Arnold Schwartzenagger, Ronald Regan, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and many more.

2. Desert Sampler 2 hours Excursion: An introduction to our local deserts, including a fascinating look at the destructive forces of the San Andreas Fault. BONUS: A quick history of our famous wind farms and facts about where we get our water. Perfect tour for those on a budget or just short on time.

3. Joshua Tree Adventure: This remote location takes you to an elevation of 5,518 feet...the 360 degree view is spectacular! Joshua Trees - This spectacular plant has become the symbol of the Mojave Desert. Mormon pioneers named the species for the biblical figure Joshua, because the trees uplifted limbs reminded them of Joshua praying and pointing to the heavens. Today its large size and unusual characteristics make it an appealing and attractive component of the desert

***SPLURGE OF THE MONTH***
Paleontologist For A Day:
Depart Palm Springs Airport via helicopter to a remote area of the Mojave Desert. There your luxury Hummer waits. Travel a short distance to an ancient marine fossil bed where your paleontogical adventure begins. Your "dig" will uncover 570 million year old fossils affectionately known as trilobites. All equipment and gourmet lunch provided.

Seriously, how cool is this? Treat yourself or give an unforgettable experience to a loved one!

New England Seacoast Tour

This past weekend I was able to catch the last New England Seacoast tour of the season. The morning started off with a 9:30am departure from Boston. The bus was very clean and spacious. You could tell our tour guide, Dick, had done this tour many times before but clearly enjoyed his job. He was very enthusiastic and told us more facts (including which parts of Boston used to be under water and how to interact with the local Mainiacs- people from Maine) about New England than you ever wanted to know. We also heard many stories that he had accumulated over the years.

1. Our first stop was in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. This is a beautiful beach about 15 miles south of Portsmouth. Here we stopped for some photos and a bathroom break but didn't stay too long because all the businesses were closed for the winter. I definitely want to come back here in the summer months to enjoy some fried clams and ice cream. This beach is supposedly ranked as the third best beach in America but I could not confirm this fact. As far as New England beaches go, this one was very well maintained and looked like it would be a thriving tourist destination in warmer months.

2. After enjoying the beach, we made our way to York, ME to see Nubble Light. I had been here once before and it is just as nice as I had remembered it. This is the most photographed lighthouse in Maine and it is easy to see why. This area has some of the highest value residences in the entire state of Maine. After viewing Nubble Light, we continued our bus journey and viewed the mansions along the coastline. One house we passed featured a heated Roman bath (including white columns)in the front yard. Imagine relaxing in your personal Roman bath while enjoying the picturesque coastal views!

3. Next stop on our tour was Kennebunkport, ME, a quaint New England town. Kennebunkport is one of the most popular vacation spots in New England because of its upscale art galleries, shops, and river/coastal views.



Once in Kennebunkport we stopped at the Pilot House for a quick bite to eat. I had the lobster roll and clam chowdah (like a true New Englander). After lunch we had some free time to shop, grab dessert and explore the town on our own. I especially enjoyed seeing the nearby houses and seeing how delighted the tourists from far away were (we had people from Australia, Texas, and Britain on our bus). Some people on the tour had never experienced fall foliage and New England culture.

Kennebunkport is also well-known because of its longtime summer resident, former president George H.W. Bush. Our bus slowed down long enough for me to snap a quick picture through the window so that you can get a glimpse of the oceanside "Bush Compound".

At 3:45pm we left Maine and headed back to Boston. Overall, I was impressed with this tour. The time was well managed and we were able to see a lot in a relatively short amount of time. I would highly recommend booking this trip when it reopens in the spring, especially if it is your first time in the area.

The only question now is, "Where to go next?!?"

Halloween Tours- Frightening!

We hope that you all enjoyed the long Columbus Day weekend. Now that you are back to work isn’t it time to start thinking about the next holiday already? While most people don’t have Halloween off from work it is still a great time of year to take a spook-tacular tour. There is something special about this time of year. Maybe it’s the costumes, the candy corn or the tacky black and orange color combination that keep popping up. Everyone likes a good scare…where will yours be this year?

Here are our top picks for this Halloween!

Haunted Vegas Tour: This spirited and spooky ghost tour will take you to the haunting grounds of Bugsy Siegel, Liberace, Redd Foxx and Elvis.

French Quarter Ghost 1-Day Tour: You'll visit New Orleans sights of documented haunting, ghosts, spirits and see the French Quarter residences in which unbelievable events took place.

Ghosts & Gravestones - Savannah: Savannah is often referred to as “America’s Most Haunted City”. Discover the only house in Savannah to undergo an exorcism and hear frightening tales of mayhem!

Salem - Witch City 1-Day Tour: In Salem, we'll step back to 1692 and visit the Salem Witch Museum. Travel down Derby Street past Nathaniel Hawthorne's Custom House & the House of the Seven Gables.

If you really want to go all out…make sure that you dress for the occasion. In costume, that is! The most popular 2008 Halloween costumes for kids are Hannah Montana and Indiana Jones. For the older folks, Princess Leia and Batman Dark Knight make the top of the list.

Shades of Red, Orange, and Yellow- New England Fall Foliage

The GotoBus team considers ourselves lucky to be located in Cambridge, MA. Cambridge residents, also known as Cantabrigians, enjoy living steps away from popular Revolutionary War historical sites and the diversity that its famous academic institutions, Harvard and MIT bring. New England is one of the best places to see the autumn leaves change. The leaves have just started to turn here so there is plenty of time to still book your New England fall foliage sightseeing trip. Click here to track the New England fall foliage and try to predict when the colors will “peak.”

GotoBus has some great travel options for a fall foliage getaway. It is better to leave the car at home and take the bus or else you might ruin the trip looking for parking and navigating our curvy one way streets. Check out some of our top picks!

Pilgrim's Path 1-Day Tour $35

USA, Canada Eastern Deluxe 8-Days Tour (BOS) $620

Plimoth Plantation 1-Day Tour $55

Fall Foliage 1-Day Tour $55

Eastern Panorama 8 Days Tour * Fully Guided * $1219

Salem - Witch City 1-Day Tour $35

Boston to Montreal 3-Day Tour $188

Autumn on Cape Cod 1-Day Tour $55

Boston to Acadia, Maine 2-Day Tour $155

Boston, Cambridge, Lexington, Concord 1-Day Tour $55

New England Seacoast 1-Day tour $55

Detroit, Cleveland, US Niagara Falls, Albany 3-Day Tour $239

What Happens in Vegas…Stays in Vegas!

While GotoBus is well known for our low cost inter-city bus lines and touring options, some people may not be aware that we also offer tickets to top shows. Currently, we have seven shows playing in Las Vegas and everyone knows that a trip to Sin City is not complete without seeing a show or two!

Current Show Listings

Jubilee Show at Bally's
Bally's Hotel , Bally's Las Vegas
Donn Arden’s Jubilee! has entertained Las Vegas for more than 20 years! Why the longevity? Perhaps it’s the eye-catching, toe-tapping musical numbers staged on million-dollar sets. Or perhaps it’s the costumes designed by Bob Mackie, shining brighter than any multi-color sign on The Strip.

V The Ultimate Variety Show
Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
Unique specialty performers from around the world come together in "V", the fast-paced showcase of record breaking, jaw dropping, uproarious, turn-of-the-tables performances and comedy where the specialty acts rule the show! Every show includes magic, special effects, death-defying stunts, wild comedy, visual artists, physical insanity and much more!

Steve Wyrick Show
Planet Hollywood Las Vegas
Steve Wyrick pulls out all the stops for this one-of-a-kind, mega-illusion magic experience. Wyrick performs some of the most imaginative and mind-blowing illusions anywhere. His signature, larger-than-life illusions will headline the show, but it will be Wyrick's personal touches that will make his show unforgettable, allowing audience members to be as close as they can handle for a magic experience like no other.

Ice Show
Riviera Las Vegas
It is ice. It is air. And it is everything unlike anything in between. 42 of Russia's most disciplined & athletic performers converge on one frozen stage to bring you an unprecedented epic production based on works by the founder of Moscow Ice Circus, Sergey Ryshkoff and adapted by the team of Emmy award winning Debra Brown.

Le Rêve Show
Wynn Las Vegas
Le Rêve presented exclusively at Wynn Las Vegas, offers breathtaking performances in an intimate aqua theater in-the-round. The show features aerial acrobatics, provocative choreography and artistic athleticism. The cast of 85 captures the imagination with their outrageous antics and daring feats of strength and agility.

KÀ Show
MGM Grand Hotel Las Vegas
KÀ by Cirque du Soleil is an unprecedented theatrical event. A masterpiece in storytelling, KÀ uses acrobatic performances, the thrills and action of martial arts techniques from all over the world, plus innovations in puppetry and multimedia to tell the epic tale of twins on a perilous journey to fulfill their shared destiny.

"O" Show
Bellagio Las Vegas
"O" pays homage to the magic of the theatre from the simplest street performance to the most lavish of operas - where anything is possible and where the drama of life plays itself out before your very eyes. The Las Vegas show O followed in the footsteps of Mystere, proving that the popularity of the Cirque De Soleil company was no fluke.

The Cirque De Soleil “O" Show is definitely at the top of my wish list. See reviews of the show here. Tickets to all shows can be purchased at http://www.gotobus.com/shows/.

What shows do you want to see?