Even though Entertainment Tours offers more frequent bus service to New York for only six more dollars, Blickstead encouraged students to choose the council’s shuttle.

“You’re still saving six dollars, you’re with fellow students, it fosters a sense of community,” he said. “If you talk to people who took the Presidents’ Day Weekend shuttle last year, they said it was a fun environment.”

Stannard-Friel said students would prefer the council shuttle because it departs from Johnston Gate.

“The bigger thing I think is the convenience of it,” she said. “I know that the first time I went to South Station, it was a little daunting.”

Still, some students said they consider the council’s service unnecessary.

“I personally would not necessarily use it,” said Ariane I. Tschumi ’06. “I feel that the current options...are more than suitable, and actually at good prices.”