I tried it: A $200 luxury bus to the Hamptons that serves wine while you sit in traffic

While I know people who summer in the Hamptons, I haven’t actually visited.

The place has never felt accessible to me, and high-profile modes of transport seem to reinforce the notion that I’m not a fit: Some wealthy folks hire private jets for a few hundred thousand dollars a year.

So when Blade, the helicopter company that offers flights to the Hamptons for about $1,000 one-way, announced a new luxury bus with $400 round-trip service… well, honestly, the Hamptons still didn’t feel terribly accessible. That’s a hefty proportion of my typical getaway budget. Why blow it on wheels when I’ll need it for food and shelter at my destination?

But when my editor asked me to report on Blade’s new Hamptons Streamliner bus, I said, “Yes, absolutely.”

At $195 for a one-way ride from Hudson Yards to Southampton, Bridgehampton, and Easthampton, Blade’s new bus line represents a bougie new middle tier between a $24 Long Island Rail Road ticket or a $40 ride on the Hampton Jitney and the more exclusive high-end options.

Blade positions the Hamptons Streamliner as affordable luxury and promises “a level of comfort, service and amenities commensurate with private aviation.”

Such amenities include motion-canceling “hoverseats,” high-speed Wi-Fi, cocktails, light bites, service by a “Blade Passenger Experience representative” (“P/X” for short) and a spacious lavatory where one might freshen up — or even “do a quick outfit change.”

Blade’s promos depict sharply dressed models boarding the coach amid ambient lighting, clutching beverages with mirth and resting JVN-worthy hairdos on the bus’s cashmere blankets.

The Streamliner has generated plenty of excitement on social media (as one user commented on Instagram, “F the jitney”).

It looked comfy and fun, but it begged some questions: Are the promises fulfilled? Is…