Honk if you hate greyhound

[HEyHEY]

Okay, bus travel sucks enough, I've been the victim of many a crappy journey in my time. BUt this one, which I won't be doing takes the cake.

I need to go to a town an hour's drive away to get my car on Friday after the mechanic is done with it. AN HOUR DRIVE.

Greyhound takes almost FOUR hours to get there...and wanna charge me $30

screw that.

Does greyhound suck this much in the USA too?

[LeighAnn]

1. Yes but God Bless Them they get you there

Generally. What a crummy way to travel though. It's more fun going to a truck stop and hitching a ride with a kindly trucker. You get there quick, and hear good stories.

So I've heard.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Four hours for Can$30?

Not bad!

That's what a bus would cost in and/or around NYC.

Don't know about bus prices anywhere else, though.

Ask your boss to take you.

[HEyHEY]

3. In Vancouver I can get from one end to the other for $6 Canadian

I don't really wanna ask my boss for favours as I'll be maybe leaving soon

[Kellanved]

17. Berlin: €2 will get you from one end to the other

For €6 you can drive all day and night (24h ticket). And Berlin is bigger than NYC (size, not citizens).

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. No, I didn't mean within the city itself

I meant from NYC to a similarly nearby place, or a similarly nearby place (SNP) to NYC or from one SNP to another SNP.

SNP meaning as similarly close as HeyHey's distance.

Within NYC you can go all day opn busses and subways for, I think, $7. Maybe $8.

[tandot]

4. My honey is on the bus since Saturday night...he will be home Monday night

two full days... from Northern California to North Texas

He is totally afraid of flying and prefers to be on a bus for two days.

I'll pick him up tomorrow night at 9:50 pm...I can't wait to see him...

[BlueJazz]

9. I hope the "meeting" is everything you want it to be!

:)

[tandot]

16. thanks, Radicalliberal

[jono]

5. Yes, they suck.

They just discontinued bus service to a whole mess of small towns across my state, and now people without cars in some of those towns essentially have no way to get around. :(

Plus the last time I rode one, I sat next to a woman with a hissing shrew in her pocket. x(

[demgrrrll]

6. I used to ride The Dog back and forth from college. They stopped at

every mud hole up and down highway 70. Took forever. Guess things have not changed that much.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. Greyhound has given me many good memories

In the early '80s, the Ameripass was literally my ticket to see the country. Greyhound took me to Denver, SLC, San Francisco, the Grand Canyon, the Mexican border, Washington D.C., and lots of places in-between, all for a relative pittance. There was something mystical about pulling into Flagstaff and knowing that I would soon be visiting the greatest canyon in the world-- or pulling into San Francisco and getting my first glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge. Or getting my first glimpse of the NYC night skyline from the Jersey side. And while I sometimes had a seat mate who was disagreeable, I usually was able to sit by a young lady who made the trip more enjoyable:evilgrin:

[KamaAina]

19. I want a hissing shrew! I'd name her "Ann Coulter".

I sat next to a woman with a hissing shrew in her pocket.

"Stop that, Ann Coulter! No hissing while we're on the bus!"

[TroubleMan]

7. They're slow because they stop everywhere...but it's cheap

I can't bash Greyhound....I got laid on a Greyhound bus with a girl I met on the bus...ah, the sweet memories of youth (yes we did it on the bus, but it was nearly empty).

I'm not good-looking enough or young enough anymore for that to happen to me.

[AVID]

8. nightmare Greyhound trip long ago

. . . never again

[Shananigans]

10. How dare you!

;) Just kidding... But Greyhound was originated in my hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota. Currently, Hibbing is home to the Greyhound bus museum. What a fascinating place.

I'll have to say, it probably isn't the best form of transportation. But at least it gets you where you want to go...

[WindRavenX]

11. Dude, Greyhound rawks

25$ roundtrip from Boston to NYC?? This poor ass college student lives for that! :D

[Kathy in Cambridge]

13. You should try the Chinatown bus

$20 RT and a lot more trips than Greyhound.

[WindRavenX]

14. Tried that

But Greyhound was nicer, IMO. Huge seats. I just slept for 4 hours...

[sub.theory]

15. Yep, they suck

You really should find a friend to take you, or if you can't you're better off hitchhiking. I've done that before in a pinch. Beats Greyhound, trust me.

[pagerbear]

20. Greyhounds are beautiful!

[Mojambo]

21. Oh, major honk!

I once took a Greyhound bus trip from Phoenix to Seattle. It was the worst 3 days of my life.

My wallet was stolen during a 4 hour layover in a Los Angeles bus station. I was there from about 12:30 in the morning until about 4:30.

So I had to travel from LA to Seattle on a Greyhound bus with only a $1.36 in pocket change. I slept a total of 2 hours over the 3 days.

So awful!

[terrya]

22. Greyhound is worse than Amtrak, if that's possible.

Ridiculously expensive (it's a freaking BUS, for Christ's sake. It's not a Rolls-Royce), always crowded and Greyhound takes forever.

The one thing Greyhound is better than Amtrak is that it's usually on time. Amtrak is ALWAYS delayed. Always.