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I can hardly believe that.  A comment like that to a mom takes some kind of nerve, huh?

Ah, this brings back memories! I once travelled across the USA, from New York to Los Angeles - with stops in between of course, as a tourist from Europe. It was an interesting way to see the country, and all the people I met on the buses seemed nice. My American friends were somewhat shocked however. People I met assumed that I would be either driving, or travelling by plane. Overall, I got the impression that bus travel was rather frowned-upon by middle class Americans. In Europe there is not the same stigma attached to bus travel.

I hated it when I traveled by greyhound. It was awful. I'm either goint to drive myself or take a plan.

Yes there is a stigme against bus riding. I believe it might have to do with the idea that in order for you to be considered successful you have to own your own car and such. It's the whole ownership issue.

I dont think Greyhound/Peter Pan is all that bad. I've had pretty good experience with them.

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I guess it depends on where you are, who's driving and such things like that.

movni:

 

Yes there is a stigme against bus riding. I believe it might have to do with the idea that in order for you to be considered successful you have to own your own car and such. It's the whole ownership issue.

Yes, in the States and in Canada, I got that impression. Where I live in England people only tend to have cars if they need them. My Dad didn't have a car for ages, because he could walk to his office.

Even if people have cars they still walk into town, (for the exercise), or take the bus into the nearest city,(for convenience).

Forgive me because this has nothing to do with the service they provide, but has anyone else seen the new Greyhound ads that use unfinished stories?   I thought this might be amusing to some on this site since we obviously all like to travel, and these stories often involve one person getting on the bus and leaving someone behind at a critical point in their relationship.  The full story isn't given in the ad though; you have to go to Greyhound Stories on the web. 

Are greyhounds really as bad as described here? I was planning on taking the greyhound from LA to San Diego next time I'm over there, just to see some friends for a while. I didn't want to afford to fly (if that makes any sense - I probably could, but it would seriously eat into the money allocated for other stuff) but I would fly if the trip was going to be unpleasant otherwise.

etali:

Are greyhounds really as bad as described here? I was planning on taking the greyhound from LA to San Diego next time I'm over there, just to see some friends for a while. I didn't want to afford to fly (if that makes any sense - I probably could, but it would seriously eat into the money allocated for other stuff) but I would fly if the trip was going to be unpleasant otherwise.

 

Hey Etali, they are not all bad, it depends on the driver, and the condition of the bus. I used to travel Greyhound quite a bit, and never ran into any problems. I usually travelled alone, and it was fun to meet others along the way, and swap stories......

You can take the train from SD to LA. I think it costs about the same, and it's much nicer than Greyhound.

i have seen greyhound buses first time in my life when traveling Thailand and impresses me a lot and after 3 years that journey i can see them evry where .Nice Establishing getting of a lot business!

Years ago (I won't say how many) Greyhound was a good way to travel on trips that took only a few hours.  They were on time and dependable. 

I've heard that now when you buy a ticket you get the next available seat on a bus going where you want to go.  You could wait all day for a bus that wasn't full.  Has anyone else heard of overbooking on Greyhound?  

ozzie:

Years ago (I won't say how many) Greyhound was a good way to travel on trips that took only a few hours.  They were on time and dependable. 

I've heard that now when you buy a ticket you get the next available seat on a bus going where you want to go.  You could wait all day for a bus that wasn't full.  Has anyone else heard of overbooking on Greyhound?  

It will be horrible to wait all day long for departure of some bus ! But i never heard  about it as i know there are time invloved in buses and these buses will never wait for some one to take with if late and even i have seen these travling only with 2 or 3 passenegers.So which service is you are talking about

There is also Trailways and some other local bus lines. The best thing to do is look in your local yellow pages. There may be some smaller companys in you local area.

Greyhound is defintely the most reputable, if you can call it that.  I sent my dad home on the Greyhound once when I didn't have enough cash on hand to buy a last minute plane ticket.  He never told me what if anything happened but he said he never wants to take the bus again and had trouble sleeping for a couple days after.  Felt so bad but what are you going to do.