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Old Apr 6, 2009, 7:27 pm
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nd2010
 
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Since you'll be going in the summer, there won't be delays due to snow. Greyhound cancels service for days during a snowstorm, and there will be delays all over the country because the buses are stuck in cities with snow and if a bus route is the same route as the snowstorm (such as Chicago to NYC with a snowstorm going the same direction), the bus will be canceled in Chicago till the snow ends in NYC which could be days.

The downtown Miami greyhound station is not in a good part of town.
Do you have your driver's license or permit yet? That could be your ID. If you get your ticket mailed to you or pick it up at a kiosk, then you don't need any ID. They never check ID before boarding the bus. And if you buy with cash in the terminal, they don't check ID.

If you need to "be there quick" why not fly, and get there in 2 hours? Do you really want to spend 2 days of your life on a Greyhound bus crammed into a seat worse than economy on any airline? Since you're booking so far in advance,you can fly for about $220 from MIA-CMH, which is less than $100 more than a Greyhound ticket. Factor in about $20 worth of food along the way. You won't be an unaccompanied minor. Greyhound always overbooks buses, and unlike the airlines, they don't have to provide IDB compensation. So if you have to transfer buses, and your connecting bus is full, you get stuck.
Even at minimum wage, if you work during the extra hours you save by flying, you'll end up with more money.
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