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Old Jan 2, 2009, 10:47 pm
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ClimbGuy
 
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Greyhound tickets are not actually for the time and date printed on the ticket. They are valid anytime between the two points. The only exception would be something like peak v. off peak. Greyhound will sell an unlimited number of tickets for any given bus. If there are enough people they will just run another bus.

This rule works well for some and not so much for others. If you are traveling from the first stop or at a major station you are probably fine. As greyhound will probably have extra drivers and buses they can use, plus the odds of being the one or two pax stranded are low. If it looks like there is a long line and you may not make your bus, spend the $5 to get 'priority boarding' this will allow you to cut in front of most of the people in line.

The biggest problem with this system is for pax who are traveling from small stations or worse yet from 'limited service' stops. Odds are small stations are going to be the 3rd, 4th or 5th stop a bus makes which means it could be full and unlike major stations there aren't extra drivers and buses sitting around. Limited Service stops are on the side of the road, at a KFC, or airport. At these stops there is no customer service or a way to checkup on the bus.
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