I am fast becoming a fan. I used Megabus this past week to travel to Philadelphia from Durham, NC, and back again. I managed to book early enough to acquire $1 tickets for each leg of my journey.

I have another trip planned in May via Megabus where I'm paying $33 for the entire trip. It is a round trip and includes eight different legs.

Pros of Megabus:
*/ I have always found that no matter when the buses leave, they arrive exactly at the scheduled time.
*/ Luggage has never been a problem.
*/ The buses remain remarkably quiet, so sleeping on them is not an issue.

Cons of Megabus:
*/ WiFi is remarkably unreliable. As they use satellite internet, one driver said his rule of thumb was, "If it is cloudy, there is no internet." I'd advise those who need internet to look into alternative transportation. For those who just want internet, rather than need, make sure you bring something to amuse yourself that is offline.

*/ AC outlets are hit-or-miss. While 3/4 of the buses I was riding on had AC outlets, 1/4 did not. Make sure that you aren't relying on their presence.

*/ If you are on a double-decker bus and you sit on the lower level, chances are the lav door won't latch properly and you will be assaulted with the blue water chemical smell, periodically. To that end, make sure you sit at the top of a double-decker bus.

*/ Drivers are hit-or-miss about announcing the destination. If there is a chance that you could be boarding a bus for a different destination (and there is always a chance), make sure to ask outright, "Is this the [time] bus to [destination]?" I didn't do that once and it led to me boarding the wrong bus and traveling a half-hour in the wrong direction. To that end ...

*/ If you have to go standby on a later bus to your destination, you have to pay a $5 change fee in DEBIT or CREDIT card only. Make sure you have a card of some sort.

*/ Not much leg room, at least compared with Amtrak.

*/ Less "underseat" storage space than a regional airplane.

*/ Seats recline, but not nearly enough.


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TL;DR - You get what you pay for.