Originally Posted by
e_chappy
I even thought about purchasing two seats on the bus, but realized that it would still be 3 hr of travel time. Back when I lived on the East Coast, 3-hr would be almost enough to get my 75% of the way from NYC to DC (with traffic). It's somewhat inconceivable that this trip (entirely on the highway save for brief stops) would be 3-hr long.
The bus seats are good training for aircraft economy seating as they make it seem luxurious! Since there are no reserved seats on the bus you might have a hard time claiming the seat next to you. I have always found the bus to be a fairly quiet environment but there may be occasions when it becomes a student party bus. The journey is indeed tediously long but the stops do add quite a bit of time, then there is the usual crawl into O'Hare and the bus often gets in a bit ahead of schedule anyway.