Greyhound MR: NYC-TORONTO $2 R/T
 

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It might not be the right forum, but since GREYHOUND has some kind of loyalty program (see HERE and TERMS AND CONDITIONS) I decided to post the info.

Greyhound started a new bus venture called NEON which has wifi, power ports, etc and goes the New York-Toronto route. See HERE FOR MORE INFO.

There is a $2 r/t price available for mid-week in SEP.-OCT. Play around with the dates and you will be able to find something.

If you do 16 o/w "credits" with them you can get a free r/t wherever the "fly" (somewhat like southwest), so technically speaking for 16 bucks you can get a 200 dollar "ticket" coast-to-coast.

I can't imagine taking Greyhound from Coast to Coast. I prefer not to go.

This brings back fond memories of my late teenage years when I purchased Greyhound Ameripasses and CanAM passes and spent 6 months on the bus, checking out every place I could think of in Canada and the USA.

Very uncomfortable, but cheap. I was paying around $300 for each 60 day pass of unlimited travel. Saved on hotels, too, sleeping on the bus.

I can't believe I did that.

I never did greyhound for longer than two hours intra-canada. Its horrendously uncomfortable.

I think when you're 18, you just don't care about comfort. But, almost a decade later, I think I've finally turned into a "comfort snob" (that or I'm now a human!):D

I used to mock my friends for flying to Mexico. "Take the bus, it's only $200!".

It is the cheapest way to travel, and you meet some...interesting...people. But, it takes nerves of steel.

I took Greyhound once and after that experience.. i've dubbed it the Convict Express.. or Convict Getaway!! :P:P

I travel frequently between NYC and Hartford, CT. It was so many Greyhound/Peter Pan bus rides that seriously made me examine my life goals. :rolleyes: I switched to Amtrak. Much more comfy and less hassle.

That said, sometimes I do need to take the bus, and didn't know Greyhound had a frequent rider program, so it's good to know. ^ Thanks!

16 Greyhound tickets and all they give you is more time on a greyhound?

Reminds of the joke about winning a vacation to Pittsburgh;
First prize: 1 week in Pittsburgh
Second prize: 2 weeks in Pittsburgh…

"The following trips or segments are ineligible for Destination Points under the Program:
xxxxxx* stops at intermediate cities on connecting or through trips
xxxxxx* or the purchase of multiple tickets as part of the same trip; "

WTH?? No end-on-ends? Phitttooooooi. :p


Did MIA-ATL-CLE-DTW back from spring break in '68 ... yeah, 'interesting' :D
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Surely the more discerning East Coast traveler takes the Chinatown Bus?! I've heard that engine fires and police chases are almost guaranteed, and for a few dollars more you can bribe the driver to drop you off at the end of your street. Greyhound has got nothing on that :D.

Indeed, I took it about 12 years ago to go YYZ-NYC... on the way back into Canada, we were held up for about an hour at the Canadian border.

One of the American blokes apparently had a little bit of a dodgy history that was a concern for Citizenship & Immigration... needless to say, he was finally allowed back on the bus... we erupted in cheers!

About 15 years ago (my last trip on Greyhound), coming from Vancouver to Seattle, I was strip-searched at the border because one of their dogs "took an interest" in one of my suitcases. Customs has waaaay too much power and no accountability.

They are also running NYC-WAS on the Neon brand with similar fares. And you don't have to spend 12 hours on a bus riding to Canada.

As a teen I was afraid to fly so I took cross country busses for fun trips. I would sleep for 12 hours at a time on those busses. Jesus. The longest one was ATL-Montana. Jesus.

Although I must say that if you haven't been through the mid-west on a bus, you haven't seen America. That was really special. Especially at night.

I prefer flying a taildragger at 3,000 feet AGL...