City suggestions
Oct 2, 2015, 11:02 pm
#16
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Some of the smaller cities and towns can be just as interesting in their own way and the large cities, so I totally agree with Santa Fe and Austin. I am most familiar with the west, so here are a couple more, each for different reasons.
Santa Barbara, CA
Carmel and Monterey, CA
Sedona,AZ
Colorado Springs,CO
Santa Barbara, CA
Carmel and Monterey, CA
Sedona,AZ
Colorado Springs,CO
Oct 6, 2015, 7:00 am
#17
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A bun fight may the only thing I haven't seen at Penn Station. 
No "line" as a rule -- they don't post a departing train's track number until minutes before it's time to leave, so everyone hovers in the waiting room staring at the big readout board, then when they finally reveal the proper track, there is a mad dash to the corresponding down escalator. Those at the tail end of the scrum may not get seats together or have a long walk through train cars to find them.
OP, if you had a bad time on Greyhound previously, I can suggest giving them another try. The US operations have been taken over by a forward-looking UK concern that has upgraded the buses and improved service, especially in the Northeast.
Originally Posted by M60_to_LGA
the Penn Station process is far less miserable than what you experience usually at US airports - you go to a desk, they stamp your e-ticket printout or whatever, and you then wait in a line until boarding starts.
OP, if you had a bad time on Greyhound previously, I can suggest giving them another try. The US operations have been taken over by a forward-looking UK concern that has upgraded the buses and improved service, especially in the Northeast.
Last edited by BearX220; Oct 6, 2015 at 7:06 am
Oct 6, 2015, 7:28 am
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A bun fight may the only thing I haven't seen at Penn Station.
No "line" as a rule -- they don't post a departing train's track number until minutes before it's time to leave, so everyone hovers in the waiting room staring at the big readout board, then when they finally reveal the proper track, there is a mad dash to the corresponding down escalator. Those at the tail end of the scrum may not get seats together or have a long walk through train cars to find them.
No "line" as a rule -- they don't post a departing train's track number until minutes before it's time to leave, so everyone hovers in the waiting room staring at the big readout board, then when they finally reveal the proper track, there is a mad dash to the corresponding down escalator. Those at the tail end of the scrum may not get seats together or have a long walk through train cars to find them.
Oct 7, 2015, 3:26 pm
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Oct 9, 2015, 8:07 am
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