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This week, I learned a valuable trick while booking a Greyhound ticket from Erie, Pennsylvania to Mississauga, Ontario (just outside of Toronto). The price for the journey was $52.50 for a last-minute ticket (24 hours in advance), a great deal because flying from Erie to Toronto costs anywhere between $250 and $950 for a one-way ticket. Flying also requires a change of planes and riding on a cramped prop plane unless you fly on one of Delta’s tired regional jets (that s the $950).
When I noticed there was a transfer in Buffalo, I decided to price my ticket out as two one-ways instead of one. Sure enough, the price went down drastically! A ticket from Erie to Buffalo was only $12 (above) and then the ticket travel guide to liguria italy from Buffalo to Mississauga was just $20 (below). By breaking it into two trips I saved almost 40 percent. Crazy, right?
Speaking of crazy and annoying, Greyhound has these archaic rules that say you HAVE to either print your ticket or pick it up at Will Call an hour before your trip, using a password and the credit card you paid with. Unlike with an airline boarding pass, if you lose your ticket, you re can’t show them your email confirmation to get around it. You re just out of luck. Oh, and then there’s the $18 charge if the person who’s traveling is not using his or her own credit card. Ridiculous, right?
I was at my sister’s summer house during all of this, under the impression that the printer didn t work (because it didn’t last year and my nephew said it was still broken). So I selected Greyhound’s Will Call option and was hit with an additional $2.50 Will Call fee (see screenshot above). I decided to get off my butt and go downstairs travel guide to liguria italy to make sure that the printer really was broken—and it turned out that it wasn t. Good news. I redid my reservation travel guide to liguria italy to print at home and guess what? As you can see from the screenshot below, Greyhound also charges a $2.50 booking fee for using a credit card!
Something smells funny, right? Why doesn’t Greyhound just include this fee in the fare instead of trying to sucker us from the get-go? I’m guessing that they must not get taxed on the booking fee, which is pretty slimy, wouldn’t you say?
Like a nervous Nelly, I showed up 30-minutes early and asked the attendant working the Greyhound ticket booth if the bus was on time. He said he d heard it was. Heard? Not sure why Greyhound hasn’t implemented the same technology as Uber or doesn t require the drivers to send a Glympse so they know exactly where their drivers are.
The bus was just a couple of minutes late and when it pulled up, a bunch of derelicts ran off for a quick smoke before heading out again. All of them were sitting in the way back so I suggest getting a seat closest to the driver for peace, quiet and safety.
About 30 minutes into the ride, the driver announced that we were making a 15-minute stop at a McDonald s on the PA/NY border. Pretty much everyone got off and bought food, and I went to use the loo since it’s no fun using the one on the bus. Since my driver was so nice, I decided I was going to buy him lunch by handing the cashier my credit card before he handed over his. But before I could, I noticed the cashier called over a manager who then pulled out a piece of paper and had the driver sign something. I’m guessing Greyhound has a deal where they get some dollars and the drivers get free food if they bring passengers to a specific McDonald s. I can t say for sure, but it saved me a few bucks and should travel guide to liguria italy save you, too.
We arrived into Buffalo 20-minutes late, but I still had plenty of time to catch the bus to Mississauga, travel guide to liguria italy which wasn’t until 6:30 pm. I was happy to see they had cleaned up the Buffalo station up a bit by tearing down the nasty cement-wall food shop and replacing it with a bright and open Tim Horton’s. But I wasn’t happy when my driver informed me my next bus might be an hour late.
He told me it was possible that they d add another travel guide to liguria italy bus or better yet, that I d be able to get on the earlier bus to Toronto. I was told to hang out by door number 4 and when I saw a Toronto bus pull up, I got excited. Rarely, do these things go in my favor but believe it or not, this they time they did. When I asked if the bus was going to Mississauga, travel guide to liguria italy the driver told me that yes, it was, and asked for my passport travel guide to liguria italy and ticket. Just like that, I was off early and on the express bus to Toronto, with the only stops being the border and Mississauga.
The Buffalo-to-Toronto bus is operated by Trailways , not Greyhound, and was a bit nicer. It too had electrical outlets but no Wi-Fi. It also had a noticeably different class of passengers onboard. No gold teeth or scary characters lookin’ for a quick smoke. Most were traveling from the Buffalo airport since it’s so much cheaper to fly to/from Buffalo than it is Toronto.
The Canadian border is just 10 minutes from Buffalo. I was impressed with how the Canucks ran their border travel guide to liguria italy where we crossed (usually they aren’t very nice). Our bus was completely full, with 50 passengers, and to steady the flow, they began the process by having the first five rows get off first and grab our bags, including the checked luggage. Families went together to speak to immigration officers and they had all five counters manned. It took only 20 minutes for them to process travel guide to liguria italy everyone on the bus and we were off.
Good to know: There’s no bathroom at the border stop but there is one on the bus. There was no traffic and it took just 2 hours and 20 minutes travel guide to liguria italy from the time I left Buffalo to get to the Mississauga stop at Dixie Mall.
Even More Good to know:  Keep in mind if your first bus is late and you miss your connection you will most likely have to buy a whole new second ticket or plea for an agent or driver to let you slide.
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Wow. That s something to think about the Amtrak and Via trains take about 4 hours at the border to process everyone, whether you re going in or out, headed for Montreal or Toronto. travel guide to liguria italy 20 minutes is amazing! Of course, the trains have hundreds of people on them, not just 50 or so, and a lot more places to potentially hide stuff. This is definitely an option to consider. travel guide to liguria italy I could do a combination Amtrak (U.S.) to border/bus to Toronto trip, and save time AND money.
The Grey Dog. I have several indelible impressions from the many miles I ve logged travel guide to liguria italy on the bus. I spent a lovely week in March at a retreat in the hills above Santa Barbara. travel guide to liguria italy But it came time for me to leave and .alas no ride home. So off to the bus station I go for the 30-hour trip back home. Etched travel guide to liguria italy with a knife in the seat back in front of me: Going to Vegas to see Elvis . Ya.
I found something just as good Johnny for New York to Toronto. Megabus. I flew BUF-JFK parked my car in LT lot in Buffalo(lot had more Ontario plates than US-tells you who flys ex BUF) It was under 50.00 all in,same printed tckts on my printer. WiFi worked 2 rest stops at Thruway stopped at Buffalo Airport before heading to border. Newer bus lots of legroom. Another opportunity. Only downside bus was full of chatteringfemale shoppers who apparently do this run a lot.
I m surprised you didn t mention what happens when you buy to one way segments and the first bus is late and you miss your connection bus. I can t tell from the web shots if the 2nd ticket was good for any bus or just the one listed. Now I seriously doubt Greyhound provides hotels for missed travel guide to liguria italy connections (airlines actually travel guide to liguria italy do once in awhile)
We will be traveling from Buffalo NY to Titusville FL. in January. We are scheduled to arrive 5 hours before our Cruise Ship in Port Canaveral FL departs. We have 4 transfers and I was wondering how reliable the Greyhound Bus is time wise. Would not want to miss the Ship.
I lived on the dog for 6 months each winter when I was delivering motorhomes for a living. You could write a book on the things you see. About 10 years ago when I was doing this, they had 60 day passes for $8 a day and I slept on the bus so it was a super cheap way to get back for another travel guide to liguria italy vehicle. No passes these days.
Recent checked out some Amtrak Twitter sharing, the little snippet about Amtrak security dog teams playing a critical role, aiding in assisting USA rail travelers, get to their destination safe and sound. These K9 s and their highly travel guide to liguria italy trained human handlers, really do deserve genuine thanks and traveler support. So, if you have secured yourself, a discounted train ticket, best to you, but your AMTRAK travel experience is, every trip, a serious top dollar professional effort, from the experts, including the four legged ones, behind the scenes, sniffing away, hard at work!
I ride Greyhound all the time. I m retired and it s great for short trips. The Wi-Fi never works and you do meet some characters but, overall, it s fun. There are tons of great values and very low prices for seniors.
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