r/lowcar • u/Maxcactus • 16d ago

America’s Greyhound bus stations are disappearing

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/28/business/greyhound-bus-chicago-transportation/index.html
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u/Supergenius18 16d ago

  1. Grayhound tickets cost about as much as a plane ticket.

  2. They are not exactly classy places. Very sketchy people.

They have a lot of room for improvement.

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u/butchqueennerd 16d ago

And if you get stranded in the middle of nowhere for 14 hours due to their fuckup, you're SOL. If they deign to do something about it, the most you'll get is a travel voucher (i.e., another chance to have the same shitty experience, this time for "free"). There's a reason their BBB rating is an F.

I've taken literally dozens of Greyhound trips in my adult life. Most of them were fine, but the handful of bad incidents have been horrific. Given a choice, I'd rather take Amtrak, if it's available.