I took a $40 greyhound to get to a nearby city in 3 hours, as opposed to a 1 hour flight on Thanksgiving weekend ($80 for a flight right now but IDK how much it was Thanksgiving). That plus a much smaller chance of delays, more frequent buses so I don’t have to worry as much about scheduling, etc makes it worth it for me.
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Garbanzo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t get Greyhound. I looked up fares for the NY to LA trip and it doesn’t seem to be much cheaper than flying on Southwest, like $288 vs $328. You’re gonna spend more than the difference on meals while taking the bus trip. Their customer base has to be people who are afraid to fly, who still need to travel long distances, don’t want to or can’t drive themselves, and are too poor for a train ticket. Makes me kinda sad to think there’s enough people like that out there to support the business.
stockRot@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Garbanzo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That scenario makes a lot more sense
figjam@midwest.social 9 months ago
Their base is not cross country trips. Its people without reliable transportation going to cities 3-8 hours away from their homes
Garbanzo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So I took a look at Sacramento to LA and it’s more like $80 vs $200, so not quite as bad as cross country. It’s still pretty fucked that there’s a significant population that can’t afford $120 to save about 34 hours of travel time.
1847953620@lemmy.world 9 months ago
it used to be less; I think it was like 90 bucks to go from Georgia to Arizona at one point
figjam@midwest.social 9 months ago
Did it take 34 hours to get from Sacramento to LA? FFS!
Garbanzo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
36, vs 1.5 on the jet