Tag: Greyhound
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Greyhound Road Rewards offers great value
Greyhound Road Rewards may be the best value travel rewards program out there, yet it flies under the radar because it doesn’t have the high profile of its own credit cards and internet shopping portals. It offers plenty of free travel — companion passes, discounts, and free tickets — at a low entry point. Sign-up…
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Greyhound is underrated
If you’re like me and you consider getting the best possible price and route on trip tickets is a kind of game to “win”, then let me introduce you to the most undervalued choice on the travel market: Greyhound. Greyhound. I know, the name conjures up dingy bus stations, panhandlers, and slow rides shared with…
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Not a Train: Taking Greyhound NYC to Montreal
Take the bus to Montreal. It’s direct, it’s frequent, and it can be done last-minute. While riding the Jazz Train is still on my bucket list, we headed up to Montreal over the Fourth of July long weekend by Greyhound, which was relatively efficient and a great deal. Here are the details: Trip time: 8-9…
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Albany, 2am
The Albany New York Greyhound station at 2am in the morning is a real Greyhound station, the kind your mother warned you about and which spawned the unfettered growth of Megabus and its ilk. People choose live poultry seatmates and faulty brakes to avoid its fluorescent glow. Despite its shortcomings, and the fact that the…
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