Megabus - low cost, daily, express bus service

Dear Friends and Family,

Mr. mouse and I saw an advertisement for megabus back in April. It's a company based in Europe that's begun bus service in the US... dirt cheap bus service in the US.

They serve a handful of cities in the Midwest - Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and St. Louis from a hub in Chicago. So, for as low as a $1 each way, you're off to see your friends and family.

$1?!?!

Well, at that price, you want to ride it just to see what the experience is like. For $2, a weekend in the Windy City? Uh, sign me up!

So, the biggest question we all had was, what does your $1 get you? Well, yesterday, I was chatting with a friend at work and found out he's taken megabus! So, here's the skinny:

You buy the ticket online. It can be as cheap as a $1 and up to $35 each way depending upon when you purchase your ticket. You print out your ticket online and bring it with you to the bus terminal. The buses are clean and perfectly fine. Baggage goes down below, bathroom in the back of the bus, no assigned seats, and you're off.

They stopped once in each direction about half-way through the trip at a highway rest stop for about twenty minutes. You're free to get off the bus, stretch your legs, buy some food, use the restrooms, and you're off again. His trip was about the same amount of time as driving would have been and cost him and his wife a total of $40 round trip including processing costs. So, I think he got the $8 each way fare. He highly recommends it.

So, there you go. Now, we know.

Anyone up for a weekend trip?


Cheers!
mouse