Greyhound

Airlines are the squeaky wheel of the travel industry, and they get a lot of grease in the media, so by now we all know how to navigate ticket buying. But baggage fees are on the rise and airfares are an uncertain game of roulette, so many of us are choosing to go to Grandmother's house by land...

Let me begin by pointing out that I'm a big fan of train travel. I've ridden trains up and down the Eastern Seaboard and across half of Europe. I've hung out in old rail yards, searched out hidden rail tunnels, and once went to a wedding in the O. Winston Link museum. Like my Walletpop colleague...

Coach USA is rolling out a $1 fare to ride a double-decker bus between lots of cities on the East Coast, Midwest and Canada. I checked their website megabus.com and it's easy to find and book the fares. I could find $1 fares from New York to DC or Boston. Or Chicago to Milwaukee. Coach, which is a...

Over the past few months, one of my favorite stories has been the tale of BoltBus. A subsidiary of Greyhound, the bus line charges $25 for a one-way trip from New York to Washington, DC, and $20 for a one-way trip from New York to Boston. While this puts it in competition with the popular Chinatown...

Word comes via the Los Angeles Times about a new program for those who like to save money/headaches on long-distance trips by bypassing the airport in favor of the old reliable Greyhound bus system. Taking a page out of Southwest Airline's book, the Grey Dog is testing a priority seating program....