My wife and I have talked about it, as long car trips aren't as much fun anymore as they once were. I've eaten in plenty of restaurants, along the way from one place to another, where buses from bus tours had stopped, and it seemed like everyone on the trip had gotten to know one another pretty well, and were having a good time.
@Ken Anderson While we lived in Phoenix, charters were run to Laughlin, Nevada often. Always full, and no wonder why! Five bucks (later eight) got you a seat to Laughlin, a free buffet meal, and a roll of nickels! They left about 7:00AM, got to Laughlin before noon, you then had 6 hours to yourself, while the bus driver slept somewhere, then left back for Phoenix, usually arriving tired and worn-out before midnight. It was surely a bargain........ Frank
I’ve never taken a long bus trip. I was going too take a chrter trikp witha group of seniors one time but didn't go; my wife fell ill.
The good thing about them is not having to worry about anything. Sights and entertainment were planned. Routes were already known. You can snooze, visit or even watch a movie on the way, sometimes and there is a toilet on board.
I should get some kind of reward from Greyhound for my past rides. I have made four cross country trips. I rode with them before they had toilets on board. I remember vividly the Greyhound Bus Terminals in Oakland,Ca, Cheyenne,Wyoming, Topeka, Kansas, Sacramento, Ca. Port Authority, NYC
When (and why) did you do that, Lon? I kinda have vague memories of taking a bus somewhere. It may have been a charter for when my Virginia high school band did an exchange trip with a high school band on Long Island, but I don't recall. That's likely the longest bus trip I've made.
Yvonne and I both did from Virginia to Idaho about 18 years ago and may I say that 2 of the drivers were downright rude. Personally, I hate buses and hitchhiked across the country via Rt. 66 twice and drove it an additional 4 times.
Any memories of 1966 being given a ride, by a 16-year-old girl, driving a cattle truck stopping at Tucumcari, N.M. and being dropped off at Albuquerque?
First time was with mom and dad in 1940 from New Jersey to Colorado and back. Then 1n 1951 from Oakland Ca, to Hartford Conn. and back. Then 1955 from Seattle to Hartford
I too was 16 in 1966, had graduated from high school and was busy trying to decide whether to go to college first or join the military. Hint: When I turned 17 I was loaded onto a Greyhound Bus headed for Fort Polk, Louisiana.
No, not a long one. The longest one was about 300 miles. The last time was the 1980s. Not a fan of buses.
No, for every 10 hours that they drive they have to have 8 consecutive hours off and they also have to take mandatory rest stops.
So when you're riding cross-country, you travel for 10 hours and are then idle for the rest of the time? I know you gotta eat & sleep, but... That's why I wondered if they changed horses.