Greyhound Buses ripoff A literal h**l on earth Houston Texas

I just wanted to add my experience with this company. I have had the privelidge of riding with Grayhound only once. I am trying to not do it again. I had worked it out with an ex of mine to take my kids to him for his visitation in FL from SD. The ride there (to FL) wasn't bad, but my ride back, was very, very bad. It started off with the first bus being about 45 minutes late. This made every bus after that very hard to get. I had about 3 of the stations almost refuse my ticket because they thought that I had missed the bus!! I had to explain to them that the first bus was late causing me to miss every bus afterward. I had to go to every customer service desk at every destination they sent me to afterward.

Using the ticket I had was a nightmare simply because some of the destinations they sent me to weren't even listed on my ticket, thus they said I wasn't even supposed to be there, so they weren't technically supposed to even help me, from what they were told. I finally reached my home state of SD about 12 hours later than I should have just because of a bus that was 45 minutes late!! This also included layovers in stations anywhere from 2 to 5 hours. I had not planned on the extra time, so I had not packed extra $$ simply because my ex was paying the expenses for the travel (tickets) and I hadn't planned on being gone 3 to 4 days, only 2. I only brought enough for snacks and sandwiches for the kids on the way down, and maybe a couple of soda's for me on the way back. I left comments on their contact form when I got home only to recieve the "form" letter back stating they would look into it to improve their service for other travelers.

I can wholly agree that they can have good travel one minute and really poor travel the next. It all depends on the minute that you ride with them.

Actually, my wife and I don't think we're above anybody. We didn't mind the victims that were riding the bus, as we were victims too. It was the drivers that were totally off key. You just don't go around calling your customers "knuckle head". Then if there is something wrong with the bus, you should communicate it to the victims instead of stopping every three miles to step outside to see what's wrong. It's just common sense. If you like being treated like that then okay. I believe a paying customer should be treated with some kind of dignity.

Having a busy schedule is no excuse for this kind of behaviour. If it's not possible to be efficient and treat your passengers like human beings then you shouldn't be in business. I stand by everything I say and to try to defend Grey Hound is simply ludicrous.

Greyhound exists to provide cheap mass transit. The bus drivers just drive and they must maintain the schedule. I am sure that it is annoying to have privileged people who complain that it is just $150 more to fly, and to have the same people whine about the low-class citizens who work for slave labor. Take the plane in order to not be sullied by the heathens.

I've been to Houston on Greyhound and they have this nice KFC express in the bus terminal. If someone didn't like the food in that bus terminal in Houston they should of went to the McDonald's across the street. Of Course the last time I've been to Houston was in May 2003 when the price of Gas was $1.39 per gallon. If this person didn't like Greyhound they should of took the bus with the spanish name to from Houston that terminal is just across the street as well.

Frank, don't you know that Greyhound exists for 2 reasons? people who can't afford to fly and people who don't want to. For that reason this is why you get the lowest class people riding the bus. Didn't you investigate the Downtown Houston Station before you left?? If you had done your homework you would have been flying out of Hobby on Southwest or Air Tran. Greyhound bus stations have dirty restrooms and sub par food services. I would only ride Greyhound as a last resort.

Your story recounts a typical ride on Greyhound. I remember the old days (1960's) when it was a pleasure to ride on Greyhound. I would rather walk from Houston to New York than take a bus nowdays especially when inexpensive air is available. My airfare last summer from Dallas to Baltimore and back on American was around $200. I couldn't hitchhike for that.