Megabus.com offers inexpensive alternative for traveling college students
Sara Cesky
Issue date: 11/17/09 Section: News
By Sara Cesky
News Editor
Despite the seventy-degree weather Maryland has recently been enjoying, it is the middle of November and Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching.
Students across campus have a week of classes left before it's time for turkey, green bean casserole, and Grandma's pumpkin pie. But in order for students to enjoy these tasty holiday traditions, they have to get home.
College students across the country have been forced to tighten their wallets and be more conscious of where their money is going, and that means cutting back on travel costs.
"I wanted to fly to South Carolina to visit my extended family for Thanksgiving, but when I looked at how much flights cost I wasn't sure it would be possible," said Kelsey Formalarie, '12.
As the economy reached its lowest points, travelers chose to stay local for vacations or found other ways to reach their destinations. Instead of planes, trains and cars, the low fare of buses caught the eye of many and is now becoming the go-to choice.
One of these up and rising bus companies is megabus.com, a spin off subsidiary of Coach USA which is one of the three largest transportation companies in North America. What is its claim to fame? It offers seats on its Greyhound buses for as low as $1.
Megabus.com started in April of 2006 and became the first intercity, express bus line dedicated to bringing high-quality, low-cost travel options to 17 Midwest cities and 11 Northeast cities.
"We brought the concept from the United Kingdom where it had been quite successful" said said Dale Moser, president and COO of megabus.com. The company used the fundamentals that worked there and brought it to seven North America cities.
It took two years for the company to reach 1 million customers, but with a declining economy and the introduction of double-decker buses and an expansion to 28 cities the company sold almost one million tickets in only five months.
News Editor
Despite the seventy-degree weather Maryland has recently been enjoying, it is the middle of November and Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching.
Students across campus have a week of classes left before it's time for turkey, green bean casserole, and Grandma's pumpkin pie. But in order for students to enjoy these tasty holiday traditions, they have to get home.
College students across the country have been forced to tighten their wallets and be more conscious of where their money is going, and that means cutting back on travel costs.
"I wanted to fly to South Carolina to visit my extended family for Thanksgiving, but when I looked at how much flights cost I wasn't sure it would be possible," said Kelsey Formalarie, '12.
As the economy reached its lowest points, travelers chose to stay local for vacations or found other ways to reach their destinations. Instead of planes, trains and cars, the low fare of buses caught the eye of many and is now becoming the go-to choice.
One of these up and rising bus companies is megabus.com, a spin off subsidiary of Coach USA which is one of the three largest transportation companies in North America. What is its claim to fame? It offers seats on its Greyhound buses for as low as $1.
Megabus.com started in April of 2006 and became the first intercity, express bus line dedicated to bringing high-quality, low-cost travel options to 17 Midwest cities and 11 Northeast cities.
"We brought the concept from the United Kingdom where it had been quite successful" said said Dale Moser, president and COO of megabus.com. The company used the fundamentals that worked there and brought it to seven North America cities.
It took two years for the company to reach 1 million customers, but with a declining economy and the introduction of double-decker buses and an expansion to 28 cities the company sold almost one million tickets in only five months.
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John
posted 11/17/09 @ 12:02 PM EST
Check out www.busjunction.com it's like expedia for buses.
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Though traveling by bus is quite slow, it is a good chance to see the country.
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