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PonyGroom -> RE: FUCK GREYHOUND (2/12/2008 10:09:13 PM)
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I heard him say these trips were many, not few: the expense adds up does it not? So, minimizing the expense is one way of maximizing the money you have available to care for the child. Sounds smart to me. Good for you trying to outwit the bus system! It can be done - someone earlier in the thread gave some decent advice. Here is more along the same lines from one who has been there done that:
You can get a letter from Greyhound saying you had a ticket but they were unable to provide. Your attorney may know that some judges take this sort of letter into consideration. You are not at all alone- Greyhound books to capacity and beyond all the time. It can be very frustrating. Using the bus for anything other than causal travel is risky. Sometimes you have to stand in line, or sit on a stone floor, for hours to ensure that you WILL get on THIS particular bus. The process, and the rules, are pretty abusive. Maybe it will be easier when you think of the kid, and keep thinking of the kid, as you struggle with it. I always have stuff to read with me, it helps kill the boredom.
Booking 7 or more days in advance and going down to the station to get the ticket is the cheapest. But if I had to do time- critical travel again, I would book an earlier bus on the way out, in case I simply could not get on it, and put up with the hardship of trying to park myself someplace until the hearing. When the next earliest bus is a whole day before, that truly sucks. In that case I would check out craigslist for crash space, network through friends, whatever you can do to get a perch until the hearing. It's all worth the time to research.
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