Anyone taken the bus to Bozeman, MT or any long distance location?

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Permalink Reply by Drew on March 13, 2009 at 6:51pm

Good tips, falling across the seats and acting passed out or inebriated works pretty good done it myself upon many occassion. But if someone insists on sitting with you have them take the window seat so you have the leg room down the aisle when your legs start to cramp from sitting on the bus for several hours or days.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Kemple on March 13, 2009 at 5:23pm

If you get to Bozeman and can't get a ride into Yellowstone, i'll be in Bozeman when i'm not working and could drive you down... at least you can use me as a backup resource if you need to! Add me as a friend if you'd like.

GOOD LUCK with your trip!

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Permalink Reply by Rachelle on March 13, 2009 at 7:47pm

Thanks for the offer but Yellowstone is picking me up.

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Barnes on March 13, 2009 at 7:01pm

This is a great question and I really enjoyed the answers. I am also planning on taking the bus from Rogers Arkansas to Bozeman MT. Been trying to con my sister or one of the kids into driving me out there but no luck with that so far. I just thought they could have a little adventure but my family has no taste for it. No adventurers in my family except for me....

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Permalink Reply by akscootr on March 13, 2009 at 7:18pm

The bus can be fun or it can su**, depending. I really enjoyed the trip to Mackinac Island (bunch of hippies going to a Rainbow Family Gathering), but on others I have been jammed next to people who were so big they took up part of my "space" and they obviously wouldn't shower.
Amanda is 100% about the backpack; Your i.d. and $$$ should be on your person at all times. ALWAYS. A book and mp3 player will help also...

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Permalink Reply by Jon Tilley on March 14, 2009 at 5:24pm

You know what, just swallow your money like you're smuggling coke and duct tape you debit card to your butt.

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Permalink Reply by Rachelle on March 13, 2009 at 7:51pm

Thank you everyone so much, you guys are too funny! I do feel better about the reliability now and will definitely be considering it. I really appreciate it!

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Permalink Reply by Ted on March 14, 2009 at 7:56pm

Hello Rachel, I took the greyhound bus from West Virginia to Great Falls Montana in 2007. It was by far cheaper than flying. The bus in ok if your not very tall as there is little room for people who are over 6 feet tall. It was a 3 day trip on the way out and two days on the way back. Connections were not a problem as there was ample time on all of my buses and the terminals are not that big to navigate.

Some of the lag time between buses on the way out to Montana allowed me to hike and explore chicago, Denver and Pittsburgh. While others were sitting around the terminal i took my backpack and did a hike and had a nice lunch. So that was kool. But the buses are not the most comfortable. That's a for sure thing. I met a guy on one leg of the trip and we would watch each others posessions while the other used the restroom or just went for a walk, people seemed more friendly and sociable on the buses than flying. It was like we were all on a journey together, it was definitly more of an adventure taking the greyhound across country as opposed to flying. Hope this helps.

Ted

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Barnes on March 14, 2009 at 9:56pm

I'm hoping to ship my stuff ahead and only take a duffle bag with me on the bus. I have learned a lot of tricks from people who travel all the time for business some of them lockup their suitcases and ship them UPS. It sure beats trying to keep up with them during transfers etc. I really just want to travel very light and not have to stress about stuff. I may showup at yellowstone with the clothes on my back the way I'm feeling about things these day.

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Permalink Reply by akscootr on March 14, 2009 at 10:14pm

Kimberly..... Seriously... KISS principle. I am happy doing what I want because of it... Think about the materialistic stuff. All replaceable.... go for it!!! All us Jellystoners will hang with you...promise,..... Akscootr. Quit worrying :0 :) :) :)

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Permalink Reply by Rachelle on March 14, 2009 at 10:25pm

Thank you everyone for all of the feedback! It is great!

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Permalink Reply by Nick on March 18, 2009 at 8:13am

I may be an old bum, but I have some good advice about Greyhound buses.
If you want to sleep, you MUST have a window seat. Otherwise you will continually sway into either the aisle or the person next to you, waking you up every 15 seconds. You will want to kill yourself while having to sleep hunched forward with your head on your knees in the aisle seat.
And you gotta have a pillow of some sort at the window seat because of the bumps and many bus vibrations will make you bump your head too many times to sleep.
Most important, when you first get on the bus, there are almost always a set of 2 or 4 seats in the middle with more leg room than any others. Try to pick those out quickly.
If you miss a connector bus, all you have to do is wait a few hours for the next one to come through. At any point you can get off for a day or two and resume the trip later. I was forced to do this a few times for trying to smuggle on booze. I always got back on track, no problem. Just make sure your bags didn't go without you.

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