Bus from New York to Wheeling

[drmego]

I just booked the bus - anyone want to go at the same time?

Reservation number: 3-7699-060712-M28-0650-NEW-PIT

Journey 1 :New York, 10th Ave between 40th St and 41st St to Pittsburgh, 10th St and Penn Ave

Date: Thursday June 07, 2012

Passengers: 1

Leaving: 650 AM

Arriving: 230 PM

Price: $5.00

Reservation number: 1-9932-061012-M28-1000-PIT-NEW

Journey 2 :Pittsburgh, 10th St and Penn Ave to New York, 7th Ave & 28th St.

Date: Sunday June 10, 2012

Passengers: 1

Leaving: 1000 AM

Arriving: 555 PM

Price: $1.00

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[drmego]

This guy gives a blow by blow account of taking the megabus from Pittsburgh to
New York and back.

Traveling by Megabus wasn't too good to be true

[drmego]

There is an Enterprise Car Rental less than 1/2 a mile from the megabus drop off.
They have minivans that seat 7 for about $175.00 for the trip.

I will book the van once I find out a few other people are taking the same bus.

[Toyman_Chris]

Did you book a bus ticket for $5.00 or am I reading that wrong? LOL.

As a side note, I am coming from WI, or I would totally be all over riding a Dr. Mego Q&A Bus!!

[drmego]

I did book the bus round trip for $6.50 - the return trip was $1.00
and it leaves a few blocks from Penn Station.

[garagesale]

I'd go along, but it costs the same to fly to NYC from OKC as is does to Pittsburgh. Plus, I got my wife w/me this year.

JamesD

[johnmiic]

All Megabuses are double-decker? Upper and lower levels? Wha...? How do they fit the luggage underneath?

The bus driver checks me in and places my bag underneath the bus. I head up to the bus's second story (all megabuses are double-deckers) and easily find a row to myself.

(The driver does emphasize that we should use the handrail at all times when going up and down the stairs between levels.)

[Hulk]

I can usually rent a full size car from the Pittsburgh airport from Thursday to Sunday for about $100 - $120 through Hotwire. Not sure how you get from the Bus to the airport, but I am guessing you could get a rental in town for somewhat similar prices. I would definitely want to go that route, especially if I could extend the weekend hanging with some Mego peeps a while longer while someone else did the bulk of the driving.

[garagesale]

Hey, guys:

Pittsburgh has awesome local bus service from DT Greyhound/Amtrak stations to the airport. Takes less than an hour, and it's only about 2 bucks.

Getting a car in the DT area is not too easy and costs a bit more than the airport, which has super-cheap deals.

http://www.portauthority.org/paac/default.aspx

JamesD

[pmwasson]

I fixed that picture for you:

[megocrazy]

I fixed that picture for you:

http://i.imgur.com/uCBvx.jpg

Now someone has to bring some blue paint. That would be awesome.

[drmego]

So is anyone going to book the bus with me?

[Tothiro]

So is anyone going to book the bus with me?

I'm still working out transport plans, also flying out of Ft Lauderdale - but I admit mego roadtrip does sound like an entertaining option.

[BATMAN89]

Chicago?

Can it pick me up in Chicago???

[drmego]

I guess the bus idea is not really going to work since no one else is
willing to commit. It would be easier for me to go by air, so if the
megabus idea is dead, I will fly instead.