Germany's FlixBus to Take on Greyhound in the United States

Re:Germany's FlixBus to Take on Greyhound in the United States by brandonmenc on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @01:49PM (#15750466)

I used to ride Greyhound when I couldn't afford to fly, years ago.

There is no comparison. The bus is worse.

> cattle-car experience of air travel

Being herded in and out of a Greyhound at 3 AM by a pissed off driver is literally a cattle-car experience, and happens often.

I've only encountered smiling faces and helpful attitudes from flight attendants and pilots.

It's night and day.

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Re:Germany's FlixBus to Take on Greyhound in the United States by duckwheat on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:40PM (#15754062)

I was also a frequent Greyhound rider, mostly during and right after college (2000 - 2007 maybe). It was overall an awful experience, and in general took about 3x the time of driving a car. You do end up with about one crazy story per 8 hours travelled though.

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Re:Germany's FlixBus to Take on Greyhound in the United States by cmurf on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @12:45AM (#15754550)

Smoke breaks. I think a near majority of Greyhound riders smoke. And dang, Germans and French smoke way more than Americans - it's almost like they don't know or care that it'll kill you, and make you cough badly enough it sounds like you're dying. Somehow I kinda doubt it'll be any faster on a FlixBus.

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Re:Germany's FlixBus to Take on Greyhound in the United States by konschubert on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:19AM (#15756927)

Flixbus coaches do not do smoke breaks.

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Re:Germany's FlixBus to Take on Greyhound in the United States by cmurf on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @11:00AM (#15757763)

Well then it has the potential to be a buttton faster than Greyhound.

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