Over the course of my trip, I did end up meeting a number of interesting characters. My mother spent weeks desperately sending me price quotes for airline tickets, and at my company holiday party, my boss asked me if I was being paid enough. Many of my friends, colleagues, and family members were not so optimistic. I'd have the opportunity to see parts of the country I had never seen before, and I was interested in meeting other people riding a Greyhound bus across the country in the days before Christmas I figured they'd be interesting people. I'm pretty sure I never would have booked a cross-country bus trip if I wasn't staring down the barrel of a $1,200 credit card charge, but once I did, I started to get excited about my long weekend on the bus. My itinerary included 31 unique stops and 5 bus transfers over the course of 75 hours. Fifteen minutes later, in an act of sheer desperation, I purchased my $216 Greyhound ticket. Upon seeing the price of a round trip ticket for the holidays (about $1,200), I had a mini-meltdown.
I have a tendency to procrastinate, so naturally I didn't even attempt to look for a plane ticket home until December 7.
Two years ago, I rode a Greyhound bus from San Francisco to New York to get home for the holidays.
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