Pick the Toronto stop nearest where you are sleeping, because the bus is scheduled in somewhere between 11:15 PM and 11:45 PM, and that single fact outranks everything else. OurBus drops at two places that are nothing like each other: 44 York Street downtown, in the bus loading zone just north of Front Street alongside the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, or Toronto Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1 ground level at posts P2 to P4. They sit on opposite sides of…
Yes, you can book an OurBus ticket for someone else, and the instruction is shorter than you would expect. OurBus tells you to buy the ticket the usual way, then put the traveler’s name on it instead of your own. You never have to be on the bus. The booking is the easy part. What trips people up comes afterward, because the confirmation arrives in your inbox while the person boarding needs something on their phone. Our editorial team fact-checked…
Four rules cover almost everything about traveling with kids on OurBus: every child books a ticket and gets their own reserved seat, car seats can come aboard, foldable strollers stow in the hold without touching your luggage allowance, and riders under 16 travel with an adult. We checked each policy on the OurBus FAQ on August 31, 2026, and everything below quotes what it says. Get these four right and the rest of the trip is snacks and window seats.…
The OurBus luggage rules fit in one sentence: one suitcase up to 50 lbs rides free in the cargo hold, plus one bag that fits on your lap. An extra bag is a $30 add-on bought at checkout. That covers most riders, most days — and if that’s all you needed, you’re done. The rest of this post is about the exceptions, because that’s where riders get caught. Some buses on the network won’t sell you the extra bag at…
Count your hours first, then pick the corridor — not the other way around. Depending on when you can leave on Friday and when you must be home on Sunday, an OurBus weekend is anywhere from about 35 hours to 49, and each of those numbers points at a different route. Find your number below, then read only that section. How Many Hours Do You Actually Have? That is the one question worth answering first, and almost nobody asks it. Ground…
Here is how OurBus works, end to end: you book a single seat on a scheduled intercity route through the app or the website, get an e-ticket by email, show the mobile pass to the driver at your stop, and ride. Most stops are a marked spot on the curb rather than a terminal, and nothing needs printing. Key Takeaways Booking is online only, through the OurBus app or website. No cash, and no tickets sold by phone or at…
Yes, and the savings are bigger than most students expect. College student bus travel on OurBus runs from $9 one way, and OurBus Select takes $15 off each of your next 10 rides, worth up to $150. What matters most is whether an OurBus route serves your campus. Key Takeaways Fares start at $9 (New York to Philadelphia) and top out around $26 on the upstate college runs. OurBus Select saves up to $150, at $15 off each of your next…
By making one decision in August rather than chasing fares in November. Back-to-school travel gets expensive because of the car, not the ticket. Cornell charges $752.98 for a year of on-campus resident parking. Twelve one-way OurBus tickets between New York and Ithaca come to $300. The permit alone costs more than the entire year of bus travel. Key Takeaways A full academic year of trips home costs $108 to $300 on the five OurBus corridors we priced. Cornell’s on-campus resident permit…
The easiest car-free summer day trips from Philadelphia are New York City and Washington, DC – both a direct OurBus ride away. Hop the bus to NYC for $9 in about two hours, or to DC for $15, and then use each city’s subway or Metro to get around. No car, no gas, no tolls, no downtown parking needed. Key Takeaways The two best car-free day trips from Philadelphia are New York City (from $9) and Washington, DC (from $15)…
The bus beats summer highway traffic on holiday weekends because you don’t drive it. You ride through it! A professional driver handles the gridlock while you nap, work, or watch the road roll by. You skip white-knuckle merges, $40 parking, and the search for gas, and you often reach your destination faster door-to-door thanks to bus-only lanes and set schedules. Highlights: Holiday weekends pack the year’s worst congestion into a few afternoons. AAA regularly forecasts record travel volumes. On a…