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04-23-2014, 02:00 PM
Bus Travel is the Best Bet for Budget Trips
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Bus trips might be longer than other options, but you may want to reconsider the open road the next time you plan a trip.
A new DePaul University*study (http://las.depaul.edu/chaddick/docs/Docs/Travelers_Tradeoff_140421_FINAL_PACKET.pdf)*publis hed Monday found that bus travel in the United States is 50-80% less expensive than trips in the air or on a train, regardless of when a ticket is bought.
See also: Selfie Pro Tip: Don't Stand Too Close to Trains (http://mashable.com/2014/04/16/selfie-train-kick/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
This means that choosing to travel (http://mashable.com/category/travel/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) by bus saves customers $1.2 billion annually. On average, buying a bus ticket a day before departure instead of one on a plane a week ahead of time will save a traveler an average of $300 round trip.*Busing is even less expensive than traveling by car in all regions of the country. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/23/bus-travel-is-the-best-bet-for-budget-trips/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Bus trips might be longer than other options, but you may want to reconsider the open road the next time you plan a trip.
A new DePaul University*study (http://las.depaul.edu/chaddick/docs/Docs/Travelers_Tradeoff_140421_FINAL_PACKET.pdf)*publis hed Monday found that bus travel in the United States is 50-80% less expensive than trips in the air or on a train, regardless of when a ticket is bought.
See also: Selfie Pro Tip: Don't Stand Too Close to Trains (http://mashable.com/2014/04/16/selfie-train-kick/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
This means that choosing to travel (http://mashable.com/category/travel/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) by bus saves customers $1.2 billion annually. On average, buying a bus ticket a day before departure instead of one on a plane a week ahead of time will save a traveler an average of $300 round trip.*Busing is even less expensive than traveling by car in all regions of the country. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/23/bus-travel-is-the-best-bet-for-budget-trips/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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