"I've never traveled by autokar, and don't want to"
I've traveled around 4000 miles by bus and it's not for me. It doesn't make any difference that it's privately booked. I still have to sit on a bus for hours or days. Not stopping at every town is a negative for me. I want to make lots of stops to get out and stretch, and see the town. During longer stops I've been known to get out and hoof it for 10+ miles before returning to the bus.
When flying I don't like non-stop flights either. When possible, I intentionally book a flight with more stops, even if the overall travel time is longer.
Nor do I want to travel long distance by train. I've never decided if train or bus travel was worse. It's a tossup. The train is a little more comfortable and you can walk around, but you can't get off. A bus is less comfortable and you can't walk around, but you can get off on a regular basis.
To me, the only way to really travel is by car, hitch hiking (which is still car), or perhaps bicycling or walking.
The closest thing to Autokar I've wanted to do is Green Tortoise back in the old days. The modern Green Tortoise is not much like the old one though. I've run into them a few times when out traveling and I always wanted to do it.
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They are very common here in Thailand. We call them 'bus' :D
You can practically get anywhere. To me it's a love/hate relation: I find them affordable, practical and convenient; but I loathe the long hours to search for the best position to sit or to even sleep.
Some of them are quite an eye sore - and previously there had been issues with drivers on drugs [Ya Ba - tablets containing a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine] and resulting severe accidents. But it's reasonably safe meanwhile.
They aren’t called Autokars, but it’s the same concept. We have BreakRide at our university where it takes students from 4 major cities in Texas. San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, & Houston, the price depends on the distance from the school campus. You have to buy another ticket for round trip and the ride is long. You get no meal unless you packed your own or get something from fast food restaurants when the bus driver stops. It’s very long & exhausting ride. Some buses have plugins some don’t, some have WIFI, and no tvs.
Or we can ride the Greyhound bus, it similar to BreakRide but it isn’t sponsored by the university. Greyhound is a lot more dangerous as far as going to different cities lots of crime dealing with homeless people occur. It can have overcrowding in the terminals and the ticketer are usually rude & nonchalant. The bus ride can be pleasant or awful. The bus only stops at Greyhound station so food is limited to vending machines. There can be WiFi and plugins.
I’ve taken both several times. I’d rather stick to the BreakRide cause I know I’ll be safer opposed to taking Greyhound.
Went on a Greyhound once and will never do it again
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Is it anything like taking a bus line to another state? Because I’ve done that before. Sitting 5-6 hours on a bus gets exhausting really quickly.
We've traveled in a very similar fashion in Japan & parts of Europe. We enjoyed our experiences. Different experience in mainland China... Terrible!
Yea I have and I like it.
We use autokars for school too.I have for school trips to a neighboring state or a few hours out from my school. I like them.
Didn't like it but for the price it was ok
Yes, I have done it several times with my school class.
I have and it was HELL
Yup in the USA it's a Grey Hound.
A coach bus?
I did.
Many times.🇺🇲
My American ass is ignorantSo basically Ubertour?
I've never heard of it.
Nope
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