[McMelchior]

[ QUOTE ]
Bring a hat, your head will itch for 2 days from whatever creepy crawlies are living in the fabric on the head rests. I learned the hard way.

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow.

You guys must have had some real effed up experiences on that bus.

My wife and I have been doing Academy (and lately Greyhound, since Acedemy has become less reliable) one to two times a month - since 1996.

We like to consider ourself decently dressed and well groomed ... it kind of goes with being professionals employed in New York City.

So out of more than 150 r/t I remember two (2) problem passenger ... one was a middle aged blond German lady, who had a very noisy meltdown (she actually hit the driver with her paper) because the person in front of her leant the seat back all the way back ... the other was admittedly smelly, a very drunk older "gentleman" going back to New York 2 AM in the morning, with puke and urin on his clothes; he probably shouldn't have been admitted to the bus, and we could have waited for the next departure 45 minutes later.

So that's like two incidents out of 11 years of travel.

FWIW, I'll take the AC bus over transatlantic flights (coach) anytime.