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YouTubeStumbled upon people boarding this bus bound for NYC the other night. Direct service from 108 E Main St 12:30am to 59 Canal St NYC for $90. The girl I talked to had never taken it before so I have no comments on the company or service. About 10 people got on the bus last Saturday. Website looks fake, but the store front on Main has 'Sky' on the mailbox and I saw the bus with my own eyes. Again no comments on the service.
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Sky Horse Bus - CBus to NYC Bus Service
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bldng4jstc
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Posted 8 months ago # -
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Doesn't look like there's any stops in between. Perhaps for gas... but the idea of sleeping on the bus the whole way sounds appealing to me. And having ridden Megabus, I love being able to show up 15 minutes before departure, rather than an hour at the airport. Wonder how the travel times compare when you calculate that into flying, and then getting from LaGuardia or JFK to your final destination...
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bldng4jstc
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sdbuck1 said:
$180.00 seems a little steep for a round trip on a bus. Pay a little more and fly.$180 seems steep, but the pricing reflects its location to the (sadly terrible) Greyhoud station a block north. Greyhound's $180 'web-only' fare takes ~14 hours while Sky Horse takes 9 hours. Furthermore, last time I looked Cbus-NYC roundtrip airfare was around $400 or more - plus cost of getting into town from the airport.
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bldng4jstc
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mbeaumont said:
9 hours seems like a fantasy to me. It's about 10 hours in a car. I don't see how a bus can make it in 9 unless they're driving at breakneck speed the whole way. I bet it's closer to 11 when it's all said and done.I'll perhaps go for a walk some night around pickup and see if I can talk to someone. They whole thing gives me that 'Chinatown' express feel so breakneck speed may be the norm.
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bjones7
Worthington Ohio
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Their "Official" Website: http://www.skyhorsebus.com/
Posted 8 months ago # -
itinerantfoodie
Columbus
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Continental runs (last minute) fare sales every two weeks from CMH to Newark for $168. They're usually released on Wednesdays.
I was kind of hoping that Sky Horse was somehow related to Sky Bus.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Cville4ever
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skyhorse is the bomb!
between me and my syblings combined we've taken it over 20 times.
when my sis from brooklyn first took it five years ago it was twenty bucks, but you were traveling with loads of cargo in the cabin and made a couple mysterious stops along the way, but it was still a lot faster than any other bus.
now it's ninety bucks each way, and when i took it in August 2011 we made one stop at a sunoco near blue mountain pennsylvania.
when i woke up we were flying through eastern ohio in the passing lane, they aren't lying : we made it from downtown new york to columbus in nine hours flat.
the bus goes on to Dayton and Cincinnati.
in NY i picked up their business cards and noticed there was an affiliated line that did NY to/from Virginia Beach.Both bus lines seem to go through http://www.gotobus.com for ticket booking.
Reserve your ticket online, then show up 20-30 minutes early so you can be sure you get a seat (we've always gotten one, but the bus has always been above 80% full).Posted 8 months ago # -
btwaits
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DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE! We just used it to go to NYC on Jan 5, 2012. Our experience was terrible. It was a very shady experience and we were concerned for our safety on a number of occasions. It is true though, we paid $60 for roundtrip tickets and the bus made it to NYC in 9 hours. we did not take our return trip back to Columbus, we flew back instead. Here was our experience:
1. The bus was in horrible shape and smelled like a dirty bathroom. There was also some sticky substance all over the floor, which got all over our shoes and carry-on bag. The seats were uncomfortable and very hard to sleep in. The bus looks nothing like the picture they have on their website.
2. The bus stopped 5 times on our way there, with no explanation of why:
a. the bus stopped after a few blocks from the loading point to pick up someone who was apparently chasing the bus. the bus driver just let him on without checking for a ticket or his ID. This guy sat right behind us, and got up to use the bathroom every 5 minutes, for what we believe to use drugs. he was very shady and even asked us (after 6 hours into the trip) if this was the bus to NYC. it was very shady.
b. the 2nd stop was just outside of columbus at a gas station for no apparent reason. Again, nothing was said to the passengers from the bus driver.
c. The 3rd stop was a scheduled stop in WV to pick up additional passengers. The bus actually starts in Cincinnati, makes a stop in Dayton at another bus stop, then Columbus, then WV.
d. The 4th stop was at a very dark and rundown hotel off the highway somewhere. we pulled around to the back of the hotel and sat there for about 15 min. again, the bus driver didn't say anything to us and everyone was looking around to each other to see if anyone knew what was going on. I actually got a little scared.
e. the final stop was a scheduled stop to refuel.3. as mentioned in one of the other posts, the bus did travel at very high speeds, which is the only way to get to NYC in 9 hours! at one point a semi truck was honking his horn and flashing his lights at the bus.
4. when we arrived in Chinatown, the bus driving jumped off and started to unload our bags onto the sidewalk before anyone was able to get off the bus. a group of pedestrians on the street started to huddle around our bags. luckily we got to them before anything happened. we took off for the subway and never looked back.
Ultimately, i guess we got what we paid for. I normally don't leave reviews, but since our safety was compromised, i felt like i needed to let our experience be known. i would NOT recommend this trip for anyone.
Posted 4 months ago # -
lizless
Columbus/Hocking Hills
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A similar bus takes folks from Chinatown in Philly to Chinatown in NYC, Boston and Baltimore. Same type of experience but only $10 each way. Rumors are that they are mob-run and are used primarily to transport drugs and smuggle people. There was a big bust back in 2008 on the bus that went from NYC to Boston: http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/04/20/chinatown-gang-extorts-chinatown-bus/
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