Parent | Variant Equity Advisors |
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Founded | April 10, 2006 |
Headquarters |
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Service area | United States Canada |
Service type | Intercity coach service |
Routes | 30 |
Hubs | |
Fleet | Motor Coach Industries single-deck coaches Van Hool single-and double-deck coaches |
Operator | Coach USA subsidiaries:
Non-Coach USA companies:
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Chief executive | Linda Burtwistle |
Website | us ca |
Megabus is an intercity bus service of Coach USA/Coach Canada operating in the eastern, southern, midwestern, western, and Pacific United States[1] and in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is the North American service equivalent to Megabus UK.
Some tickets, if purchased well in advance, are priced as low as $1, with occasional free promotions and an online booking fee of $2.50 per transaction. Megabus follows the yield management model, typically used by airlines, where the lowest fares are offered to those who book early. Only one or two seats are sold for $0 or $1 per schedule, so the less popular schedules tend to be less expensive. Bus stops may be in public streets, bus stations, outside railroad stations or transportation centers in major cities, or on college campuses or at shopping centers in other cities.
Upon ticket purchase, passengers are given a reservation number to be shown to the bus operator upon boarding. In the United States, tickets are not available from the bus operator. Due to franchise regulations, tickets are sold at stops but may be more expensive than those purchased online in Canada.
Reservations can be changed in the US for a fee of $3-$7.50.[2] Independent to the price of ones ticket, passengers can reserve specific seats on the bus.[3]