South Jersey/Philly area to Cleveland, Ohio

[New Earth]

Sorry to post this in here, but does anyone know of an easy, cheap public transportation from South Jersey/Philly area, to Cleveland? The Greyhound bus is WAYYY too long, and Amtrak is too much money. Other than driving my own car (or flying), does anyone know any other public transportation that would get me there? Thanks for any help...

[Kolesar]

1. Maybe on a "Chinese bus"?

They are point to point, IIRC. Hope you are ready for some adventure. They are way cheap. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22chinese+bus%22+philadelphia

[New Earth]

2. that's a good idea

but I can't find any that go to Ohio :(

[Kolesar]

3. College ride board? eom

[New Earth]

4. what's that?

:blush:

[Kolesar]

5. When I went away to school, there was a "ride board" in the student union building

I could look up people driving to near my home town and get most of my ride taken care of by sharing gasoline cost. I am way older than college age. I don't know if they have policies about non-students getting rides.

This article on Chinese busses is pretty intense. There is a huge enterprise of hiring undocumented Chinese workers for Chinese restaurants in America. Hence the low fares.

http://www.creadersnet.com/newsViewer_english.php?id=667693

[Kolesar]

6. If you can get to Pittsburgh, there's Megabus

http://megabus.com/us/stops/

[New Earth]

7. But at that point,

I might as well just drive all the way. Only an hour or so different :(

The Chinatown bus idea sounds great, but none of them go to Cleveland from Philly. This is crazy, never thought it would be so hard to get somewhere that's not even that far :/

[WCGreen]

8. I drive to and from DC and I live in Cleveland....

I found the best way was to rent a car for a week, it cost me $ 150.00 plus gas, and I didn't put any wear and tear on my car...