Sunday, April 23, 2006

Greyhound bus question? -

can a 13 year old be in a greyhound bus alone ?

I hope not! The person that gave the example of the airline - there is no comparison!! First of all you board the plane, then you are taken care of by the stewardess, and at the destination the stewardess takes care of the child until they meet up with the parent or guardian.On a bus the kid gets on a bus and the driver may or may not even pay attention to the kid. The kid can get off at any point and the driver would never know. Or worse yet, the child could easily be abducted right off the bus! There is no way in the world I would let any child of mine ride on a bus alone. I wouldn t let them ride on a bus with me! Because I wouldn t be on the bus myself!!I hate buses and would never recommend one, especially for a child by themselves!! What are you crazy????

It depends on how far you are traveling. Basically, they won t let kids take long trips or trips with route changes if they are under 15 and don t have someone at least 15 with them.Here are all the rules:http://www.greyhound.com/home/en/Tickets��

I would call the Greyhound Reservations line and ask them. I am not sure. I don t see why not. Small kids are allowed on arliners alone and are taken care of by the staff. They just have to have a family member hand them over to the staff and be on hand at the other end to claim them.