Your best option as far as safety and cost is Greyhound. No reservations are necessary when you travel with Greyhound. If you know the departure schedule, simply arrive at the terminal at least an hour before departure to purchase your ticket. Boarding generally begins 15 to 30 minutes before departure. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Advance purchase tickets do not guarantee a seat.When Greyhound fills a regularly scheduled bus with passengers during times of peak demand, Greyhound plans for additional buses to accommodate passengers beyond the seating capacity of a single bus for any given schedule. However, our ability to add extra sections depends on the availability of buses, drivers and the number of passengers.When picking up passengers en route (such as at a rest stop), continuing passengers who de-boarded at the rest stop are given priority to re-board.Greyhound buses travel around the clock, so you can travel by day and enjoy the scenery through wide panoramic windows. Or, select a night service, and relax in a reclining seat with reduced interior lighting.Most buses make intermediate stops to pick up additional passengers en route to their destinations. In addition to stops en route, buses make rest stops every few hours, and meal stops are scheduled as close to normal meal times as possible. If you prefer not to travel on a bus that includes multiple stops en route, be sure to ask your ticket agent about our express schedules, which are available on select routes.Departures for tomorrow as an example:Select Departure Schedule for Sunday, December 13, 2009Select Departs Arrives Duration Transfers Carrier Schedule- 11:20am 03:10pm 3h, 50m 1 GLI 6774- 04:30pm 08:10pm 3h, 40m 1 GLI 6742- 05:05pm 10:50pm 5h, 45m 1 GLI 677011:25pm 03:00am 3h, 35m 1 GLI 6766Here are the fares- One WayNon-refundableWeb only fares. Adult$20.83 $20.83 Non-refundableNo further discounts are available on this fare. Adult$24.50 $24.50 Refundable FareNo further discounts are available on this fare. Adult$29.50 $29.50 Go here to purchase a ticket online:http://www.greyhound.com/home/ticketcent��Also if you want to know what are some good foods to take on a bus:http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-29058��
Amtrak runs multiple trips daily between San Jose and Sacramento. The trains do not sell out. Take Amtrak! If you have some sort of promotional ticket with blackout dates, just use the tickets another time.If that does not work for you, another option is to take the ACE train from San Jose to Stockton, then transfer to an Amtrak train that runs from Stockton to Sacramento. This takes more time and probably costs more money, too. See http://www.acerail.com and http://www.amtrak.com for details.
What do you mean Blackout ? The train runs daily to Sacramento from San Jose,Just pay the full fare and use your Blackout tickets for another time.The Greyhound goes to quite a few places in Sacramento so call Greyhound and ask them and then take the light rail system in Sacramento to get you around.edit: Just was in Sacramento Dec 15 and I drove right behind a Greyhound bus and past the Greyhound station
You seem to be *extremely* mistaken. I looked at Greyhound, and there are FIVE buses each day from San Jose to Sacramento.
A few options:Bus or CalTranTaxiHitchhike?Airport ShuttlePay a friend who is willing to make the tripIf you have a driver s license, rent a car
Take you a bus there. I hear the that bus tickets are not that bad.
go by foot, bike, hitchike
take a cab, bike, walk, hitch hike lol