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Encyclopedia > Gotobus

GotoBus is an Internet travel agency specializing in bus travel. It is owned and operated by IvyMedia Corporation, a privately held company. GotoBus.com sells line run bus tickets, multi-day bus tours, and guided city tours throughout the United States and Canada. In addition, the website offers vacation packages to several U.S. destinations. A travel agency is a business that sells travel related products and services to end-user customers on behalf of third party travel suppliers, such as airlines, hotels and cruise lines. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... Tourists at Oahu island, Hawaii Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act. ... Vacation is a term used in English speaking North America to describe time away from work or school, a trip abroad, or simply a pleasure trip away from home. ...


From IvyMedia.com to GotoBus.com

IvyMedia Corporation is known as the only company on the Internet to offer a centralized booking tool that allows bus travelers to search and compare different bus companies. GotoBus sells tickets for many traditional bus companies as well as regional independent carriers, and so-called Chinatown bus lines. The company first started selling bus tickets in 2000 from the website IvyMedia.com. They switched to the GotoBus.com domain at the end of 2005 in order to better represent the nature of the business. Look up booking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Cheap Tickets redirects here. ... Passengers waiting at the Fung Wah Lines ticket window on Canal Street and the Bowery in Manhattan Chinatown bus lines, also called 野雞車 (yě jī chē, which translates as wild chicken trucks) in Chinese, refers to the private transportation industry that has arisen in the Chinatown communities of the East Coast... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Best of the Web

GotoBus became the first portential compititor for Greyhound Lines, which has almost a monopoly position for the US/Canada shuttle bus business. GotoBus has networked most small bus operators such as Chinatown bus lines to provide a comprehensive bus services covering major cities in the US while expanding to Canada. This competition has greatly benefited comsumers in getting competitive bus fares. Greyhound Lines is the largest intercity common carrier of passengers by bus in North America, serving 2200 destinations in the United States. ... Passengers waiting at the Fung Wah Lines ticket window on Canal Street and the Bowery in Manhattan Chinatown bus lines, also called 野雞車 (yě jī chē, which translates as wild chicken trucks) in Chinese, refers to the private transportation industry that has arisen in the Chinatown communities of the East Coast...


In February 2007, The Washington Post names GotoBus.com Best of the Web, topping grayline.com, greyhound.com and trailways.com, in the 'Motorcoaches' category.


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Washington Post Names GotoBus.com Best of the Web (540 words)
GotoBus.com is the leading online ticketing company for bus-related travel services, working with many shuttle bus operators including, but not limited to, most Chinatown Bus lines and airport shuttle services in major US cities.
GotoBus also actively markets bus tours and vacation packages for many discount tour operators as well as name brand and popular travel operators such as Gray Lines in major US and Canada cities, Starline tours and Historic tours.
The GotoBus online booking system is similar to those used by major airlines, and makes it easy for travelers to quickly compare schedules, prices, and pickup/drop-off locations for over 100 bus companies throughout the United States and Canada.
Gotobus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (168 words)
GotoBus is an Internet travel agency specializing in bus travel.
IvyMedia is known as the only company on the Internet to offer a centralized booking tool that allows bus travelers to search and compare different bus companies.
GotoBus sells tickets for many traditional bus companies as well as regional independent carriers, and so-called Chinatown bus lines.
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