You are actually really lucky to get an actual flixbus bus because most of the buses they use are white charter buses with horrible seats. The bus you took is also a new and rare bus! Its a rare Temsa
I just did this recently since I was travelling alone with two large suitcases. Getting from any of NYC's airports to Manhattan is such a nightmare when you have lots of luggage and the bus drops you off at a convenient spot.
@@harith8527 Flixbus drops you off right next to Penn Station. Looks like you're going to JFK; Penn Station has a few overground trains that are just 2 stops to Jamaica station where you'll transfer to the Airtrain. You could take the subway but it's 20+ stops and you'll still have to transfer to the Airtrain.
FlixBus supposedly has bought Greyhound USA. Greyhound Canada went out of business but Canada has a lot of bus services. MegaBus is kind of floundering in the US.
I took Megabus once from Toronto to Philadelphia. It cost $25 Canadian round trip and that’s about what it was worth. It was a very long day, never again.
Hi Jordan and Emily, glad you were able to make it successfully to New York. Be careful sightseeing around New York with all your camera gear and equipment. I once took and overnight bus from the suburbs of Chicago to Winnipeg Canada. It was in early spring and we ended up driving through fog and sleet so it made the trip longer than expected. Taking a bus does save money but flying is much easier.
I was actually wondering what this bus was. I'm in Alberta, Canada. And I was on the QE2 highway. And I was behind one of these buses. And I was thinking to myself what is a Flix bus? Now I know. I remember thinking to myself that bus is really green. I'm assuming it was leaving Calgary going to Edmonton
I’ve checked this option, I asked my girls to come with me but no one is ready 🤨, do you guys not get tired and where do you freshen up? Is it really safe to travel alone? I don’t think I will announce my visit I will just go, visit some places stay overnight and then come back the next night. I’m worried a lil bit 😔. So I will have to go myself, I don’t think it’s safe to drive all the way down to NYC all by myself.
This company is completely garbage. My bf was travelling to Buffalo airport from Toronto and the bus broke down at the US-Canadian border. This company hired clowns as customer service representatives who hung up on her when she called and refused to give her a refund. She had to spend almost $100 for Uber to the airport and had to pay extra to move her flight. I did my research and heard this is quite common with flix as well as peoples luggages getting stolen and unsafe drivers. I have encouraged her to file a law suit as they left her stranded in the middle of nowhere and she missed her flight. I pray everyday this trash company goes out of business
The seats were okay! Especially if you can get two. The toilet was also fine but it's suuuuuper hit and miss, you never know what your gonna get 😄 overall it was an easy ride though
Hey, can you guide me about i94 form? I haven’t received any information about filling it or not from flixbus.. so just wanted to ask do I need to apply it on official website? Or flixbus bus will do group application for all travelers travelling to USA
Hey! Flixbus sent us a link for ours bus you can just google 'i94 form' and click on the first link thats a .gov From there it's pretty easy, you just pay the $6! Alternatively you can do it at the border too it just takes longer!
Former USMC. I traveled in the past it was ok. I like the assigned seats. But the BUS STATION IN TAMPA, FL IS UNDER A BRIDGE. Bus drivers that stopped there didn't give a SHI* about answering costumer's questions. That's what our money is worth and our value and our safety. I took a trip to Knoxville TN. In Atlanta our trip was canceled after being there 9 hours with bus 0105 canceled 2xs. They offered a Voucher or Reassigned your route for another time. HOW convenient as a smart A** remark. NEVER AGAIN SAVE YOUR MONEY AND TAKE A SAFER ROUTE.
Hello, I would like to know what they told you at immigration because I want to go to the United States with an authorization called ESTA and I would like to know what they ask, if they take your fingerprints, do they scan your passport for that type of information.
Hi there! We didn't get our fingerprints taken but they scanned the passport and asked us general questions like how long were going to be there, what we do for work, etc. All just to determine we don't intend to stay passed the esta date!
Greetings from Montreal You should try Indian buses You’ll be amazed. We have comfy overnight coach buses as well as seats to sit if you want and also single seats if you don’t wanna get dodged by a stranger sitting next to you …
😄 we were in India last year and tried every type of train, but didn't try a bus! We didn't see much of India though (only some big cities) so we definitely want to get back there where we can try the busses too!
Hi Jordan! Thanks for all the info and I love your vlogs. I have a query, I am planning to visit US in couple of days and as I am on the Work permit status in Canada, do we need to mandatorily mention the return date on the I-94 form? Looking for your response. Thanks guys
so I am planning to fly to my country via new york and I am confused about how I can go from the Greyhound or Flixbusdon't station to john kennedy airport. would be happy if I could get some assistance (PS. I dont want to take the cab as I am pretty sure it's gonna be costly :D)
😄 that's fair enough, the cab would be craaaazy expensive! Where the bus drops off is right near the subway, I believe you can catch a subway train to another station that links to a tram that will take you most of the way to JFK! Definitely worth looking at the google transport it shows it all up to date!
Yeah 😄 I don't think they have the best policies for cancellations. When we were in Europe half the bus paid extra for assigned seats and then they sent the wrong bus. Nobody got what they paid for. Mayhem!
I have taken Flix bus several times NYC to DC , NYC to. Boston and NYC to Philadelphia. God willing hoping to make this NYC to Toronto ride in January. Its cheaper and the fact that i can get it at Penn Station is very convenient seeing that the Long Island Railroad is in the same location and im home in a matter of minutes. Thank you for the info on this route
not long maybe 15-30minutes in the line - it was the middle of the night so only our bus. Actually speaking to the staff only took 5 minutes. The general questions: how long will you be there? where are you going? why are you visiting? ect Documents we needed our visas, passports, I-94 arrival form and onward travel ☺️
Can't wait until I take my NYC trip from Toronto to NYC, thankfully I won't need I94 since I am a Canadian citizen. Will be flying home from LGA to YYZ
Hi there, there wasn't any assistance for luggage when we passed through unfortunately, we had to carry it through ourselves. The questions were around how much money you have, what you do for work and what your plans are In the US!
Any advice for a refund here? Email confirmation sent an address as the departure but was incorrect & by the time of arrival at the correct departure location, bus was missed in TORONTO!!! ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE CS!!! And it's obvious that you got the best bus so that they'd make certain they got a good review from you!
Oh wow - I’m so sorry this happened to you! No idea on the refund other than contact in ever way you can (social media, email, phone!) They actually didn’t know we were coming or filming a video - paid for the tickets in full by yourselves and decided to film the journey pretty last minute to hopefully give people some info! As it turns out we got lucky with a good new bus!
Not necessarily. My flight out of NY got canceled yesterday afternoon; the train and rental cars was sold out. My Flixbus was in considerably worse shape than the bus in this video, but it got me home when all the other options were telling me I was out of luck.
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Would you ever do an Overnight bus to save money!?
YES!!!
I have from London to Paris was epic!!
To not drive
Airplane is better. Takes you to your destination faster
Yes!
You are actually really lucky to get an actual flixbus bus because most of the buses they use are white charter buses with horrible seats. The bus you took is also a new and rare bus! Its a rare Temsa
wow! didn't realise they did this
Watched all your vlogs in Canada,
I hope you enjoyed your time in Canada 😀 Please visit our maple country again, you are welcome here ❤
Oh wow thanks so much for watching! We'll definitely be back! 😊
We need to know about your next stop in Toronto. Coffee’s on us!
😄 that's so kind! Might not be for a while unfortunately!
I just did this recently since I was travelling alone with two large suitcases. Getting from any of NYC's airports to Manhattan is such a nightmare when you have lots of luggage and the bus drops you off at a convenient spot.
I can imagine! 2 big suitcases by yourself would be super tough!
whats the way to go to the airport from the bus stop?
@@harith8527 you take public transport! I think you'll need the subway and a tram but it's easy!
@@harith8527 Flixbus drops you off right next to Penn Station. Looks like you're going to JFK; Penn Station has a few overground trains that are just 2 stops to Jamaica station where you'll transfer to the Airtrain. You could take the subway but it's 20+ stops and you'll still have to transfer to the Airtrain.
FlixBus supposedly has bought Greyhound USA.
Greyhound Canada went out of business but Canada has a lot of bus services.
MegaBus is kind of floundering in the US.
Ahhh that makes sense, flixbus is taking over everything!
I took Megabus once from Toronto to Philadelphia. It cost $25 Canadian round trip and that’s about what it was worth. It was a very long day, never again.
Hi Jordan and Emily, glad you were able to make it successfully to New York. Be careful sightseeing around New York with all your camera gear and equipment. I once took and overnight bus from the suburbs of Chicago to Winnipeg Canada. It was in early spring and we ended up driving through fog and sleet so it made the trip longer than expected. Taking a bus does save money but flying is much easier.
😊 thanks Ben! Oohh driving through fog would be cool! But yes, flying is much easier 😄
Thankyou for this video 🇰🇪👌🏾
I was actually wondering what this bus was. I'm in Alberta, Canada. And I was on the QE2 highway. And I was behind one of these buses. And I was thinking to myself what is a Flix bus? Now I know. I remember thinking to myself that bus is really green. I'm assuming it was leaving Calgary going to Edmonton
Hahaha 😆 now you know!
To much facial expressions,probably why you don’t get more subscribers. Maybe tone down the odd face movements. Nothing personal.
Thanks for the advice!
Asia salary poor - transport luxury
America salary best - transport poor
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😄 it's weird isn't it!
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I’ve checked this option, I asked my girls to come with me but no one is ready 🤨, do you guys not get tired and where do you freshen up? Is it really safe to travel alone? I don’t think I will announce my visit I will just go, visit some places stay overnight and then come back the next night. I’m worried a lil bit 😔.
So I will have to go myself, I don’t think it’s safe to drive all the way down to NYC all by myself.
Good call! the bus is great but there arent any stops other than passport control!
This company is completely garbage. My bf was travelling to Buffalo airport from Toronto and the bus broke down at the US-Canadian border. This company hired clowns as customer service representatives who hung up on her when she called and refused to give her a refund. She had to spend almost $100 for Uber to the airport and had to pay extra to move her flight. I did my research and heard this is quite common with flix as well as peoples luggages getting stolen and unsafe drivers. I have encouraged her to file a law suit as they left her stranded in the middle of nowhere and she missed her flight. I pray everyday this trash company goes out of business
you get what you pay for unfortauntely! bit of a gamble!
I didn't know FlixBus operated in the USA, as I'm from Hong Kong, I thought it only operated in Europe
So did we until we saw it online!
What documents do you need to go from Canada to the United States by bus? Will they ask for specific documents? Which ones?
Depends on your country of origin! We just use a website called sherpa travel, it tells you everything
Hi I would be doing this exact same trip on Thursday, can you tell me how comfortable the seats were, and also the bathroom
The seats were okay! Especially if you can get two. The toilet was also fine but it's suuuuuper hit and miss, you never know what your gonna get 😄 overall it was an easy ride though
@@JordanandEmily thanks so much :)
Bus travel is dangerous because of elderly out of shape lack of sleep bus drivers.
you're not wrong 🤣
Hey, can you guide me about i94 form? I haven’t received any information about filling it or not from flixbus.. so just wanted to ask do I need to apply it on official website? Or flixbus bus will do group application for all travelers travelling to USA
Hey! Flixbus sent us a link for ours bus you can just google 'i94 form' and click on the first link thats a .gov
From there it's pretty easy, you just pay the $6! Alternatively you can do it at the border too it just takes longer!
The only question i am having now is do they measure and weight luggages in Canada😂 i can tell german busflix doesn't really do it
Nope! No measurement haha
You drove right by my house
😄 that's so cool
Mine too (Hamilton).
Kindly send link how to pay $6 for I94 form. Thanks
Howdy! UA-cam doesn't let us send links in comments anymore haha.
But if you google 'i-94 form'
The official site is the first result!
In Montreal do you know any coach buses that has bed going to New York ?
Oh wow! We had no idea - next time! 😅
Former USMC. I traveled in the past it was ok. I like the assigned seats. But the BUS STATION IN TAMPA, FL IS UNDER A BRIDGE. Bus drivers that stopped there didn't give a SHI* about answering costumer's questions. That's what our money is worth and our value and our safety. I took a trip to Knoxville TN. In Atlanta our trip was canceled after being there 9 hours with bus 0105 canceled 2xs. They offered a Voucher or Reassigned your route for another time. HOW convenient as a smart A** remark. NEVER AGAIN SAVE YOUR MONEY AND TAKE A SAFER ROUTE.
wow - does not sound like a good experience
Hello, I would like to know what they told you at immigration because I want to go to the United States with an authorization called ESTA and I would like to know what they ask, if they take your fingerprints, do they scan your passport for that type of information.
Hi there! We didn't get our fingerprints taken but they scanned the passport and asked us general questions like how long were going to be there, what we do for work, etc. All just to determine we don't intend to stay passed the esta date!
@@JordanandEmily thanks you so much
Greetings from Montreal
You should try Indian buses
You’ll be amazed. We have comfy overnight coach buses as well as seats to sit if you want and also single seats if you don’t wanna get dodged by a stranger sitting next to you …
😄 we were in India last year and tried every type of train, but didn't try a bus! We didn't see much of India though (only some big cities) so we definitely want to get back there where we can try the busses too!
@@JordanandEmily try Hyderabad
And don’t miss the birth place of biryani
Hyderabad
Hi Jordan! Thanks for all the info and I love your vlogs.
I have a query, I am planning to visit US in couple of days and as I am on the Work permit status in Canada, do we need to mandatorily mention the return date on the I-94 form?
Looking for your response. Thanks guys
Ooohhh thatd a tough question, I'm notsure about your work visa specifics but we didn't need to mention a return date at all on the i94 form!
@@JordanandEmily Thanks for your reply Jordan! Hope you're both fine and healthy!! :)
Where s the stop for flixbus at union station????
It's inside the big bus terminal!
Whereabouts in New York does the bus stop?
It stops right near maddison square garden!
so I am planning to fly to my country via new york and I am confused about how I can go from the Greyhound or Flixbusdon't station to john kennedy airport. would be happy if I could get some assistance (PS. I dont want to take the cab as I am pretty sure it's gonna be costly :D)
😄 that's fair enough, the cab would be craaaazy expensive! Where the bus drops off is right near the subway, I believe you can catch a subway train to another station that links to a tram that will take you most of the way to JFK! Definitely worth looking at the google transport it shows it all up to date!
@@JordanandEmily is it safe to travel with 3 bags too💀? i mean like are they any specific trains to the airport or something like shuttle?
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I pee at night alot i would be there alot
Hahaha it would be a challenging ride for sure!
worst Bus Company ever, I cancelled a booking within 3 days and 7 days. without mentioning they deduct almost %40. this is a steal
Yeah 😄 I don't think they have the best policies for cancellations. When we were in Europe half the bus paid extra for assigned seats and then they sent the wrong bus. Nobody got what they paid for. Mayhem!
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I have taken Flix bus several times NYC to DC , NYC to. Boston and NYC to Philadelphia. God willing hoping to make this NYC to Toronto ride in January. Its cheaper and the fact that i can get it at Penn Station is very convenient seeing that the Long Island Railroad is in the same location and im home in a matter of minutes. Thank you for the info on this route
Thanks for watching! 😊
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Hi sir, how make to take a bus ticket? By union station? Online? Websites? Agency travel?
All online! I think we've put a link I'm the description!
how long did it take for u guys in immigration? what sort of documents and questions did they ask?
not long maybe 15-30minutes in the line - it was the middle of the night so only our bus. Actually speaking to the staff only took 5 minutes.
The general questions: how long will you be there? where are you going? why are you visiting? ect
Documents we needed our visas, passports, I-94 arrival form and onward travel ☺️
@@JordanandEmily Great! Thank you for the response❤️
Did they also check the esta? Thank you!
@@solaeberli2275 I’m Canadian so I didn’t need that. But yes I’m pretty sure you’ll either need to show your visa or ESTA.
Is there any delay in arrival at new york?
Not for us but there's always a chance of that when it's bus travel unfortunately 😕
@JordanandEmily that's makes me concerned. My flight time from JFK is 12 pm
The same road goes to both Toronto and Montreal it’s called New York State thruway
sound slike a good road trip!
Thank your for sharing this video, very informative.
No problem! hope it helped!
@@JordanandEmily Yes of course it's a big help for me and my family in the future because we are both US-Canada tourist visa holder. Thank you.
Hi Guy, penn station is a central station in NYC ? We can from Penn station to Wasington DC?
I think so!
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I have done overnight buses not to save money. I did to maximize my vacation time
Smart thinking!
Waste two entire vacation days sitting on a bus instead of taking a 1 hour flight. Sub-Saharan IQs, everybody.
Are you Canadian citizens or U.S? :)
We’re both Australian 😊
@@JordanandEmily ah I see! So you entered the U.S on ESTA or VISA? 🙌
Thank you for replying:)
Can't wait until I take my NYC trip from Toronto to NYC, thankfully I won't need I94 since I am a Canadian citizen. Will be flying home from LGA to YYZ
nice one!
@@JordanandEmilyYupper taking one way Flixbus from Toronto to NYC then one way plane back to YYZ
I had a blast in NYC, customs clearance was straightfoward and they didnt ask me for I94 since I used a Canadian passport
Thank You!
You're welcome! 😊
Hey, can you please describe the steps at immigration. I mean luggage scan and questions. Will there be any luggage assistance
Hi there, there wasn't any assistance for luggage when we passed through unfortunately, we had to carry it through ourselves. The questions were around how much money you have, what you do for work and what your plans are In the US!
@@JordanandEmily did they have to search and scan your luggage?
could you tell me the ticket price please
I believe we paid roughly $90 per person!
But the prices change all the time depending on how full the bus is, best to check the flixbus website!
Any advice for a refund here? Email confirmation sent an address as the departure but was incorrect & by the time of arrival at the correct departure location, bus was missed in TORONTO!!! ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE CS!!!
And it's obvious that you got the best bus so that they'd make certain they got a good review from you!
Oh wow - I’m so sorry this happened to you!
No idea on the refund other than contact in ever way you can (social media, email, phone!)
They actually didn’t know we were coming or filming a video - paid for the tickets in full by yourselves and decided to film the journey pretty last minute to hopefully give people some info!
As it turns out we got lucky with a good new bus!
If i gotta take a bus opposed to a train, I gotta be really really poor
wow
Not necessarily. My flight out of NY got canceled yesterday afternoon; the train and rental cars was sold out. My Flixbus was in considerably worse shape than the bus in this video, but it got me home when all the other options were telling me I was out of luck.
Buses are more convinient in Kenya 🇰🇪
Buses here in the United States are a lot cheaper than riding Amtrak or flying.
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