Comments on: How to Get Around in South America – by Bus http://www.travelrelic.com/how-to-get-around-in-south-america-by-bus-2/ A Creative Source for Travel and Itinerary Planning Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:36:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.travelrelic.com/how-to-get-around-in-south-america-by-bus-2/comment-page-1/#comment-9 admin Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:36:34 +0000 http://www.travelrelic.com/?p=767#comment-9 You can most likely get a 20-hour bus between each city. If you can swing that, you're good to go. You can most likely get a 20-hour bus between each city. If you can swing that, you’re good to go.

]]> By: Lorraine http://www.travelrelic.com/how-to-get-around-in-south-america-by-bus-2/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Lorraine Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:28:48 +0000 http://www.travelrelic.com/?p=767#comment-8 hi myself and my friend want to travel down from Rio de janero to Buenas Aires by bus but we only have about 6 days to do this and get back up to Rio do you know if this is possible and how would we go about organising it?? Thanks! hi myself and my friend want to travel down from Rio de janero to Buenas Aires by bus but we only have about 6 days to do this and get back up to Rio do you know if this is possible and how would we go about organising it??
Thanks!

]]> By: Hernandez http://www.travelrelic.com/how-to-get-around-in-south-america-by-bus-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Hernandez Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:37:13 +0000 http://www.travelrelic.com/?p=767#comment-7 I am also planning to travel across south america. I know the information given above is enough for a traveler, but since i am new, is there any website through which i can book a ticket and accommodation for me? It will be helpful. I am thinking to visit Machhu Pichhu first. I am also planning to travel across south america. I know the information given above is enough for a traveler, but since i am new, is there any website through which i can book a ticket and accommodation for me? It will be helpful. I am thinking to visit Machhu Pichhu first.

]]> By: admin http://www.travelrelic.com/how-to-get-around-in-south-america-by-bus-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6 admin Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:04:22 +0000 http://www.travelrelic.com/?p=767#comment-6 Ellen, Thanks for visiting TravelRelic.com. Here are a few standard expectations from our experience in South America. Pre-purchasing bus tickets: Very difficult to do BEFORE arriving in South America, but any bus station will usually sell you a ticket for future travel. The best strategy you can use to insure you get the ticket you want for the date you want is to buy your ticket out of the city as soon as you arrive. It saves you a cab/bus ride to the terminal later as well as time. The average bus ride in Argentina, for example, is around 20 hours. In Chile, travel from the northern border to Santiago is around 36. In Brazil, bus rides can frequently take 20+ hours, all depending on distance. In summary, expect long bus rides and plan accordingly. Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil offer quality bus travel light years ahead of other Andean countries. For a month's travel, assuming nightly indulgence and frequent travel, you could get by on $2k US or 1,000 Quid. Of course, it all depends on what you're looking for, although there are a lot fewer tourist distractions than in other continents (I'm thinking of how easily it is to burn through cash in New Zealand, for example). Enjoy the trip! Garrett TravelRelic.com Ellen,

Thanks for visiting TravelRelic.com.

Here are a few standard expectations from our experience in South America.

Pre-purchasing bus tickets: Very difficult to do BEFORE arriving in South America, but any bus station will usually sell you a ticket for future travel. The best strategy you can use to insure you get the ticket you want for the date you want is to buy your ticket out of the city as soon as you arrive. It saves you a cab/bus ride to the terminal later as well as time.

The average bus ride in Argentina, for example, is around 20 hours. In Chile, travel from the northern border to Santiago is around 36. In Brazil, bus rides can frequently take 20+ hours, all depending on distance. In summary, expect long bus rides and plan accordingly. Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil offer quality bus travel light years ahead of other Andean countries.

For a month’s travel, assuming nightly indulgence and frequent travel, you could get by on $2k US or 1,000 Quid. Of course, it all depends on what you’re looking for, although there are a lot fewer tourist distractions than in other continents (I’m thinking of how easily it is to burn through cash in New Zealand, for example).

Enjoy the trip!
Garrett
TravelRelic.com

]]> By: ellen http://www.travelrelic.com/how-to-get-around-in-south-america-by-bus-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5 ellen Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:55:08 +0000 http://www.travelrelic.com/?p=767#comment-5 hello, We are trying to find information about travelling round south america this summer. Where can you purchase the bus tickets prior to arrival? We want to know how much it will cost once we are in south america to travel from country to country? If we are going for a month how much would you say we need? thanks Ellen hello,

We are trying to find information about travelling round south america this summer. Where can you purchase the bus tickets prior to arrival?
We want to know how much it will cost once we are in south america to travel from country to country?
If we are going for a month how much would you say we need?

thanks

Ellen

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