Buses are safe. The bureau of transportation reports that buses are twice as safe as flying and 46 times safer than driving an automobile.
| Fatalities per 10 billion passenger miles | |
| Auto | 140 |
| Airlines | 6 |
| Bus | 3 |
| Train | 1 |
| (Bureau of transportation statistics, center for transportation analysis) | |
Buses reach more destinations. Buses take you right to the doorstep of your destination. Planes and Trains only take you to the nearest stop.
Buses allow mobility. Buses are available to taxi your group around for your entire stay.
Buses are the most fuel efficient. Buses only use 797 BTU’s per passenger mile compared to planes using 4847, trains using 2450, and autos using 3639 according to the US Department of transportation energy book data, 1999 (Bureau of transportation statistics, center for transportation analysis).
Buses are better for the environment. Because of their fuel efficiency, buses are better for the environment than most other alternatives.
Buses are inexpensive. Chartering a bus is typically half the cost of flying, not including benefit that buses provide local travel.