If you have a 7 – Eleven nearby, you can receive the cheapest method to buy tickets via Greyhound on their website. It is their WEB ONLY FARE, and you must pay in cash. The receipt given at the till acts like your ticket onto the bus. It is another reason that 7E is still one of the biggest convenient stores to aid you in road trips. Thank – you to Greyhound for imploring their services.

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A lot of how I have gone about finalizing my baseball tour this year has to do with cost.  Yes I have pared my trip from 229 games to 216 games, but that has more to do with the Canadian Dollar, than increasing my budget in the year.  I could still do the original amount of contests even with some growing expenditures.

Lets start off with buying Greyhound Tickets At 7-Eleven.  I laughed at the notion during 2012, but I soon realized that this service is convenient.  Book a travel itinerary (WEB ONLY FARE), and then simply go to a nearby 7 – Eleven and pay cash.  The register receipts serves as your bus ticket.

7-Eleven
2090 Main St
Ferndale, WA 98248-9468
Store # 20938
(360)384-6711

ALL SALES FINAL

THANKS FOR SHOPPING

                                        
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Yes Greyhound is a little more expensive than what we have seen with megabus,com, however I have several designated trips to Baltimore, where the location is within a mile of Camden Yards, and also some of the times are better with Greyhound to complete Doubleheaders.

In other news, I was hoping to avoid any mistakes cash related on booking this year long odyssey, and I made it to spending over 12K before I made my 1st error.  I was booking a hotel fee, and needed to secure a 10% deposit.  Instead of placing the city in Washington, I made the city Seattle Washington.  Pesto.. Out $3.84… This is not bad at all.  In my 1st journeys as a ballpark chaser, I made bigger errors with plane fare miscues.

The next thing I found of help, was ThriftyCarRentals airport parking here,  These cities are great to park your car long term and pay half off the usual fee.  Dayton, Ohio is the best airport to fly out of for cheap airfares.  But Buffalo is also a spot you can park your vehicle, and then take a bus into Toronto to save money.

Of course many of times, you will need to rest your car at Lu Guardia in New York, Logan Airport in Boston – and Portland and Seattle could be destinations as well.  Particularly, Canadians driving down 110 Miles to fly out of SEATAC airport, and pay half of the airfares already, can pay half of the car parking charges.

Thrifty is not the greatest car rental company there is, (National, Enterprise, or Alamo hold that distinction), however Thrifty is a decent alternative in Dayton.  I have a weekend rental in April, that will only cost me $32 all on ($16 per day, with all taxes in)

In my crusade around the internet, I have also found the best place to park a car in Washington, is DCA Airport – and take in the metro transit.  I am also flying into Atlantic City from Detroit, on a $34 ticket from Detroit (Via Spirit Airlines). I used the RAMADA inn parking area, (10.5 Mile shuttle ride year) but I am paying $6 a day for lodging my rental there.

Speaking of Spirit Airlines.  These guys are crazy!!  They have several plane rides that range from $34 – $69 on their main routes.  This airliner is not for the weak traveler though.  This a bare essentials flight, where you can only have a personal item, and not even a carry on bag.  Good if you are only gone for 1 – 2 day intervals.

Check out their latest run of deals.  See if they can’t just improve the weight in your wallet a little.

At National, as an Executive Elite Member, when I receive a free rental day, I pick any car I want from the Executive Aisle, and can drive it anywhere (airport to airport) within 24 hours in the USA, for just a few $$. I am also allowed 4 additional drivers, and I am guaranteed a car. My best trip was from Los Angeles to Albuwasquerque for under $7 once. During my year long trek in 2015, I will take you behind the curtain, on how fare this value runs. I even have a few car rentals that cost $0.00. It is important to do your homework, when anything surrounding traveling, and certainly in the 27 different MLB cities.

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