GREYHOUND CANADA TRANSPORTATION CORP.
GREY GOOSE BUS LINES
VOYAGEUR CORP.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

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Table of Contents - General Rules and Regulations
Animals
Change of Routing or Destination
Dates of Sale
E-Tickets
Exchanges
Exclusive Occupancy of Coaches
Extension of Limit of Tickets
General Fare Application
Gift Ticket Orders (GTO)
Liability
Limit of Tickets
Minimum Fare Objectionable Persons
Online Ticket Sales
Priority Seating
Prepaid Ticket Orders (PTO)
Purchasing Tickets
Redemption of Tickets
Reservations
Round Trip Fares
Routes
Schedule of Fees Updated
Seasonal Operations
Special Instructions for International Customers
Special Party Fare Tickets
Stop-overs
Tickets by Mail
Ticket Sales at a Greyhound Agency
Ticket Sales at a Greyhound Terminal
Ticket Sales by Phone
Types of Tickets
Will Call Tickets

 

GENERAL FARE APPLICATION
  1. The following general rules and regulations apply to all passenger travel. Fares and Charges are shown in dollars and cents, and are payable in lawful Canadian currency.
  2. When a through fare is not published, one may be constructed as follows: By adding together the miles published in two or more sections, routing to be via valid routes. If the mileage constructed as above, exceeds a published through fare to or from a point beyond on the same route of travel, the published through mileage will apply. Mileage's to or from intermediate points (to or from which no miles are published) will be the same as the miles to or from the next more distant point.
  3. If no fares are published the fares to or from intermediate points will be the same as the Fares to or from the next more distant point unless otherwise indicated.
  4. Calculated & published fares named in Tariffs made subject hereto apply ONLY TO TRANSPORTATION of persons and their baggage. All Rates or Charges for any other "Additional Services" offered by the Carrier will be in addition to the fares named herein.
  5. All Reserved Seat Charges or Charges for any other "Additional Services" offered by any Carrier will be in addition to the Fares named therein.
  6. TAXES: All Fares named in Tariffs subject hereto are subject to applicable Local, State, and/or Federal Sales Taxes, unless such Fares are specifically exempted from such Tax. Such Tax will be added to fares for transportation and collected from the passengers.
MINIMUM FARE
Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Minimum Fare for an Adult Passenger or a Child will be three dollars ($3.00).

DATES OF SALE
All tickets will be on sale daily unless otherwise indicated.

ROUND TRIP FARES
Adult, Children, Senior and Student Round-Trip fares will be two (2) times the applicable One-Way fare.
Open Return round-trip tickets will not be sold. All round trip tickets must specify and a return date and time. If permitted, return date and time may be changed in accordance with the Ticket Exchanges Rule.

LIMIT OF TICKETS
The following general limits will apply unless a different limit is specified in connection with a specific fare
All one-way and round-trip tickets are good for 1 year. This is in addition to the date of sale.

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EXTENSION OF LIMIT OF TICKETS
Tickets sold at fares authorized in Tariffs made subject hereto may be exchanged for tickets carrying a longer limit, upon payment of difference between the amount paid from the original ticket and the fare carrying the longer limit in effect on date original ticket was purchased. This exchange may be made any time prior to the expiration date of the original ticket. The new ticket is subject to the restrictions of the original ticket.
EXCEPTION: Under any of the following conditions an extension of limit and stop-over privilege will be granted without additional charge:
  1. ILLNESS-In case of illness which makes travelling dangerous and, if necessary, to one or more accompanying members of the family of holder of tickets when such illness is authenticated by written certificate of a reputable physician or health professional from a recognized organization.
  2. QUARANTINE-To holder of tickets who become subject to an established quarantine and present proper certification thereto by the quarantine physician or other authorized public health officer.
  3. WASHOUTS, ETC.-If, on account of washouts, obstructions to highway, public calamity, the act of God or of the public enemy, a passenger is delayed on the lines of this carrier, so that the limit of such passenger's ticket has expired, or has elapsed to such an extent as to curtail the stop-over privilege.
The extension of limit and stop-over privileges provided in the above exception will be made by the ticket agent or authorized employee of the Carrier who will mark the ticket or issue a new ticket in exchange. Such ticket, or tickets issued in exchange must be marked to show the reason for the extension of limit.

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REDEMPTION OF TICKETS

Refundable Tickets will be redeemed by the Carrier to the original purchaser, within one (1) year of the date of purchase, at the fare paid when no portion of the trip has been made. Or at the difference between the fare paid and the published Tariff Fare between the points used if the trip is discontinued and not completed.

Non POS Agency (Agency that sells manual tickets): may refund totally unused One-Way, Return, One-Way of a Return and Manual REFUNDABLE tickets on their own Agency issue.

POS Agency (Agency that sells computer generated REFUNDABLE tickets): may refund totally unused or partially used One-Way, Return and One-Way of Return tickets, if tariff rates are available.

Application for all other refunds must be made to National Customer Service at the General Office of this Company.

EXCHANGES
Departure date for any one-way or return ticket may be changed at no additional charge for Refundable fares and for a charge of $15 per ticket for Non-Refundable and Advance Purchase (7- and 14-day) fares provided the following conditions are met:
  1. Any advance purchase requirement must not be violated.
  2. Holiday blackout restrictions for Advance Purchase fares must not be violated in any exchange.
  3. Origin or destination may NOT be changed in an exchange.
  4. One year time limit of original ticket must not be violated. All transactions and travel must be completed within one year of the original purchase date, unless otherwise specified.
  5. In case of E-tickets (Print at Home), if applicable, all exchanges on Refundable E-tickets must be done prior to schedule departure date.Non-Refundable E-tickets are restricted to no exchange.
  6. Ticket must not be a Discovery Pass, Commuter Ticket or other program for which ticket changes are not allowed.
Note: No fee will apply if the date or schedule has been missed as a result of delays caused by breakdowns, road conditions or other conditions beyond carrier's control.

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ROUTES
GENERAL
Fares named here in apply via the direct route only, unless otherwise authorized. Routing must be designated at time ticket is purchased and can only be changed as permitted as shown below.

CHANGE OF ROUTING OR DESTINATION
Subject to conditions shown in this Rule, routing on ticket or destination on ticket, (including final destination on return portion of Round-Trip tickets) may be changed enroute prior to completion of the passenger's trip only when the diversion is approved by an authorized agent of the Carrier.
  1. When route or destination is changed to one carrying the same fare, no additional collection will be made.
  2. When route or destination is changed to one carrying a higher fare, the passenger will be required to pay the difference between the fare originally paid and the fare in effect at the time original ticket was purchased from origin to destination of new ticket via route to be used.
  3. When route or destinations changed to one carrying a lower fare, refund of the difference between the fare paid and the fare in effect at the time the original ticket was purchased from origin to destination of new ticket via route to be used will be made by the Carrier on application to its Customer Service office.(see "REDEMPTION OF TICKETS" above)
  4. The time limits of new tickets issued under this Rule must be computed from the date of purchase of original ticket.

STOP-OVERS
Stops-overs with the limits of tickets will be permitted only in accordance with privileges of the local permit rights of Carrier (unless otherwise stated). Passengers should be instructed to make arrangements for stop-overs at the time they purchase their tickets or upon BOARDING THE BUS.

RESERVATIONS
  1. Reservation of seats or other special accommodations will NOT be made except as specifically provided herein.
  2. The Carrier reserves to itself full control and discretion as to seating of passengers and reserves the right to change such seating at anytime during the trip.
  3. The Carrier reserves the right, wherever operating conditions require, to transfer passengers from one vehicle to another enroute.
  4. Seat space cannot be guaranteed on stop-over privileges or on sale of tickets at intermediate points and is subject to the limitations of seating capacity of motor coach passing through such points.
  5. In case of insufficient seating capacity of any schedule, passengers may be placed on succeeding schedules having available space.

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LIABILITY
Except as responsibility may be imposed by law, Carriers will not be liable for delays caused by accidents, breakdowns, bad conditions of the road, storms and other conditions beyond the carriers' control, and do not guarantee to arrive at or depart from any point as a specific time. The time of arrival at and departure from any point shown in published Time Schedules is the schedule a Carrier tries to maintain, but is not guaranteed.

Except as responsibility may be imposed by law, Carriers will not be responsible for lost or stolen tickets.

Tickets are non-transferable and, if presented for transportation by any person other then the one for whom originally purchased, will be void and may be confiscated by an Agent or authorized employee of any Carrier over which the ticket is issued.

In issuing tickets and checking baggage for passage over the lines of other Carriers, the issuing Carrier acts only as an Agent.

  1. A Carrier will not be liable and does not assume responsibility for death or bodily injury to passengers incurred in transportation over the lines of other Carriers. In the event that a claim, lawsuit, or other demand for payment, damages or recovery is made against a Carrier when the alleged loss, damage or injury occurred in transportation over the lines of another Carrier, such other Carrier agrees to indemnify and hold the first Carrier harmless from all such claims, lawsuits, or other demands for payment, damages or recovery, including reasonable attorney's fees and other costs of defending such actions. The same conditions will apply in instances where ticket may be optionally honored by another carrier.
  2. In checking Baggage for transportation over the lines of other Carriers, the Issuing Carrier does not assume responsibility for the transportation over the lines of other Carriers, except as responsibility may be imposed by law or agreements between carriers with respect to Baggage.
In the sale of interline, through transportation of passengers across International Boundaries, the initial carrier assumes no liability for the transportation by, or the act and neglects of other carriers, beyond such International Borders.

SEASONAL OPERATIONS
Operations via some routes and to some destinations are seasonal in character and are subject to road and weather conditions. Carrier reserves the right to issue or honour ticket only during the season that service is operated.

OBJECTIONABLE PERSONS
Carriers reserve the right to refuse to transport a person under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or who is incapable of taking care of himself or herself, or whose conduct is such or is likely to be such as to make him or her objectionable to other passengers or prospective passengers, or who refused to comply with any lawful rule or regulation of the Carrier. Such persons may be removed from the bus at any schedule stop or at such other places as the driver may select. In the event of such removal, the liability of the Carrier shall not exceed the amount of the excess fare paid (less 20%, per the Refund Policy) by the passenger. Exception: This rule does not apply to persons who are ill and accompanied by an attendant or nurse to a disabled person, unless he/she self-identified themselves as needing a service normally performed by an attendant, as outlined in "SPECIAL NEEDS", in which case transportation will be permitted provided the disabled person is accompanied by an attendant.

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ANIMALS
Dogs, cats, birds or other animals will NOT be carried, except as provided below. Exception: A service animal trained for the purpose of, and accompanying a blind person or hearing impaired person (paying regular fare) and either accompanied by a seeing attendant or not will be carried free of charge. Such service animal must be properly harnessed and must lie or stand at the feet of its master (see "SPECIAL NEEDS"). A "Service Animal" is an animal that is required by a person with a disability for assistance and is certified, in writing, as having been trained to assist a person with a disability by a professional service animal institution.

EXCLUSIVE OCCUPANCY OF COACHES
Upon payment of a minimum Charge equivalent to thirty-two (32) Regular Adult Fares, this Company will grant exclusive occupancy of a coach, subject to availability of equipment, to any group moving between any two (2) points on its lines where the One-Way Adult Fare is ten dollars ($10.00) of more, with or without advance notice. Two (2) Half-Fares will be considered the equivalent of one (1) Adult Fare.

SPECIAL PARTY FARE TICKETS (BASED ON REGULAR FARES)
Special Party Fare Tickets will be sold to groups of sixteen (16) adult passengers or the equivalent thereof, who travel together on one Group Ticket between points within Canada or, at fifteen (15) time the applicable One-Way or Round-Trip Adult Fare, subject to the following provisions:
  1. That this arrangement shall apply only between points where the One-Way Fare is ten dollars ($10.00) or more.
  2. Mark each ticket coupon "Party Special".
A Round-Trip Rate on purchase of Twenty (20) or more adult (or equivalent) Round-Trip tickets equal to fare and one-half. Mark each ticket coupon "Party 1½".

Two (2) half-fare passengers will be considered to be equivalent of one (1) adult passenger.

PRIORITY SEATING
Priority Seating and Seat Selection is available in select markets, reserve seat and pre-board for an extra $5 including GST

To purchase Priority Seating service and reserve a seat, visit the designated ticket counter line at the terminal no later than 30 minutes prior to schedule departure and speak with an agent. Priority Seating service is currently only offered at select locations and is not available for online purchase.

Priority Seating is for one-way travel only and can only be used on a specific date and schedule.

Priority Seating is non-refundable and non-transferable.

Passengers must be present at the gate no less than 20 minutes prior to schedule.

Advance purchase for Priority Boarding is available no more than 30 days in advance and up to 45 minutes before a specific scheduled departure.

If a E-ticket (Print at Home) ticket is purchased, passenger must go to designated ticket counter line no later than 45 minutes before the scheduled departure to purchase a Priority Seat ticket.

If a Web Only Fare is purchased, the customer must take their confirmation to the Will Call designated ticket booth no more than 45 minutes before the schedules departure to separately purchase Priority Boarding.

Passenger must present a valid boarding pass before purchasing a Priority Seat.

Seat selection can only be offered up to the first stop-over location. Once passengers have to change buses, the original seat selection no longer applies. The passenger can then purchase another priority seating/seat selection if available at the stop-over location

See ticket agent for more details.

PURCHASING TICKETS:
A Greyhound ticket may be purchased using one of the methods outlined below. A fee applies to select purchases as shown on page 1.10.

TYPES OF TICKETS:

WILL CALL TICKETS:
A Will Call ticket allow one to purchase a ticket online and then pick it up at the terminal/station counter. If the credit card holder is traveling on the trip, present the credit card used for purchase, the reference number (displayed after purchase), and valid photo ID. If the credit card holder is not traveling on the trip, the reference number and valid photo ID are required to pick up tickets. A password can be created for the traveler to use as ID. A non-refundable fee (plus GST) will apply if the credit card is not presented at the counter or if the cardholder purchasing the ticket is not traveling on the trip.

TICKETS BY MAIL:
With Tickets by Mail, tickets purchased online are delivered by Canada Post. Upon arrival at the terminal/station, you can proceed straight to your bus. There is no need to check-in at the terminal counter. In order to provide adequate time for the delivery of Tickets by Mail, the tickets must be purchased a minimum of 10 mailing days prior to date of travel. Mailing days are days on which Canada Post is delivered and excludes the day of purchase, Sundays and holidays. There is a non-refundable service charge (plus GST) for all Ticket by Mail orders.

E-TICKETS:
With E-Ticket service, book the ticket online, print the return or one-way ticket from home and proceed straight to the gate.

ONLINE TICKET SALES:
Greyhound currently offer a variety of advance purchase and unrestricted fares, including student, senior, children's and military fares. Tickets can be sent by mail or purchased for pickup at the terminal using our Will Call service. E-Tickets are currently available at selected routes across Canada with continuous expanding availability of this service (Canadian credit card required). A Canadian credit card and mailing address are required for our Tickets by Mail service. The Will Call option requires that the credit card number entered on the Web site match the number on the card.

TICKET SALES BY PHONE:
Greyhound customers can purchase tickets by phone using Canadian credit card. Call 1-800-661-8747.

TICKET SALES AT A GREYHOUND TERMINAL:
Greyhound operates terminals nation-wide where tickets are sold. Tickets can be purchase for travel weeks in advance or for the next bus available. Greyhound accepts cash and traveler's cheques, as well as Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Interact and Diners Club cards.

TICKET SALES AT A GREYHOUND AGENCY:
In addition to the major terminals, Greyhound offers ticket services at independent agents across Canada. These locations accept cash and traveler's cheques and most accept major credit and debit cards. Greyhound does not accept personal or company cheques or money orders.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS:
An International credit card can be used for Will Call online ticket purchases. International customers can also purchase their ticket at any Greyhound location upon arrival in the U.S. or Canada. For international customers without toll-free access, please call 214-849-8100 any time between 5:00 a.m. and 1:00 a.m. Central time for fare and schedule information.

PREPAID TICKET ORDER (PTO):
To purchase and send a ticket for someone else in another city, a Prepaid Ticket Order (PTO) is available at major Greyhound terminals nation-wide. This ticket is transferred from one bus station to the other, under the following criteria: GIFT TICKET ORDERS (GTO):
Gift Ticket Orders are available for purchase on www.greyhound.ca Web site. GTO allows you to purchase a ticket online for another person. This ticket is delivered to the departure bus station, under the following criteria: SCHEDULE OF FEES: Updated

METHOD OF PURCHASE TYPE OF PURCHASE FEE
Internet (www.greyhound.ca)

e-Ticket or Will Call (for Pick Up) $0.99
Ticket by Mail $7.00
Gift Ticket Order (for Pick Up) $18.99
Gift Ticket Order (sent by Mail) $18.00
Passenger Call Center (1-800-661-8747)

Will Call (for Pick Up) $10.00
Ticket by Mail $10.00
Gift Ticket Order (for Pick Up) $18.99
Gift Ticket Order (sent by Mail) $21.00
Terminal or Agency

Prepaid Ticket Order $18.00
Prepaid Ticket Order (with cash advance) $23.00

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Last Updated on 12/06/11
By Raelonda Howard, Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Email: raelonda.howard@greyhound.com