Wanderu: Bus & Train Tickets

I’ve never had to price shop &/ or perform searches for multiple cities/ stations . It’s great. I put my home address and my destination address, and get a list of different times, prices, carriers, stations/locations. It’s especially great if u don’t want to book 1yr in advance to avoid paying $300 for a $40 train ticket FYI. I never write reviews, but today I feel obligated. I had a problem that wasted my entire day & ended up being one of those automated actions on the bank’s end. The bank had no explanation. Apple (from my Apple Cash attempt), which is also related to my current money, not credit, no clue. The problem is still not rectified on the bank or the Apple Pay end, but Wanderu fixed it on theirs, so at least I won’t miss my daughter’s birthday —*********PLZ NOTE, my situation did NOT INVOLVE A COMPLETED TRANSACTION. I’m only explaining this b/c if ur transaction went through, apparently ur supposed to call the carrier n I don’t wanna repay them by having a bunch of people trying to change tickets they can’t control. My problem related to my bank screwing up & causing incomplete/duplicate transactions.

Truly does seem to be carrier-agnostic, been relying on their website for a decade and the app is the same (as usually is the case, app is a bit better than using a site). I am not cool, though, with the prices shown when choosing between options not including whatever taxes n fees the operator(s) charge because on my trip I ended up paying a lot more choosing the one leaving from Boston’s South Station terminal which has an additional fee that the other option doesn’t charge - Wanderu showed them as having the same price when I was choosing between them. I’m not complaining that when I clicked it the price went up when it confirmed availability because searching on another device right after showed me the updated price right off the bat, I get that, but the fees each carrier charges appear to be a known fixed cost that Wanderu just doesn’t show you so that their prices at first look are very good. I know this is a standard in the industry, like how booking a hotel on Priceline always costs significantly more at checkout than thr advertised price - I would hope that these sites / services would find some way to instead be honest and upfront about pricing even if that just means putting an asterisk.

Easy to use platform. Layout has tabs that 1st. Choose trip, 2. Tickets bought, 3. Other. Choose either one way or round trip and compares different prices offered with various times to choose from. Gives sorting filter of price, location, and type of service provider. The app partners with all types of bus brands and providers to give you a cheaper travel and options. After you buy the ticket just print it. Simple and easier to use than other bus apps. Would recommend others to download this app!!