hi malay
This thread is only partial in that it gives accurate information from the operator of Oz Experience. It's only a forum interested in balance. To your questions of which there are many...
The main reason to travel on oz Experience are:
- informative guides not just a driver who says nothing - they are the highest rating feature of Oz Experience on all feedback forms
- the social nature travelling on a dedicated travellers bus
- travel to places you would not otherwise reach on an express bus ie Kroombit Cattle Station and Surf Camp
- on board accommodation booking and optional activities
- there are many included activities as part of your pass ie. a Surf Lesson, Cattle Station experience (goat rodeo and mechanical bull)
- an Oz Experience bus will stop during the day at optional activities that you may want to do (Zorbing and Crocodile farm) where as a Greyhound bus will stop at a whole heap of places picking up members of the public at roadhouses and service stations.
Oz Experience, when you consider the above and the inclusions and the overall experience you get, is not much more than a Greyhound pass. It's like comparing apples and oranges at the end of the day.
You will have to see Sydney yourself - not included in the pass. Although larger national passes include a Blue Mountains day tour which departs from Sydney and most people will do this trip while in Sydney.
Oz Experience is as structured as you want to make it. There is a published Timetable on the website about when the bus will depart and all the places it will pick up and drop off at. The whole point is to get off the bus and stay longer in the places we stop - these are 90%!t(MISSING)he places that most travellers would want to get off at so it's not like you are limited by Oz Experience. You will just go to more places than you would on Greyhound. Some people say, "but I'm not interested in having to stay on a Cattle Station for the night". That's fair comment, but what Oz Experience is trying to do is introduce people to a variety of experiences that will give them a deeper appreciation of Australia. Hey, it's hard to be disappointed by experiences that you had no idea that they ever existed 😉
When you get off Oz Experience wont be involved. At overnight stops often the guide will go out with you and show you a good place to eat and drink. You'll meet other people on the bus and often want to hang out with the new friends you've met - that's powerful reason why you would want to go on Oz Experience. if you don't want to hang out with the people on the bus, that's cool too - it's your holiday and it's not a tour so you can always switch buses, guides and therefore the people you are travelling with.
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