Spring Tour Bus

Took this bus one way from downtown cincy to Chinatown, across the street from the greyhound station/​horseshoe casino. Not exactly a friendly area but is at least accessible. When the time came, it arrived as an unmarked bus where the driver spoke little English and barely looked at my ticket. And from there I entered on board.
The bus looked clean, decent leg room, and had working outlets. The wifi was shoddy but it shouldn’t be expected since this is a cheap option. They had plastic shopping bags for trash on the side of the seat. Overall the interior looked comparable to Greyhound’s, decent enough for a comfortable ride.
Aside from around 5 or 6 stops for gas/​pickups around cincy/​columbus. The drive was straight forward, around 12 hours. Comparing a usual Ohio to nyc trip. This option beats greyhound every time, spring tour’s bus was on average $ 15 cheaper and around 6 hours shorter. As long as you’re willing to deal with being picked up in an eery location, it’s of the most value when travelling to NYC

I would HIGHLY DISCOURAGE anyone from using this bus service.
Here is why:
I took the bus from NY to OH at 8:45. I am currently writing this review using the wifi provided by Spring Tour Bus.
When I arrived, I went inside to get my ticket (your eticket is not your ticket). The only reason I knew to do this is from previous reviews I had read. They give you your seat number (which didn’t even matter). They said the bus was running a little late so I sat my stuff down. The place smelled horribly of cigarette smoke and weed. It was overly crowded and people were spilling outside and down the block.
I decided to wait outside. I soon learned that the bus before mine still hadn’t arrived and there was a line of people on the sidewalk. I stood as to not be in way for when their bus arrived. My bus ended up arriving before their’s and mine was a little over an hour late. There was absolutely no announcement about which bus had arrived. People were blocking others from getting on the bus. The driver told some people it was the wrong bus when in fact it was the right bus. People were throwing luggage everywhere. It was pure mayhem.
After asking the driver 3 different times, I finally figured out this was my bus. I boarded and we soon got on our way. One of the few good things about the bus was the leg room. That was about it. It was dirty, old, and was around 85 degrees.
It may be a better experience from OH to NY but I do not recommend taking this bus from NY.
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They only get 1 star for being fast drivers. My boyfriend lives in Dayton so I frequently use the Chinatown buses to Ohio from ny. As other reviewers said, there is nothing about checking in for assigned seats and they heard you in like cattle expecting you to know where to go, and put your bags without even an attempt to acknowledge you or speak English.
They are by FAR the rudest out of the 3 companies. My girlfriend and I had the unfortunate luck of sitting in the seats right behind the driver, which apparently neither driver or their friends appreciated so they went out of their way to make us, the customers, feel unwelcomed. For the first 4 hours the lady behind us stuck her nasty, and I mean nasty, barefoot in my friend’s face. I guess the guy sitting across from us who later switched to the driver saw our disgust because when he started driving he continually yelled at us in Chinese for everything, we had no idea what he was saying. At one point he said ‘Fuck You’ to us in the middle of his Chinese rants I swear. Eventually he said in English to ‘shut it off’ referring to my phone light which I was using to eat the food I had since we had stopped. Meanwhile, several other people were using lights including him before he started to drive. The bathroom didn’t have toilet paper, which the driver didn’t care about when told and of course the wifi didn’t work.
Also, while I was passed out I guess my foot moved beyond the glass or something because I woke up to him violently GRABBING my foot and shouting at me in Chinese. I’m not exaggerating, he was shouting. He turned on all the bus lights, waking up the entire bus and I still had no idea what he was saying. When we stopped in Columbus, he refused to go unless we moved seats but since he doesn’t speak English it was him yelling at us in Chinese until another guy translated. But there were no other seats together so we refused to move. Then he made a second stop before Dayton SO HE COULD HELP PICK UP PACKAGES FOR HIS FAMILY and load them into a van. He tried to pretend it was a second stop in Columbus but when people got off they realized it wasn’t a real stop and awkwardly got back on the bus.
The combined another 9:30 bus with ours so it was over packed and a miserably uncomfortable ride. What a scam!
I cannot express how rude the drivers and surrounding friends were the entire trip. Be prepared for them to shout over you in Chinese as well, as they have no regard for customer service in slightest. Maybe they shouldn’t run a business out of New York if they have no desire to respect our proper business edict.

I commute between Cincinnati and Chinatown on a weekly/​bi weekly basis. I’ve taken all three Cincy-​NYC busses so I know them well.
Spring Tour
Bus2NYC
Sky Horse
I don’t speak or understand Chinese. You can read my reviews on the Bus2NYC and Sky Horse to compare.
Pros to this bus: downtown location, best legroom of the three, lady in Chinatown was nice and spoke English, bus arrived and left on time, had 2 seats to myself.
Cons: rudest drivers of the three, the wifi was so slow that I ended up using my data plan instead, drivers don’t tell you how long you have at rest areas.

I had a good experience both on the trip from NYC to Cincinnati and on the return trip. Both buses seemed clean and safe to me. Both ways I had my own row, so that was a huge plus. I was able to sleep 8 hours each way. I would suggest headphones to anybody on the bus because I guarantee if you don’t bring them some jerk in the row behind you will be on his phone or listening to his music…
Bus made it an hour early on the way out. Right on time on the return.

Last minute weekend trip to NYC from Columbus and while Greyhound does offer many more travel time options, the 13+ hours and transfers and layovers, never makes it an attractive option, esp for a quick weekend getaway.
I chose Spring Tour after reading several comments on Unilocal.
The bus from Columbus (Origin is Cincinatti) starts from a beat up gas station near the Greyhound terminus downtown, not the best of locations, esp at that desolate hour (10.30 pm scheduled). The attached waiting area is a tiny room, with a tour coordinator/​agent on his laptop and maybe 6 – 7 chairs. He checked our printouts/​IDs, but no seats were assigned. Luckily there is a reasonably clean restroom as well.
The bus was more than an hour late getting in from Cincinatti, so might be wise to call ahead and confirm time of departure.
Contrary to the comments, there was a bit of a food stink. (I wish there was a ban on cooked deep fried foods to be consumed inside). Also the seats at the back of the bus (where the loo is located) did a bit of a pee odour ! LOL
The bus was freezing, so even though it is summer. get a jacket !
Many of the passengers riding in from Cincinatti, kept their backpacks on the adjacent spare seats and are (or pretend to be) asleep, so you need to wake them up and stuff. Not a nice way to start the journey. but guess there is no option. Also the wifi and power outlets were not working, which was a bummer :(
Once the bus moves though, it is chinese efficiency ! Cept for one pitstop at around the 4 – 5 hour midpoint around the Pittsburgh area for exactly 15 minutes and maybe one more for a driver change. It’s a nonstop affair !
BUT the return trip yday from NYC to Columbus, was the complete opposite in experience !!! The bus felt cleaner. the wifi and power outlets were working fine and the ride just felt a lot better getting into Columbus. At the checkin counter, the checked your paper ticket and assigned a seat no as well.
We left at 940 (for a 930pm schedule) and reached Columbus 15 mins earlier than scheduled !!
My big gripe was that since I’m a little over 6 feet tall, the seat spacing was not exactly great. If you are tall, its better to get the window, there seems to be more space to put your feet about. The aisle was a bit uncomfy and you have to keep contorting. Again, the front seats are probably the best, so check in early !

Forewarned… the lady who takes your tix when you board the bus in NYC has a very «new yorker» attitude.
Overall this is a good OH/​KY – NYC travel method. Overnight bus, cheaper than Greyhound, no stops in between except 1 – 2 bathroom breaks. Clean, power outlets, 2 drivers, always on time. However, They lose 2 stars bc nowhere on their website or tix tells u the following (and when u don’t know, they give u attitude and act like u’re supposed to know): 1. Regardless the different schedule they have on the website, there’s always only one bus leaving NYC, which is at 9:30 (ppl at the office have told me 8:45 is the «check in» time) 2. ALWAYS print ur tix if u leave from ny, or else they will charge u a dollar at the office (no, u cannot show them on ur phone) 3. Make sure u «check in» at the office and get ur assigned seat # before u board the bus.
Besides that, spring tour bus is good. It’s quite packed on the weekends. Bring earplugs in case there are babies on board, ppl talking/​watching things on their phone, or the person next to you snores. Oh, don’t expect the wifi to always work or that it can load Netflix.

Found about the spring tour bus after seeing a groupon ad.
I was searching for reviews about this bus before booking one, I couldn’t find any review about this bus anywhere, so I was a little reluctant. I took a chance and booked one way ticket from Cincinnati to New york, and was not sure what to expect.
Overall I would say I had positive experience traveling in this bus.
The bus stop in the downtown is a little confusing, no one who boarded from Cincinnati were not sure if they were waiting in the right place. It is better you call their number and double check.
There is enough leg space and the seats are reclinable, I am about 6ft and I felt it was just about ok, wouldn’t rate it too comfortable. All the seats had power outlets and there was also wifi inside the bus (and it was speedy enough to load netflix seamlessly). I didn’t use the restroom in the bus, but they stopped in a couple of gas stations in between.
It was definitely worth the 60 bucks and reached NY on time.
I took the sky horse bus on the return trip to Cincinnati, that bus stinked, it literally did.
The bus was delayed for more than 1 hour. No power outlets/​wifi on that bus.
Avoid that bus service.
The ticket prices on their website is actually expensive. If you are planning to book the tickets, check it out on
, they have discounted tickets all year and it same as the groupon «Deal» price.