Check when your employer offers free bus tickets as a benefit. Colleges and universities sometimes provide free bus travel to new employees and other businesses have followed suit.
Call your local city hall and ask about free bus travel for commuters or shoppers to the downtown area. For example, Denver has a service called FREE MallRide that helps people save money and keeps the city from having to build more parking garages.
Contact the American Bus Association for press releases or consumer notices about special deals on bus passes. Web sites of the top bus companies, including Greyhound, Megabus and Trailways, also issue bulletins about promotions.
Ask a travel agent about the possibility of free bus travel at your destination if you're a student or a senior and planning a trip overseas.
Sign on with a temporary agency. Strange as it sounds, some smaller cities hire people to ride the bus on holidays to keep their numbers up.
