your accommodation and the bus station, will save you almost enough to make up for the price differential.
Try to get a Peugeot or other French car. Shocks on the Ladas, or most American classics, will be worse than the bus. Don’t expect air conditioning in classics or Ladas.
There are 3 classes of buses. Astro buses are rudimentary, subsidized transportation for Cubans. You won't be allowed to ride them. Your most common choice will be Viazul. These are comfortable buses with air conditioning. For more information and schedules see: http://www.viazul.com/index.php
You will read that you should purchase your tickets 2 to 3 days in advance, particularly in high season. This is good advice, but the only consistency at Viazul bus stations, is inconsistency. At least twice we were told tickets couldn't be purchased until the day of travel. Usually, tickets must be purchased at the station, which requires a cab to and from the stations since they are seldom in the city center. But, sometimes you can buy a ticket at Cubaturs, or another tour office. If you do buy a ticket in advance you must go to the reservation office to check in before boarding the bus.
The best procedure is to try to buy tickets for your next destination when you arrive at the bus station. Another inconsistency concerns luggage. Sometimes you will be charged one CUC for each checked piece, sometimes not.
If you and your wife were each paying 500 dollars per day, you would expect a luxury tour bus. Transtur is a cut above Viazul. Usually these buses, which pick up at the top hotels in a city, are exclusively for tour groups. But sometimes they are dead heading and become open to all comers. The price is only slightly more than Viazul. Tickets are purchased from tour offices. We used Transtur from Cienfuegos to Trinidad.
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