Have you ever travelled without a ticket?

Haha your incident was funny. I have also traveled without ticket 2 or 3 times. In local buses there is helluva rush and there is barely 3 people standing in the place of one. Usually i call for the ticket myself when the conductor comes. But one day i was very pissed off and didn't call the conductor and even he didn't asked me. So it was a free journey for me as he thought i have already bought the ticket. This incident has happened with me one more time also. There was a day when i had to go from Chandigarh to Shimla and i was very tired. So i took a bus from Chandigarh and sat on a seat. I was so tired that i felt asleep before even the bus started. So here the system is you get ticket on the platform and those who don't can take in the bus. As i was asleep so i think the conductor must have thought that i have the ticket so he didn't woke me up lol lucky me. When i woke up it was half way and seriously i almost forgot about the ticket. I took my normal Kurkure and a bottle of juice where the bus stop for lunch and i continued my whole journey. When i reached Shimla i am in a habit of tearing of the tickets and i was looking for them and suddenly i realized that i don't have them because i haven't bought them lol. I have one more incident to share that i recalled just now lol. On the same route when i was coming back some other day. The bus stopped for lunch and i don't know what the hell was i thinking and i had the tickets in my hand and i just teared them :o lol. I was afraid that if ticket checker will come what will i show. But luckily it didn't happen. Happy Mylotting

I have boarded trains in the past when there has been someone in my seat but I have just shown them the ticket and they have looked at their own ticket and realised the mistake as some seats are like "1a and 1b for instance" or they have been sat on one of the two seats and have just moved to the window seat when I came on.

Though it seems funny now when narrating,I can understand your tension at the time it happened.It would be really hard time that you faced to hide yourself till the end of the journey.And for 18 hours....oh!that could be a long time more than the actual time,you would have felt.I think this incident will follow you in your dreams as nightmares. About myself,I haven't traveled like that.After reading your experience,hereafter I will be more cautious while booking tickets.Cheers!

rksbigblue Yes friend, you will find this type of incident happen with every body. I have travelled in train without ticket and caught by checker where I have justified myself infornt of chief Checker. I was left with a verbal warning. The checker can understand the situation and human being. What ever it was happen with you it was purely an accident. Keep it in one corner of memory.

You would haven't given anyone a chance to look at you in your hidden train experience,didn't you.Trains being so long and vast you made your way out,it would have been a little difficult if anyone was in a flight.There have not similar but experiences without a ticket,in my bus traveling,sometimes when I run out of money and cannot miss the bus too,I adjust by not buying a ticket,during this at a time,the conductor of the bus asked for the ticket in a loud noise ,I felt I would have walked to home instead the bus. During this incident,I actually convinced the person and now he never asks for ticket I give him on my own,at that time without ticket, I said to him that 'I never cheat people and since I didn't had enough money the ticket wasn't bought.

lol that's funny, i have never traveled without a ticket. but there is one incident that happened to me while i was traveling, i had a trip to singapour so while we were having a city tour, i forgot my bag in the hotel which had the money, so i travelled from my hotel to the sight seeing without paying any taxi fare :) that was really scary and i was afraid of the driver when he dropped me, i told him that i am gonna pay him,m finding my friend he agreed and till the time he knew i was gone. lol that was a funny incident :)

rksbigblue, Unfortunately, this does not work with air travels where in the past, we will need to have a ticket to check in and obtain the boarding pass for our flight. I once had my travel wallet stolen in India before I was about to check in for my flight in Mumbai to London. I can assure you that it was really an unpleasant experience sorting out and getting a replacement ticket. The procedure was so excruciatingly cumbersome and I just had to purchase a new ticket to avoid missing my flight. I just cannot imagine those victims who may be budget restricted - it is just hellish. Anyway, air travel today is literally ticket-less and we just need to show up at the counter at the appropriate time with our valid travel documents and we can be on our way. It certainly beats travels in the past anytime.

I usually buy a ticket ahead of time. I would be quite anxious about the ticket time and I just travel on time. I never miss a bus, or a train.

i had journey from kota to new delhi and i dnt have a ticket. i was just hiding from ticket checker but he caught me and put a fine on me which is really bad for me.