Soft Seat Travel started as a personal notebook for bus routes, cheap eats and ruins across Mexico and Central America. Over the years it grew into a resource for budget travelers heading south of the border.
The name comes from the padded seats on Mexican first-class buses — a luxury after hours on second-class chicken buses with bench seats. If you have ever crossed into Nogales on foot and caught a Tufesa south to Guadalajara, you know exactly what a soft seat means.