From ATL to Miami by Bus

hi,

Me and a friend of mine wanne do a roadtrip from ATL to Miami, in approx. 2month.
First we thought about renting a car, but the prices are insane. A car for one week from ATL to Miami costs 600Dollar.
I life in Ann Arbor , so we would take a plane to ATL, and then travel the east coast all the way to miami.
Beside of renting a car, is there any bus company which do tours? I don´t wanne go with Greyhounds etc., because they are going straight from one place to another.
Instead I would like to leave ATL, travel 4hours and hop off at e.g. jacksonville. Stay 2days there and take another bus to daytona beach... and so on.
When I´ve been in Australia they had bus agencies like that, there has to be something like that in the US right?

I am no native english speaker, but I guess u got the idea.
Soo can anybody help? =)
thanks alot

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While it will cost more than a single straight through ticket, it is possible to take Greyhound between almost any two cities you could name along the east coast. You would, for instance, buy a ticket from Atlanta to Jacksonville, then one from Jacksonville to Daytona when you were ready, and so on down the coast. As a round figure guess on what this might cost, I'd say about $200 based on today's fares and a handful of stops. The total cost will go up a bit with each additional stop. Remember, that's one way and it won't nearly be as fast as you think. The run from Atlanta to Jacksonville takes around 8 hours rather than 4 because the bus will be stopping in many small towns and cities along the way. If there are two of you and you'll be returning to Atlanta, then the $600 for the car (plus fuel) starts to get competitive with the nearly $800 for two sets of tickets that add up to two roundtrips between Atlanta and Miami. Unfortunately, those really are your only two options for doing what you want.

AZBuck