UK - www.megabus.com

Hi

Just thought I'd pass this onto others looking for cheap transport in UK.

WWW.MEGABUS.COM

Have just booked a return journey, for myself and a friend, from Manchester to London. Going on a Saturday, returning on a Monday for £2.25 (return inc. booking fee) !!! It takes about 5 hours each way.

The coach terminates at Greenline Coach Station somewhere between Victoria Train station and Victoria Coach station, and from then on I'll be lost!

It will be interesting to see how good the service turns out to be. I'm even tempted to book an (extra) alterntive time for the journey home at this price, just incase it's more convenient!

Has anyone else used megabus before?

Jo

Not sure how comfy this is going to be for 5 hours!



Jo

Wow, what a bargain, Jo! How can they afford to offer a trip of that length at such an inexpensive cost. The price of petrol alone would eat up any profits! Unless they are trying to establish their firm and later raise their prices.

Can't wait to hear your story!

Cheers,
Carmen

Hi Carmen

Magabus is part of Stagecoach and you can read more about it here MEGABUS/STAGECOACH

You can even go from Aberdeen to London for the same £1 fare!

I'll certainly let you know how it goes!

Jo

I'm given to understand that Megabus is an attempt to emulate the budget flight's methods. If you book your bus ticket well in advance you will get a v. cheap price. If you book only a day or two prior to your departure you will pay more...
I suspect the bus company is hoping for a lot of people buying tickets when they are not certain to travel and so gaining revenue from no-shows. I fear this won't be a success in the long run - unlike flights, you nearly always have a cheap bus option even if you only book a day beforehand. It may be of course that Stagecoach (the company behind Megabus) wish to put National Express out of business...
At least it's a situation we can take of advantage of...

Oh ohhhh ...

Found this posted on the message board on The Lovely Martin Lewis\' MONEYSAVINGEXPERT.COM site

But I'm being optimistic and hoping that we get one of the slightly more upmarket ones

Jo

Thats amazing

Only another week to go before I take my blanket and thermos flask onto the bus

I think Stelios the Easyjet guy is starting and Easybus network sometime soon as well as EasyHotels....which might work out a whole lot cheaper especially if you need a room say in central London.

Yes, Bricamb you are right. www.easybus.co.uk started up recently, but at the moment it covers only

London
Luton
Milton Keynes



I'm sure it will expand in the future.

Not sure if anyone will manage to beat the £1 from Aberdeen to London though

WOW

I'm back from my whistle stop tour of London with the other MM members, and it was amazing on the megabus!

We found it easily, it left at the precise time it was supposed to, arrived in London at the alloted time, and it was the same on the reverse journey.

We were fortunate, as were most, to have two seats each to ourselves.

The bus was a double decker coach and clean and comfortable.

There was no stop between Manchester and London, so we knew we wouldn't have to relinquish our seats or move around to accommodate anyone.

We did have a 15 minute stop in Coventry at a service station on the motorway. The driver checked his list to make sure that we were all back on board.

The heating was turned down when a passenger requested so.

I can't fault it!

All this for £1 each way!!!

Here is a picture of my bus, which as you can see, matches the advertised vehicle exactly

Jo-Anne wrote: What? Who were these other MM members??? WE WANT TO KNOW!

Glad you had a good and uneventful trip. But wait, you've GOT to tell us about the bathrooms onboard!!

Saludos, MadridMan

Hmmm, well, I avoided the use of the abovementioned 'room', but my friend participated and declared it functional but smelly

Anyway, as the driver is obliged to take a break, we got to stretch our legs at the service station, so the 'room' is only needed for emergencies.

Ooops, did I say other MM members? Well, there were a couple .. and I WAS going to share some photos, but ... well, we'll see.

Jo

Jo, thanks so much for the information. What a bargain it was! Wow! I plan to take a bus from the U. of Florida in Gainesville to Miami and it's going to cost me roughly 20 pounds!!!