National Express or Megabus coach journey?
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Last year (Nov) I used National Sexpress and Mugabus to travel from London Victoria to Glasgow to visit my friend. Total cost return was around £16.00 (£9.99 National Express and £6ish on Megabus by booking in advance). My effective plan was to travel and sleep through the night. For reference the cost on the Caledonian Sleeper was around £750.
I went to London for work until 6pm, bimbled around the West End , got food and supplies, got the 10pm NX coach, woke up in Glasgow at 6:30am, went for breakfast, had a nice time walking around shops, parks, galleries etc until I could check in at the easyHotel £22 per night (and I paid £2 for a window overlooking the car park which wasn't worth it). Met up for dinner and a night out with my friend. Spent the next day visiting places and in the evening got the Megabus back to London. In essence the whole travel and 2 nights in a hotel probably cost the same as a flight from Gatwick to Glasgow.
You do need to be a special type of person to do this and I know many of you favour luxury, whereas I love travelling at a base level. I love the excitement of a journey and I can sleep anyway - on top of nightclub speakers etc
In fact my ideal trip would be 3rd class on a Trans-Siberia train. About 5 years ago I went to visit my sister and brother-in-law in Leh, India. The choice to get from Dehli to Leh was a 2 hour flight in a Boeing 737 or 24 hours sitting on top of a truck - truck please!
I went to London for work until 6pm, bimbled around the West End , got food and supplies, got the 10pm NX coach, woke up in Glasgow at 6:30am, went for breakfast, had a nice time walking around shops, parks, galleries etc until I could check in at the easyHotel £22 per night (and I paid £2 for a window overlooking the car park which wasn't worth it). Met up for dinner and a night out with my friend. Spent the next day visiting places and in the evening got the Megabus back to London. In essence the whole travel and 2 nights in a hotel probably cost the same as a flight from Gatwick to Glasgow.
You do need to be a special type of person to do this and I know many of you favour luxury, whereas I love travelling at a base level. I love the excitement of a journey and I can sleep anyway - on top of nightclub speakers etc
In fact my ideal trip would be 3rd class on a Trans-Siberia train. About 5 years ago I went to visit my sister and brother-in-law in Leh, India. The choice to get from Dehli to Leh was a 2 hour flight in a Boeing 737 or 24 hours sitting on top of a truck - truck please!
OK. I know that this may have limited appeal because you have to be a mentalist like me to travel on a coach for so long, but Megabus currently have £2 one way fares from London to Glasgow. Only problem is that this is for the 10 hour daytime 07:30ish departure arriving in Glasgow at around 17:00hrs. Normally I'd travel on the night bus leaving London Victoria at 10-11pm and arriving at 6-7am next day, but these are an eye-watering £12.99. There are other £2 fares for other destinations.
Still tempted to trip up and meet up with some Glaswegian friends. The best bit is that the coach arrives at Buchanan Bus Station and there is an easyHotel and Travelodge directly opposite. At the easyHotel you can often get a windowless room for low £20's.
There are other £2 fares for other destinations.Still tempted to trip up and meet up with some Glaswegian friends. The best bit is that the coach arrives at Buchanan Bus Station and there is an easyHotel and Travelodge directly opposite. At the easyHotel you can often get a windowless room for low £20's.
vikingaero said:
OK. I know that this may have limited appeal because you have to be a mentalist like me to travel on a coach for so long, but Megabus currently have £2 one way fares from London to Glasgow. Only problem is that this is for the 10 hour daytime 07:30ish departure arriving in Glasgow at around 17:00hrs. Normally I'd travel on the night bus leaving London Victoria at 10-11pm and arriving at 6-7am next day, but these are an eye-watering £12.99. There are other £2 fares for other destinations.
Still tempted to trip up and meet up with some Glaswegian friends. The best bit is that the coach arrives at Buchanan Bus Station and there is an easyHotel and Travelodge directly opposite. At the easyHotel you can often get a windowless room for low £20's.
Christ almighty that sounds grim as f*ck! There are other £2 fares for other destinations.Still tempted to trip up and meet up with some Glaswegian friends. The best bit is that the coach arrives at Buchanan Bus Station and there is an easyHotel and Travelodge directly opposite. At the easyHotel you can often get a windowless room for low £20's.
Southerner said:
vikingaero said:
OK. I know that this may have limited appeal because you have to be a mentalist like me to travel on a coach for so long, but Megabus currently have £2 one way fares from London to Glasgow. Only problem is that this is for the 10 hour daytime 07:30ish departure arriving in Glasgow at around 17:00hrs. Normally I'd travel on the night bus leaving London Victoria at 10-11pm and arriving at 6-7am next day, but these are an eye-watering £12.99. There are other £2 fares for other destinations.
Still tempted to trip up and meet up with some Glaswegian friends. The best bit is that the coach arrives at Buchanan Bus Station and there is an easyHotel and Travelodge directly opposite. At the easyHotel you can often get a windowless room for low £20's.
Christ almighty that sounds grim as f*ck! There are other £2 fares for other destinations.Still tempted to trip up and meet up with some Glaswegian friends. The best bit is that the coach arrives at Buchanan Bus Station and there is an easyHotel and Travelodge directly opposite. At the easyHotel you can often get a windowless room for low £20's.
I've also stayed in a Premier Inn Zip which is like a capsule hotel in Cardiff. No windows, although there is a lit panel that resembles a window, but because the window was continuously lit, we forgot it was nightime and went to bed at 2am!
Southerner said:
vikingaero said:
OK. I know that this may have limited appeal because you have to be a mentalist like me to travel on a coach for so long, but Megabus currently have £2 one way fares from London to Glasgow. Only problem is that this is for the 10 hour daytime 07:30ish departure arriving in Glasgow at around 17:00hrs. Normally I'd travel on the night bus leaving London Victoria at 10-11pm and arriving at 6-7am next day, but these are an eye-watering £12.99. There are other £2 fares for other destinations.
Still tempted to trip up and meet up with some Glaswegian friends. The best bit is that the coach arrives at Buchanan Bus Station and there is an easyHotel and Travelodge directly opposite. At the easyHotel you can often get a windowless room for low £20's.
Christ almighty that sounds grim as f*ck! There are other £2 fares for other destinations.Still tempted to trip up and meet up with some Glaswegian friends. The best bit is that the coach arrives at Buchanan Bus Station and there is an easyHotel and Travelodge directly opposite. At the easyHotel you can often get a windowless room for low £20's.
The room had no windows (which came as somewhat of a surprise), and just enough clearance for the door to open most of the way before it snagged on the bed, which basically filled the cupboard (sorry - "room"). Very little sleep was had, partly due to the incredibly uncomfortable bed, but mainly due to other guests seemingly constantly coming and going all night noisily shouting at each other and banging doors etc..
This was supposedly the first day of a short holiday. I'd have been better off staying at work.
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