www.megabus.com, low cost intercity bus travel UK

Advantages: really cheep
Disadvantages: dont go all over europe

First let me tell you how I found out about this company. It was just after Christmas and I had to attend my sisters' wedding which was in Scotland, this was a long way for me, but I left it to late to book a plane ticket and the prices were too high, getting a coach never even crossed my mind and I had to drive. Anyway the round trip to Scotland and back set me back about £200 pound, this hurt my pocket as we were broke, I ended up giving my aunt ...
...missed there coach and were also broke. While giving them a ride home my aunt who is one of the nosey ones in the family, likes to know everything, earwigs on conversations and all stuff like that, you know the one I mean, we all have them. Anyway she told me about this bus company that could take you all over UK for free, now I do a lot of driving up north as my wife's family live in Wigan so I thought I would check out this so called megabus. ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, more destinations every month
Disadvantages: No heating/cooling system, often long complicated journeys!

When the Megabus first arrived on the scene in Edinburgh (where I lived at the time), it initially provided a low cost and effective alternative to Stagecoach and Citylink . With journeys available for just £1 (+ 50p booking fee) between Edinburgh/Glasgow and Edinburgh/Perth, I was able to save over £5 on each journey! However, the prices didn't stay low for many months before creeping past £2, upto £3.50 per journey! This wouldn't have been an ...
...Megabus itself was effectively an old school bus, with no cooling system, or heaters available on board. Summer journeys were spent desperately trying to stay cool, whilst Winter saw condensation dripping miserably down the windows, and passengers struggling to avoid hypothermia! Quite frequently, you would be required to change buses mid-journey, sometimes waiting for upto an hour for your joining bus to arrive - and don't count on your original ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, Easy to book, Good service, Don't need to print tickets
Disadvantages: Route coverage limited, Less frequency

When I found that I could go from Worthing to London for £1.5, I thought there must be some catch. I gave it a try and found the service fantastic! Megabus and National express are the two major bus operators in the UK. Although megabus is cheaper, their route is very limited and has less frequency of trips. From Worthing, megabus has only two trips the whole day! Megabus is good for any traveller looking for value for money and has enough time ...
...time match with the time schedules like a train journey. But it does save money. For instance in my journey, it costs £11.70 in National express and takes 2 and a half hours. For Megabus it's £3 (average - since you can't always book 3 week in advance) but takes a bit more than 3 hours. Considering the fact that it takes 1 and a half hours in train and costs £12, Megabus is a bargain but takes double the time(mainly due to the reason that it collects ... Read review

The Megabus and Megatrain share the same website and I was able to book a round trip from Portsmouth to London for £2.50 return.