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

For long journeys, I have up until recently been a loyal customer to National Express, finding their prices unbeatable compared to the train and other coach companies. However their prices have slowly but surely been rising and especially closing into summer. Those under £10 deals I used to snap up have been few and far between, for the routes I tend to take at least. That's why I started looking into other options again and after using megabus quite a few times now, I think my loyalty may have changed, though they aren't without their faults. Who are they? Megabus are a low cost travel ... more

Where Megabus.com services leave from and arrive at many locations within towns and cities in the uk. When booking all you hav to do is make your reservation to and from your chosen town or city and when travelling you choose which stop to board or leave the bus, the fares are the same regardless of which stops you use on any given route. Price Seats start from as little as £1. The earlier you book, the cheaper basically though. The pricing is according to demand the best prices are given to those who make reservations early or to those who choose less popular journeys. The journeys are ... more

Megabus first came to my attention about a year ago whilst looking for cheap ways to travel to Bristol from Manchester to see family. I'm no longer driving and with petrol prices costing return trips to cost up to a £100, getting my partner to drive me there was pretty prohibitive. National Express always seemed quite expensive and although I have a disabled railcard the train still costs me £43. So the search for an even cheaper alternative was on! Its actually been around longer than I thought, 2003 to be precise, as far as I'm aware it started off with the Everywhere to London route but now ... more

I dislike train travel, finding it claustrophobic and expensive, so the coach is thje obvious alternative. Coach or bus travel is a territory more or less divided between National Express and Megabus, when it comes to booking online. Megabus is better for the following reasons. Megabus use double decker coaches which means there is always a good chance of getting a seat with plenty of space around you, and plenty of leg room. Not so with National Express, single decker buses which are usually crammed so tightly up to the last seat. Remember that even on Megabus it is now mandatory to wear a ... more

I have used megabus a number of times over the past 5 years but most recently in october of 2008 although the service has been fairly consistent so I would imagine it is similar now. Most often I have travelled from Edinburgh/Glasgow to London and vice versa but have also gone on shorter trips from central Scotland up to Inverness and Aberdeen and once to Newcastle. The buses are basic and leg-room can be a problem but I don't find they differ vastly from other intercity bus companies. The buses have always been reasonably clean and they stop at least once on longer journies at service ... more