Glastonbury coaches

[irm96]

first timer here for the festival, could anyone let me know whether the National Express coaches tend to get all booked up in advance? Looking to get down via the coach from Edinburgh on Tuesday night but if they all sell out I can't afford any other travel method really  cheers x

[VisionOfLove]

They tend to have more than one coach per time slot, so usually they won't sell out just yet. I got a return from Manchester last year a few weeks after the resale so some time in April, and there were most times still available. Still better to get them early as possible to be sure. 

Edited January 23, 2016 by VisionOfLove

[Funkyfairy!]

I would have thought so. How about calling them and asking them

from memory there is a group of people on here hire a mini bus and split the cost and all go down together from Glasgow. I think it's the Boilerman , have a search on Boilerman or Boilerbus on here and you may get lucky if the minibus is happening again 

[Festival Liam]

Just to note: they add more coaches when the sell out so don't be disheartened if they appear sold out, check back in a week. We looked to book coaches from Leeds for Glastonbury 2016 in around November 2015, and they had already sold out! But some more got addded, I guess due to demand)

Edited January 23, 2016 by Festival Liam

[Mash011]

Will it be much cheaper to buy them now or am I okay to wait until after I've paid for my ticket?

[glasto-worker]

2 hours ago, Funkyfairy! said:

I would have thought so. How about calling them and asking them

from memory there is a group of people on here hire a mini bus and split the cost and all go down together from Glasgow. I think it's the Boilerman , have a search on Boilerman or Boilerbus on here and you may get lucky if the minibus is happening again 

your spot on - this was one of his posts

http://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/207657-glasgow-to-glastonbury/#comment-4880301

[musky]

8 hours ago, Mash011 said:

Will it be much cheaper to buy them now or am I okay to wait until after I've paid for my ticket?

I can't ever remember NE putting up their prices to the festival once they've been announced. Especially as fuel prices look to be dropping over the coming months. 

[incident]

6 minutes ago, musky said:

I can't ever remember NE putting up their prices to the festival once they've been announced. Especially as fuel prices look to be dropping over the coming months. 

They've already done it once this Festival..

I booked coaches before Christmas..

A single from Bristol to the Festival cost me £19.80, it's now gone up to £21.50.

A single from the Festival to Nottingham cost me £48.40, it's now £52.50.

[Comfy Bean]

11 hours ago, irm96 said:

first timer here for the festival, could anyone let me know whether the National Express coaches tend to get all booked up in advance? Looking to get down via the coach from Edinburgh on Tuesday night but if they all sell out I can't afford any other travel method really  cheers x

Might be worth a quick check on Easyjet, Edinburgh or Glasgow to Bristol. I`ve paid £90 ( return ) with See Coaches and 29 quid once for a flight from Glasgow to Bristol then about a tenner on a bus to the fest. The coach took 9 hours 

[Mezhyp1]

5 minutes ago, comfortablynumb1910 said:

Might be worth a quick check on Easyjet, Edinburgh or Glasgow to Bristol. I`ve paid £90 ( return ) with See Coaches and 29 quid once for a flight from Glasgow to Bristol then about a tenner on a bus to the fest. The coach took 9 hours 

We get the coach down from Glasgow, I don't mind it, especially the way down with it being overnight, the way home will never get any easier, that's self inflicted though. A couple from our group are flying down this year, they were about £90 return Glasgow>Bristol, which isn't terrible 

[Comfy Bean]

2 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

We get the coach down from Glasgow, I don't mind it, especially the way down with it being overnight, the way home will never get any easier, that's self inflicted though. A couple from our group are flying down this year, they were about £90 return Glasgow>Bristol, which isn't terrible 

Aye I realise I got a real bargain with that flight ( £29 ). I got a bus down from Glasgow on the Thursday in 2013. Mrs C had to work so it was me and our 2 youngest who were 8 at the time. We left at 6am I think,  9 hours, a few beers and many games of cards with the folks on the bus who were great with the boys. We drove down last year. Boring as f*ck compared to the bus 

[Mezhyp1]

Just now, comfortablynumb1910 said:

Aye I realise I got a real bargain with that flight ( £29 ). I got a bus down from Glasgow on the Thursday in 2013. Mrs C had to work so it was me and our 2 youngest who were 8 at the time. We left at 6am I think,  9 hours, a few beers and many games of cards with the folks on the bus who were great with the boys. We drove down last year. Boring as f*ck compared to the bus 

We considered driving this year, there's enough of us to take 3 cars and most drive, so would all be able to take turns, but the bus is just so easy, G Sq straight to Gate A and the same home, we went for coach tickets and got them again, so it's much easier. I went via Manchester last year, what a ballache that was 

[scaryclaireyfairy]

I booked a coach ticket from Embra the week before the fest in '13.  (Then refunded it when my mate decided to drive after all).  Coach places were definitely still available that year right up to the last gasp.

[MichaelsBeard]

We may have space in our car from Edinburgh. DM me if you are interested.

[LondonTom]

Depends where you are coming from, but from London I've never had a problem booking late in the date though some "hours" might be booked up, just turn up and they usually usher you on the next one to go.

[musky]

13 hours ago, incident said:

They've already done it once this Festival..

I booked coaches before Christmas..

A single from Bristol to the Festival cost me £19.80, it's now gone up to £21.50.

A single from the Festival to Nottingham cost me £48.40, it's now £52.50.

Blimey, that's a bit much. Wonder how they justify that with the fuel prices dropping so much?

[Spindles]

23 hours ago, Mash011 said:

Will it be much cheaper to buy them now or am I okay to wait until after I've paid for my ticket?

Honestly, it's best to spend a few weeks keeping an eye on prices.  Last year the journey prices for differing timeslots kept varying, if you timed your purchase right you could halve the price of your journey, I opted for the cheapest time of day on the Monday to return (5:30pm) and then hopped into an empty space on a half full coach departing earlier.

[davidd]

Worth remembering you get 25% off when buying 4 tickets too. Save our group a good few quid from Manchester last year.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, davidd said:

Worth remembering you get 25% off when buying 4 tickets too. Save our group a good few quid from Manchester last year.

I hadn't noticed that maybe we can club together on here?

[davidd]

I'm sure there will be a few regulars on here that will be happy to save a few quid. 

sorry i couldn't quote Stu, wouldn't let me use that facility for some reason.

[Pbird81]

Seem to be very sold out to London at the moment, will have to look again in a bit

[Pbird81]

1 minute ago, Pbird81 said:

Seem to be very sold out to London at the moment, will have to look again in a bit

Doh, had times wrong, there's plenty

[theDandy]

Does anybody know when the times are allocated for those who bought coach/ticket packages? We're going from Liverpool on the Wednesday but have never gone by coach before.

[Chris Lfc]

Just now, theDandy said:

Does anybody know when the times are allocated for those who bought coach/ticket packages? We're going from Liverpool on the Wednesday but have never gone by coach before.

Id like to know this aswell since I'm going from the exact same place. From what i heard it gets updated on your purchase on the seetickets festival probably around the time the ticket payment gets processed in april (id assume around that time). But even if no one is sure on this you can keep checking your purchase on seetickets every few week and see when it updates.

[theDandy]

11 minutes ago, Chris Lfc said:

Id like to know this aswell since I'm going from the exact same place. From what i heard it gets updated on your purchase on the seetickets festival probably around the time the ticket payment gets processed in april (id assume around that time). But even if no one is sure on this you can keep checking your purchase on seetickets every few week and see when it updates.

Just reading on the ticket info part on the Glasto website:

– Where departure times are not stated, you must be available to travel at any point (AM/PM) during the specific day you have selected.
– All departure times / points will be released to you no later than 30 days prior to the event.
– In order to facilitate a speedy departure from the Festival site, See Coaches reserve the right to board passengers outside of scheduled departure times, should seats be available on alternative services.