BreadMakesYouFat? Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 This post spurred me on to get my ticket. Milton Keynes direct to the festival cost £58 in both 2017 and 2016, it now costs £83. Seems a little excessive, especially considering the state of the coaches (in 2017 the coach home had the heating stuck on full blast, in June). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyoung Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 I complained about my National Express coach last time. Told them when I book with them I expect a National Express coach and not some fucking prehistoric school trip coach. They gave me four free trips anywhere in the UK, valid for 12 months. That said, they were very helpful in switching my outbound London return to a Liverpool coach on the Monday morning, free of charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Lawn Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 If you already have a car, it's far cheaper to drive, especially if there's a few of you in the same car. If Glastonbury are really serious about the Green Traveller thing then they should whack up car park tickets to much more than the current and use the money to subsidise bus travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dentalplan Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 1 minute ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said: If you already have a car, it's far cheaper to drive, especially if there's a few of you in the same car. If Glastonbury are really serious about the Green Traveller thing then they should whack up car park tickets to much more than the current and use the money to subsidise bus travel. It's already £50. Put it up much more and it's cheaper to park illegally and get fined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srb Posted February 28, 2019 Report Share Posted February 28, 2019 THose public transport prices are insane. A bus is a bus. Prices shouldn't go up and down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantkatestacks Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 8 hours ago, srb said: THose public transport prices are insane. A bus is a bus. Prices shouldn't go up and down It is due to the inelasticity of the demand like any product. There is an argument that the festival should step in though when it gets to a point that people are driving instead but NE pretty much have a monopoly of scale (I.e. the festival couldn't find anyone else to do it) and can charge what they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke88 Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just checked, and it's between £74 and £100 return from Peterborough. It's a no-brainer to drive if there's more than one of you in the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingmonkeypigs Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 I’ve paid £100 return from Manchester this year which seemed a massive increase but assumed that had something to do with my having not been for 8 years! Delighted to get one travelling overnight though, I don’t remember being able to do that 2011 and earlier... first time I’ll be scheduled to arrive before the gates open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seldom Seen Kid Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 I was pricing it up from Manchester for this year and think we might be driving down instead. When it's just me I'm happy to take the cost on the chin, but for two of us it seems like a lot, especially when one of us hates coaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Johno Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 We hired a car for a trip before because the train was like £80 each, hire car was £8 a day! Even if you include fuel, extra insurance and parking it can work out cheaper if you shop around. Obviously depends on your proximity to a hire base, but that would be the same as getting to a coach station or whatever, don’t write it off. Not as environmentally friendly of course but you could lift share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelin Posted March 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 Im wondering whether to just buy one way for now as thats the most important part and then the return next time i get paid. We are at WV this year I wish i knew if there was definitely transport from the coach station. Im due an op and feeling quite nervous (but not nervous enough to cancel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus Gwertigan Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 I seemed to have done really well. Myself and my lad managed to book for a little over 50 quid each with insurance return from Manchester. Mind you we leave Manc at 2am on Wednesday and leave the site 2am on the Monday morning. I dont really care either way as I will probably be w*nkered and I just hope fellow travellers can cope with 8 hours of "Are we there yet?" followed by the pssst of a can opening. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 How zealous are NE about sticking to the return times booked? See just load up the coaches to London as and when you arrive on the Monday morning. They don't even check tickets. Is it a free-for-all with National Express too? I need to book and I've only a rough idea as to when I'll be ready to leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradders Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, Fishman said: How zealous are NE about sticking to the return times booked? See just load up the coaches to London as and when you arrive on the Monday morning. They don't even check tickets. Is it a free-for-all with National Express too? I need to book and I've only a rough idea as to when I'll be ready to leave. They check your tickets and put you into the corresponding queue. We were a couple of hours early one year but had to wait. I’m sure there’s stories of people getting on a different coach (highly doubt they’d abandon someone who’d missed theirs) but I wouldn’t be confident you can just stroll on to whichever one you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyoung Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, Fishman said: How zealous are NE about sticking to the return times booked? See just load up the coaches to London as and when you arrive on the Monday morning. They don't even check tickets. Is it a free-for-all with National Express too? I need to book and I've only a rough idea as to when I'll be ready to leave. Have traveled on both coaches and NE is a completely different ball park to See. In my experience, See don't give a shit what coach you're on, at what time, or where you're going, it's whoever is there at the time and waiting, gets on. NE check your time and are pretty strict about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, Bradders said: I wouldn’t be confident you can just stroll on to whichever one you want. 6 minutes ago, jyoung said: NE check your time and are pretty strict about it. Mmmm ..... thought so. Thanks anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan05delaney Posted April 1, 2019 Report Share Posted April 1, 2019 Booked NE coaches yesterday, £200 for 2 from Manchester... only 1 of us can drive and doesn't fancy the drive back on the Monday let someone else do it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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