London to Paris on a luxury bus for less than £30 return
16 comments
ferrarian
24 Oct 15#1
how long does the journey take?
Hammondhammond
24 Oct 151#2
Between 8 and 9 and a half hours.
Coreydeals
24 Oct 15#3
If you don't mind long journeys, this is an ideal. You can't fault it for the price. Heat from me.
rhinopaul
24 Oct 15#4
Its pretty standard fare for ID bus. Also Eurolines are cheap.I go from Dijon to London for €70 return.
adi0604
24 Oct 15#5
Thanks but prefer Ryanair to Beauvais..
kryjom
24 Oct 15#6
Couldn't choose London to Paris on their website. No London on the list. I've tried many dates even for December but there is no London on departure list.
g1bbuk to kryjom
24 Oct 15#7
There is. Try a different browser or clicking on the union jack icon at the top.
Good prices for Amsterdam too...
kryjom
24 Oct 15#8
Thanks. union jack worked.
ajavaid92
25 Oct 15#9
Better coaches than MegaBus/National Express?
gordonthegopher84 to ajavaid92
25 Oct 154#10
Marginally, but not as much better as they like to make out. Mine had no Wifi and the legroom was about the same. The windows are tinted so you can sleep a little easier. But Eurolines and ID Bus are seriously grim compared to the speed and comfort of the Eurostar. It's better to wait for a flash sale on that than suffer the hoards at Victoria.
davidbrent
25 Oct 153#11
At the end of any long return bus journey to mainland Europe, I always vow never to repeat the experience unless I absolutely have to.
dry
25 Oct 154#12
Wi-Fi, leather seats and air con. We are going from London to Amsterdam with iD bus at the end of this week... Will report back!
I urge you not to go with Eurolines... Our last journey from Amsterdam to London was absolutely awful! They sub contracted the journey to a local operator so we got an old coach with no plug sockets or Wi-Fi and uncomfortable seats. The driver demanded everyone hand their passports over to him and called the police when people refused. When the police turned up and sided with the passengers, the driver refused to drive any further claiming he was tired! We were stuck at some random service station in the Netherlands for 2 hours. NEVER AGAIN.
When the coach eventually got to Calais there was an iD Bus behind us in the queue... It was brand new, clean, air conditioned and had working Wi-Fi (which I used whilst we were waiting for the ferry lol).
Got a half hearted apology from eurolines
juliej2571 to dry
25 Oct 15#13
Thanks for sharing
dry
25 Oct 151#14
No problem. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what we went through with Eurolines. It was a genuinely scary experience as the driver had already claimed to us that he was tired- and proceeded to drive the coach with a fogged up windscreen.
I've been on loads of coaches both to, from and around Europe and I hope my eurolines experience won't put people off travelling by coach. Every other operator has been nothing short of excellent- Megabus, MeinFernBus (Germany), Student Agency (Prague- free hot drinks and snacks on their coaches!), WESTbus (Austria /Hungary) are the operators I've used. All modern comfortable coaches with power sockets and most had Wi-Fi
ftbf444
25 Oct 15#15
I think Eurostar to Paris in the winter months is only £70 return - much shorter travel time than bus and less stressful than plane. Also they just started renovating all the trains so they are a lot nicer.
dry
1 Nov 151#16
Just got back from our trip to Amsterdam. First impressions weren't good- our bus turned up on time but drove straight out of Victoria with nobody on! We were led outside and the reason became clear. We'd got a brand spanking new bus which the driver had driven straight from the factory to us, and hadn't had a chance to pick up a hi vis vest, which is a requirement to load passengers at Victoria coach station!
Anyway we all got on and had the perfect trip. Full leather seats were very comfy, WiFi was working and the driver was friendly. Despite leaving Victoria a few minutes late we arrived into Amsterdam 1.5hrs early.
The return trip was great too- the bus left exactly on time (European efficiency!) and made good progress. We got all the way to the Channel Tunnel entrance but had a delay of two hours due to a tunnel inspection (guess looking for people trying to walk across?!) being done. Eventually we got going and it was smooth sailing from there. Due to the bus making very good time through Europe, we actually still arrived early into Victoria (despite the 2 hour delay- I guess ouibus build in some padding).
Great trip all in. This is clearly a company who know what they're doing and do it well (unlike Eurolines!)
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Good prices for Amsterdam too...
I urge you not to go with Eurolines... Our last journey from Amsterdam to London was absolutely awful! They sub contracted the journey to a local operator so we got an old coach with no plug sockets or Wi-Fi and uncomfortable seats. The driver demanded everyone hand their passports over to him and called the police when people refused. When the police turned up and sided with the passengers, the driver refused to drive any further claiming he was tired! We were stuck at some random service station in the Netherlands for 2 hours. NEVER AGAIN.
When the coach eventually got to Calais there was an iD Bus behind us in the queue... It was brand new, clean, air conditioned and had working Wi-Fi (which I used whilst we were waiting for the ferry lol).
Got a half hearted apology from eurolines
I've been on loads of coaches both to, from and around Europe and I hope my eurolines experience won't put people off travelling by coach. Every other operator has been nothing short of excellent- Megabus, MeinFernBus (Germany), Student Agency (Prague- free hot drinks and snacks on their coaches!), WESTbus (Austria /Hungary) are the operators I've used. All modern comfortable coaches with power sockets and most had Wi-Fi
Anyway we all got on and had the perfect trip. Full leather seats were very comfy, WiFi was working and the driver was friendly. Despite leaving Victoria a few minutes late we arrived into Amsterdam 1.5hrs early.
The return trip was great too- the bus left exactly on time (European efficiency!) and made good progress. We got all the way to the Channel Tunnel entrance but had a delay of two hours due to a tunnel inspection (guess looking for people trying to walk across?!) being done. Eventually we got going and it was smooth sailing from there. Due to the bus making very good time through Europe, we actually still arrived early into Victoria (despite the 2 hour delay- I guess ouibus build in some padding).
Great trip all in. This is clearly a company who know what they're doing and do it well (unlike Eurolines!)