How does megabus make profit

That won't always be the case though, so ear plugs could be useful. Many other seasoned travellers pulled out blankets and travel pillows as soon as we pulled off which made nine hours a lot more bearable.

There are hundreds of ways to save money on travel. Booking in advance is the most obvious, while using discount cards, such as a Network Rail card if travelling by train, or buying Group Save tickets are also worth considering. I decided to look at how much it would cost to do my journey again if booking last minute for this weekend.

The National Express coach is a fraction more expensive and takes slightly longer, but overall there is little difference between the two in this instance.

The train takes around four and a half hours, so half the time of the bus, while flying can be done in a speedy hour. The bus is a clear winner on price, but not time. So to see if Megabus was still the cheapest mode of transport I compared it again with getting the train, National Express or flying when booking in advance.

Northern Uproar They call me Beever. There was only 5 people on a massive coach as well? Just curious like They get the passengers to power the bus by foot. Flintstones style.

By using old buses and paying their drivers fuck all. TBH tho I have no idea of the economics of coach operations. They put it in the bank. If you invest your tuppence Wisely in the bank Safe and sound Soon that tuppence, Safely invested in the bank, Will compound And you'll achieve that sense of conquest As your affluence expands In the hands of the directors Who invest as propriety demands.

QueenOfGoths Fuck you Dave! Click to expand QueenOfGoths said:. What if you want to feed the birds though? I don't want to save my tuppence, I want to feed the birds. Northern Uproar said:. I suspect they run it as a loss-leader to squeeze the competition. The megatrain used to be as low as a pound from Notts to London, but these days it's never less than four obviously the train is a different model to the coaches and encourages travel on otherwise underused trains.

Wolveryeti Young Lethargio. It's a practically identical business model to the budget airlines. Weekends are more expensive Dillinger4 Es gibt Zeit. Sir Belchalot arenicola marina. On other non-subsidised routes, they or a connected contractor run at a loss in order to kill-off the competition, then raise the fares once they have it.

On Megabus, you can bet that only a fairly small number of the seats have the cheapest fares, with prices rising as the buss fills-up and gets nearer to departure. Oh yes - many of their buses are manky old wrecks and their safety may be questionable.

The routes they run out of here have amongst the highest accident rates of any operator. And remember, if you use Megabus, you are supporting that complete and utter cunt - Brian Soutar. Plenty of past disscussion of him here. Some things are just not cheap enough. Lo Siento. Second As Farce. Dillinger4 said:. I know the megabus company in Manchester itself got in a lot of trouble a few years ago when there were 'bus wars'.

They cut a lot of their prices, and used to send several bus's at once so the competition couldn't compete. That is deregulation for you. Oxford Road is one of the busiest bus routes in Europe, apparently.

Fullyplumped in a personal capacity. Oswaldtwistle Banned. I'd be in favour of a rolling age limit for both buses and coaches. Would help both safety and emissions. Hold the front page: cheap deals deal crap! Remember UK North? They were brilliant. More of a death ride than a bus journey. Dovydaitis Official fishco fish groupie. Looby Well-Known Member. I was on a megabus from poole to london which was a very old double decker bus and the seats at the front were used to pile luggage on to.

It was more uncomfortable and more chaotic that the shuttle bus from castle carey to glastonbury. I felt really unsafe and could barely feel my arse when we got off because it was so rough and bumpy. The megabus from preston to london is pretty grim.

I usally pretend Im on a plane and have a couple of valium before setting off. Although some of the seats are very cheap mostly they are an average of a tenner. Sometimes up to 16 quid. The bus is always full so 70 people. The margins arent massive but they run buses a day. National express do 2. And they take a good 3 hours longer and are far more expensive.