How does megabus make money

So it was cheap for other reasons. Greyhound has a better rewards program but Megabus allows you to reserve seats. It kind of depends on what you are looking for in a bus line. Drinks should be fitted with a safety lid to avoid spillage. Prices go up and up as you get closer to the departure date. According to a report from the National Transportation Safety Board, curbside motorcoaches like Megabus are pretty safe, and your chances of getting in an accident while riding an intercity bus are lower than if you were riding in a car.

All megabuses have toilets onboard. The only time there are no toilet facilities is if there is a fault with the toilet, or the bus is a replacement bus not normally used on megabus routes. Union Station is located at 50 Massachusetts Ave and all departures will be from the bus deck along bays 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. Also UK North were mental. They lost their license because they kept crashing and none of their drivers spoke english he you remember. If you see a low fare, jump on it. By the way, a 50 cent reservation fee applies to all bookings.

Have a travel window and look for seats within that window. The more flexibility you have on date and time of departure, the more likely you are to ride for cheap! Also, travelling mid-week will often save you more money on Megabus trips. It is far wiser to book the ticket and not use it than to wait and have to pay ten times that as the date approaches.