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What National Express has to offer to travellers this autumn? You really can save on your travel

Posted in Budget travel

What National Express has to offer to travellers this autumn? You really can save on your travel

Autumn promises to be quite pretty this year. National Express introduces some interesting offers, and also reminds about a few interesting permanent discounts. Coaches can take you to many UK cities and towns. While they do take longer than trains and planes, you save a considerable amount of cash. National Express introduced to its reservation system 500,000 fares for just £5.50 earlier this week. Our favorite Funfares are back! Ticket availability is very high on various routes within the UK. Simply go online and use the Fare Finder to find the cheapest fare for your ...

The Government is removing the coach concessionary discount scheme

Posted in Industry news

As a reminder, because we have already written about this on the EuropeBus's blog, on Monday 31 October 2011 the Government is removing the coach concessionary discount scheme. The scheme currently allows people over 60 or with a disability to travel by coach for up to half price. Customers can still use the scheme providing they book by midnight on 31 October 2011 and are travelling on or before 31 August 2012. What is the Over 60′s coach concessionary scheme? When you’re over 60, you automatically qualify for concessionary fares on National Express coaches. Concessi...

Bad news for pensioners and disabled people

Posted in Industry news

The British government coalition agreed to liquidate the existing concessions for coach travel for people over 60 years of age and with disabilities. Coalition cuts will mean half-price coach travel for pensioners and the disabled will be slashed from the budget. More you can read in the Mirror paper.Unfortunately, the government cuts also affected the least affluent in the british society. From October 2011 pensioner and disabled people will be deprived of the concessions fares, and to take advantage of discounts they’ll have to seek trade concessions offered by the carr...

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