Question for UK'ers

[TheHamster22]

Hi folks, I need some help here. I've got this holiday coming up at the end of this school year, where me and my mates are all going to New Quay for a week and its turning out to be an insane price (which I keep telling them over and over) but anyway. I need someones advice on the best way to get down there cheap as possible, you see the cheapest coach fare I can find return is £50, but that just seems rediculous! Esspically when you can get flights for that price to Italy

So anyone got an idea of how I can get to Newquay from Liverpool nice and cheap? (i'll be forever in your debt!)

 

[Mutley]

Walk. You need to set off a few months early though.

 

[rosseh]

Have you tried looking on trainline.co.uk/phoning up for some prices? The earlier you book for trains the cheaper it is. Might get a better quote than for a coach?

 

[Chris D]

Trains aren't a good choice. There's no direct routes, so you'd need to change trains three times. The total journey (including wait time for connections) is over 8 hours!!

Oh, and it'd also cost £122.70 per person... and that's for a "Saver Return" :O

 

[kirovman]

The cheapest way by far would be to drive.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Britain is the most expensive country in the world, I tells ya.

 

[Kangy]

Fly. A few of my friends did it last year and it didn't actually cost them that much at all.

 

[Chris D]

If you go from Liverpool to Manchester on the train, go to Manchester airport, you can get a bmibaby flight to Newquay. The flights themselves per person are £46.88 for a return ticket.

The train is about £6 (each way)

 

[TheHamster22]

Aye I found that aswell, hmm just got to find out if my friends are willing to get a £14 cheap travel, but stay the night in the airport

I'd do it, heres to hoping they aren't all nesh ;(

 

[TheHamster22]

Ah it seems i got the date a month out, and its actually July 21st, and woah at the price increase in everything D:

If anything deserved a massive nation wide protest its the price of public transport, its cheaper to just have a car which is rediculous :x

 

[DEATH eVADER]

I need someones advice on the best way to get down there cheap as possible, you see the cheapest coach fare I can find return is £50,

Is that with National Express?

I thought it would of been cheaper.

 

[TheHamster22]

Yeah I know, and its £60 in July... Its a complete rip-off :frown:

So much for promoting the use of public transport

 

[ComradeBadger]

It is indeed ridiculous..


You going to the festivals down there?

 

[Marius]

Coach prices here are rediculous, Trains are cheaper.