Coach Times Email

[Beerqueen]

30 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Anyone on a National Express from Brum?

Me

[mjfiddy]

29 minutes ago, faymondo said:

Tea time email I reckon. Will be checking the order page to see if news is on there first. 

Seetickets might be blocking my IP address the amount I’ve been refreshing it

 

42 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

I guess week commencing could also mean the weekend? Unlikely but still…

That’s a very good point, I imagine it’s just one intern at seetickets trawling through them with a big spreadsheet, poor kid

[EFC1996]

I’m working all day so I’ll be checking this thread to see if anyones had news. Much quicker than entering my details into the see order tracker 

[fightoffyour]

1 hour ago, Beerqueen said:

Me

Which one? Bus friend

[JoeyT]

I'm excited for the emails to land and I'm not even going on a coach 😂

[mjfiddy]

10 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

I'm excited for the emails to land and I'm not even going on a coach 😂

I think it counts as a new announcement 

[Beerqueen]

27 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Which one? Bus friend

1030 Wednesday.  You?

[fightoffyour]

5 minutes ago, Beerqueen said:

1030 Wednesday.  You?

Ah 10:30 Thursday. You can leave any spare beers under a seat 😃

[Beerqueen]

4 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Ah 10:30 Thursday. You can leave any spare beers under a seat 😃

What is this "spare beers" - does not compute.

[fightoffyour]

8 minutes ago, Beerqueen said:

What is this "spare beers" - does not compute.

That was a test, and you passed with flying colours.

[Crazyfool01]

43 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

I'm excited for the emails to land and I'm not even going on a coach 😂

I’m excited to see you’re excited about the emails … and excited to get mine of course … gives some decent structure to the build up and I’m leaving from my home town … 15mins walk away 

[JoeyT]

Forgive my absolute ignorance but what do you coachers know so far?

The day you're departing? So you're just waiting on exact time yeah?

[she bangs the drums]

Just now, JoeyT said:

Forgive my absolute ignorance but what do you coachers know so far?

The day you're departing? So you're just waiting on exact time yeah?

Yes exactly this, and given most people live in another part of the country, the time is very important to the plan for the day and logistics of getting to the coach! 

[JoeyT]

Just now, she bangs the drums said:

Yes exactly this, and given most people live in another part of the country, the time is very important to the plan for the day and logistics of getting to the coach! 

Do the coaches run throughout the day or does it tend to be mornings?

As in surely no one will be leaving at say 6pm?

[cheesey_toastie]

4 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Forgive my absolute ignorance but what do you coachers know so far?

The day you're departing? So you're just waiting on exact time yeah?

Some departure points you booked the exact coach. (Bristol, London). The others we book the day but have to wait for this email to know the time. Could be 5am could be 2pm. If you're coming from the North or Scotland it can make a big difference to your plans!

[George_92]

1 minute ago, JoeyT said:

Do the coaches run throughout the day or does it tend to be mornings?

As in surely no one will be leaving at say 6pm?

I'd say between 6am and 12 midday although I don't know. Guessing locations closer to the festival will run later services 

[EFC1996]

1 minute ago, JoeyT said:

Do the coaches run throughout the day or does it tend to be mornings?

As in surely no one will be leaving at say 6pm?

I think it depends on location, the last coach from me is normally about 12/1 I think 

[Crazyfool01]

Yeah that late departure up north is an absolute pain …. Fortunately the later one for me is 2ish and I’m an hour or so away …. Makes quite a difference to some 

[gooner1990]

4 minutes ago, JoeyT said:

Do the coaches run throughout the day or does it tend to be mornings?

As in surely no one will be leaving at say 6pm?

I know what day I'm leaving ...that's it at the moment.

I'm going from Oxford which sometimes has AM and PM coaches so which coach I'm on will heavily affect arrival plans, camping spots etc.

[gooner1990]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

Yeah that late departure up north is an absolute pain …. Fortunately the later one for me is 2ish and I’m an hour or so away …. Makes quite a difference to some 

Would pretty much wipe out the entire Wednesday bar arriving to pitch up and have a couple of late night drinks.

A late departure on the Thursday would be awful for me!

[Crazyfool01]

Is there much to the annecdotal evidence that resale gets you a later coach ? 

[GmasterWomble]

Have had thursday coach tickets since 2019 so hoping for a very very early coach!

[TheFullShaboo]

Just now, crazyfool1 said:

Is there much to the annecdotal evidence that resale gets you a later coach ? 

Im sure there was a theory that the earlier you secured tickets in the original coach sale the earlier your coach would be? 

 

[DareToDibble]

2 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Is there much to the annecdotal evidence that resale gets you a later coach ? 

My thought would be that you would be assigned the times of whoevers space you ended up buying. Again, no idea but my thought is they probably assign times loosely when the tickets are first bought. If you get an earlier coach the earlier you actually get in and buy your tickets... you could have bought someones space who was in and purchased 1 minute into the sale.

Of course that could be complete nonsense.

Edited May 20, 2022 by DareToDibble

[Hotchilidog]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

Is there much to the annecdotal evidence that resale gets you a later coach ? 

No. My last resale coach got me on a 7.30 coach from Brighton. We used to have AM & PM departures but they just switched to all AM so resalers just got what what was available.