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'I took the £28 bus to Amsterdam and it was like getting a private taxi'
24.09.2023 - 13:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man caught a bus to Amsterdam instead of flying for under £30 - and said it was like getting a private taxi to the tourist hotspot.
Tom Burnett, a content editor at CambridgeshireLive, tried the new Flixbus service from Cambridge to Amsterdam that are available for just £27.99 a ticket. In summer this year, the bus operator launched a new service connecting Cambridge to the Dutch capital.
He documented his entire journey from boarding the service, travelling through London, over to Dover before catching the the ferry and then eventually onwards to Amsterdam.
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Documenting his experience, he wrote: "Booking was easy enough online and, like some airlines, you had the option of choosing your seat in advance. There's no extra charge for this - it's the kind of thing some budget airlines will try fleecing you for (that and daring to breathe on their planes).
"One thing that you can pay extra for is the seat next to yours. For £13.99 - around half the price of your own fare - you have the option of booking that seat so it stays empty. This is a really good feature. It might help some less confident travellers who are catching the bus alone feel safer knowing they're not going to be sitting next to a stranger for the entire journey.
"Not me though, I just forked out the extra because I'm a bit anti-social and invariably end up getting stuck next to someone who doesn't understand that 2am is rarely "start chatting to strangers" time.
"With a few clicks and a trip to Booking.com to find a hotel that was easy walking distance from a
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