With many other vloggers all covering the same routes and services you deserve a lot of credit for coming up with less well known, and interesting subjects. Its a pleasant change to watch a video which rather than focusing on how many canapes you get in business class instead convey the cold, nearly empty, fluorescent lit ferry in the dead of night.
Travelling by bus is probably the cheapest option and you get a meal voucher. As you say, doing the journey by day makes it part of the adventure where you can take in the views
For your information. The ferries are all ex sea France. The food on them was always terrible. And the security at calais is necessary because of the clandestine passenger trying to get to the UK. Not only does the passengers get checked but the coach does too. They basically put a sniffer dog around the coach trained on human smells and check the interior of the coach including the toilet. For some reason dfds are always slower than p&o even though one of the ships used to be the fastest on the route.
I was travelling back and forth between Paris and London and Antwerp and London for only £8 each way back in 2019, that's the only reason I found it worthwhile. The cost has increased by about 10x recently and unless they go back down I'll be flying into Europe from now on, although I still find them great for travelling around the mainland.
Hey Scott.. If you think that bus depot is bad, its pretty obvious you've never ridden a bus in the USA. Some of our bus depots make that one look absolutely gorgeous...
2:04 driver asks passenger if he already labeled his suitcase and gives him a label and pen requiring only the first name to be written on the label. That already tells much about the organisation of these coaches.
I did this trip and many trips to Antwerp and Bruges from London in 2019 and it cost me between £8 and £14 each way but looking at the app now its between £30-£100 so much better to fly unless they put the prices back down imo
It looks pretty vile, thanks for the warts and all review. Correct, it may be a lot more pleasant during the day, I still think buses are the worst way of getting around though. Work hard at school kids, otherwise you may find yourself getting around in a bus when you grow up!😯
The downside of taking the ferry is you miss it and have to wait for another. It can often be some time. I have taken the bus from London to Düsseldorf 4 times with the ferry. 3 times we was delayed and missed the ferry and I lost my connection from Düsseldorf.
Looks like an utter nightmare! The things you do so we don't have to! I'd have spent the entire journey wishing I'd taken the Eurostar - under 3 hours end to end in comfort - no matter how much it cost!!
This is travel for real people. CZcams is awash with people blagging priority lounges and club class (whilst racking up personal debt in their quest for fleeting fame). Well done.
Just as I was thinking 'that looks better than London Victoria Coach Station' you tell me the place is disgusting! I used to use the coach/hovercraft/coach service to Paris a fair bit as a student in the 70s. We didn't go into a coach station back then - Hoverlloyd used to drop us off at the front of the Gare du Nord/Gare de l'Est (Quai d'Orsay later on also?). East Kent Road Car Co. coaches didn't actually board the hovercraft (though coaches were able to) so you had to remove and place luggage between the two coaches and the hovercraft. Otherwise it was a nice trip, cheap too - depart Victoria at about 0930, Ramsgate Hoverport about 1230, a 40 minute crossing to Calais, then boarding a French coach (with a coffee stop before joining the autoroute after Arras) arriving in Paris at about 1800.
Cost please. Was there a toilet on the bus. Did it arrive on time. Do you have to wait outside in the rain at the terminal for the bus like you did? Thanks
Bus journey times really don't imorove with flixbus ! 25 years ago i went by Eurolines from the dutch border to copenhagen , in 8 hours ! Nowadays, with flixbus it takes 11-12-13 hours ! ( Albeit at higher frequency..) This journey.of 470km should be doable in 7-8 hours , rather than 10 you'd say...
I think when people watch vlogs like this, they also want to know about the state of the coach, how comfortable it was, what amenities there were on the coach etc. What times were available for picking up the coach in Paris, what the best times might be. Generally all information about the travel experience. You don't really give much information about anything. It would be great if you did this and then you might get more subscribers.
Leave my man alone, he’s just living his life and taking the time to film it for your viewing benefit. Don’t pretend like you cannot easily find this information with a quick google search…
Wow the whole thing looks like the layers of hell. Edit to add: I used to live in Paris, that place is probably up there with the norm for hygiene in 'le shitte de lumiere'
Would love to travel between the UK and Malta via long distance coaches, so long as Flixbus reopens the interflix tickets. And P&O Ferries was now trying to get agency workers from here in Malta with a Brexit loophole and that Maltese agency's staff is paid like €3.50/hour or something like that
I've often considered booking with Flixbus to get back to the UK. Well, I did once when I was in Prague. I was worried in case my Easyjet flight would be cancelled, and booked a ticket as a back up. As it happened I didn't need it. I'll bear them in mind for the future though. I didn't know they went on the ferry. I thought they always went through the Chunnel. I liked the meal voucher!
I've been on night busses between Paris and London over 60 times in the last 15 and going on the ferry was normal, never got a meal voucher though. That station is a real dump. They've got departure boards now but they're not to be trusted. The old way of someone in a yellow jacket going about shouting LONDON was better. Better still to get the Bla Bla bus which leaves from Bercy train station across the park/dog toilet and is much nicer.
Just discovered your channel,sort of thing I would love to do,64 yrs fit but female living I west cornwall takes miles just getting out of County,relly good videos Scott.
I’m an American guy who is new to your channel, Scott and I truly enjoy your videos. Your relaxed style and way of handling some rather annoying situations is a gift. Just made the London-Paris journey with the family but we took Eurostar and it was tough enough with 2 kids in tow. Can’t imagine how brutal this would have been! And it’s also good to know what a dump that bus station is, for the next time we’re in Paris. Will avoid. Keep up the great work, and I’ll eagerly await seeing your next adventure.
Great vid and no surprise the Paris Bus station is not great. Though on a much smaller scale Manchester Chorlton Street Coach Station used to be dreadful till it was rebuilt about 18 years ago. Unless you are on a long ferry trip the food is appalling on most ferries. Their Amsterdam to Newcastle offering is much better.
You noticed the restrooms' terrible condition, which I feel is due to those who use them. Unfortunately, some people come from countries where cleanliness is not valued and bring that culture to Europe.
I'm not sure what the point of these videos is, as you didn't give us any real information about the journey. Did the coach leave on time from Paris, did you have enough legroom, were the toilets OK, what did you pay, what was your overall impression etc. Ditto for the ferry section, and what about the UK leg of the journey - did you arrive on time ? If you add more practical info then your videos could be very useful.
, because of the covid certificate, you need it, we just be hold by the dover port for 24 hours, in the middle of nowhere, everybody payed extra like 150 euro above our bus fee, and this is a warning to everyone who travel by flixbus!
Flixbus and it's predecessor Eurolines are/were always a lot cheaper than Eurostar, even if you book the day before . Eurostars turn up and go fares are just crazy. Saying that the prices have certainly increased for the bus. Monday (tomorrow is showing fully booked on all but one service whereas a trip on Tuesday can be had for £55 or so. That's about double what I paid before Covid.
Congratulations on 18000 subs. You really do like to torture yourself. Looking forward to you getting a kip on one of your overnight excursions a5 some stage.
Flix bus is introducing a new service between Manchester and Paris in the next month via Birmingham Cambridge London Greenwich and avoiding london victoria think it’s going to be ran by whippets coaches as it’s stopping in Cambridge and that’s where their depot is also they brought 2 new coaches witch I’m guessing is for the route
With many other vloggers all covering the same routes and services you deserve a lot of credit for coming up with less well known, and interesting subjects. Its a pleasant change to watch a video which rather than focusing on how many canapes you get in business class instead convey the cold, nearly empty, fluorescent lit ferry in the dead of night.
Amen. It does get a tad boring. Like the 1500 videos on the Elizabeth line. There’s only so many ways you can cover something.
Agreed! Most of them are pretty ungifted also.
Totally agree with you.
Can't believe how busy Paris is at midnight
Paris is always busy . It never sleeps. Sadly.
@@littlebigman5791 just like London
Travelling by bus is probably the cheapest option and you get a meal voucher. As you say, doing the journey by day makes it part of the adventure where you can take in the views
For your information. The ferries are all ex sea France. The food on them was always terrible. And the security at calais is necessary because of the clandestine passenger trying to get to the UK. Not only does the passengers get checked but the coach does too. They basically put a sniffer dog around the coach trained on human smells and check the interior of the coach including the toilet. For some reason dfds are always slower than p&o even though one of the ships used to be the fastest on the route.
DFDS have offered an all-inclusive meal voucher since the start of the pandemic. It's a very good and competitive touch to their product.
The flixbus I went on took a P&O ferry. *No meal voucher there.*
I was travelling back and forth between Paris and London and Antwerp and London for only £8 each way back in 2019, that's the only reason I found it worthwhile. The cost has increased by about 10x recently and unless they go back down I'll be flying into Europe from now on, although I still find them great for travelling around the mainland.
Why did the cost increase?
@@robertmcdonnell3117 brexit
Flights and Eurostar are too expensive now. Coach looking like the only way
The things you do for our viewing pleasure Scott! And what a great video it was :) Hope you got a good rest after this one!
Your video are also very interesting Steve Marsh 👍
The two of you do travel for the common person.
Great to lie in my bed @ night & watch your video's, that was a wee bit different, thanks again Scott from me in Irvine ! 😁
Have you thought about doing a Q&A video? Would love to hear about your tourism career in the past, favourite places visited, etc.
Hey Scott.. If you think that bus depot is bad, its pretty obvious you've never ridden a bus in the USA. Some of our bus depots make that one look absolutely gorgeous...
i enjoyed it when I was a lad I did trips like that all the time great fun
Loving this channel!
Love your vlogs Scott!
2:04 driver asks passenger if he already labeled his suitcase and gives him a label and pen requiring only the first name to be written on the label. That already tells much about the organisation of these coaches.
Very helpful and interesting video thanks!
"Your ferry for nothing, and your breakfast for free". Love it. We're clearly of the same generation PTE.
Don’t think I’ll be doing that trip in a hurry,but another great video
I didn’t catch how much the trip cost you, but there’s nothing about it that would tempt me to try this. Great video!
I did this trip and many trips to Antwerp and Bruges from London in 2019 and it cost me between £8 and £14 each way but looking at the app now its between £30-£100 so much better to fly unless they put the prices back down imo
@@brionyholmes8266 Yup, the prices are getting ridiculous!
@@brionyholmes8266 There's surge pricing like with Uber. 100 was the middle of the holiday season.
It looks pretty vile, thanks for the warts and all review. Correct, it may be a lot more pleasant during the day, I still think buses are the worst way of getting around though. Work hard at school kids, otherwise you may find yourself getting around in a bus when you grow up!😯
It sounds like the old Anderson bus station in Glasgow
I feel bad for you that the breakfast was cold!
The downside of taking the ferry is you miss it and have to wait for another. It can often be some time.
I have taken the bus from London to Düsseldorf 4 times with the ferry. 3 times we was delayed and missed the ferry and I lost my connection from Düsseldorf.
Great informative video! There’s one thing for sure, as far as I’m concerned, I’d avoid that particular mode of travel from the continent!
Looks like an utter nightmare! The things you do so we don't have to! I'd have spent the entire journey wishing I'd taken the Eurostar - under 3 hours end to end in comfort - no matter how much it cost!!
Good job
You're a brave man going to that dump, Paris, London in parts isn't far behind!
Been to plenty of Non touristy Places that aren't A Dump. Paris does have a big plus over London & The UK, It doesn't have Greggs bakeries.
Best travel youtuber at the moment, always love your no nonsense videos! Next time your in London lmk and I’ll get you a pint!!!
This is travel for real people. CZcams is awash with people blagging priority lounges and club class (whilst racking up personal debt in their quest for fleeting fame). Well done.
ENJOYED
Absolutely love these videos mate, thanks for all your hard work!
I enjoy these videos also. Is it me or does travel seem ever more difficult, even unpleasant?
I think you are right the journey used to be part of the fun of going on holiday now i dread it too stressful, vaccine cert, locator forms 😡.
I get the feeling they want it to be like that to dissuade you to travel
Covid has taken the fun out of travelling.
@@juliacoggins7292 I agree but the before that the ritual of getting through security and all that entails really gets to me shoes of belt of 😡
@@nudgenudgewinkwink3212 bloody rubbish anyway...
Just as I was thinking 'that looks better than London Victoria Coach Station' you tell me the place is disgusting!
I used to use the coach/hovercraft/coach service to Paris a fair bit as a student in the 70s. We didn't go into a coach station back then - Hoverlloyd used to drop us off at the front of the Gare du Nord/Gare de l'Est (Quai d'Orsay later on also?). East Kent Road Car Co. coaches didn't actually board the hovercraft (though coaches were able to) so you had to remove and place luggage between the two coaches and the hovercraft. Otherwise it was a nice trip, cheap too - depart Victoria at about 0930, Ramsgate Hoverport about 1230, a 40 minute crossing to Calais, then boarding a French coach (with a coffee stop before joining the autoroute after Arras) arriving in Paris at about 1800.
Just a warning to all the Brexiters. It is a European Munich based company (that’s in Germany) so you probably want to avoid it. Thanks.
Thanks. Will do.
Cost please. Was there a toilet on the bus. Did it arrive on time. Do you have to wait outside in the rain at the terminal for the bus like you did? Thanks
There are toilets on the coaches but you would be better advised to use those at the ferry terminals or on the ferry itself.
Love your uploads, so informative and helpful keep up the great work
Bus journey times really don't imorove with flixbus ! 25 years ago i went by Eurolines from the dutch border to copenhagen , in 8 hours ! Nowadays, with flixbus it takes 11-12-13 hours ! ( Albeit at higher frequency..)
This journey.of 470km should be doable in 7-8 hours , rather than 10 you'd say...
That's great thanks
I think you've been lucky so far with the Flixbus trips in the UK. This seems more in line with the regular experience
There's a Flixbus locally in California: LAX, SFO, Palm Springs, and Riverside-San Bernardino.
Great video, but how much did the trip cost?
Euro Fratello in Italian Euro Brother. 👍
Bello
Really enjoyed the video. Sorry you had it a bit rough!!))
great vlog again scott what a trooper out on that back deck the ocd in me is on fire i need costs 😂
Love your video's Scott
Went to Paris via coach 7 years ago, one way was the tunnel the other the ferry (think it depends if you're travelling during the day/night)
We went on the tunnel on the day flixbus from Paris to London
Thank you so much ! Finally I found how to go London via Night bus
Hi Scott what kind of recording device do you use thanks
I think when people watch vlogs like this, they also want to know about the state of the coach, how comfortable it was, what amenities there were on the coach etc. What times were available for picking up the coach in Paris, what the best times might be. Generally all information about the travel experience. You don't really give much information about anything. It would be great if you did this and then you might get more subscribers.
Leave my man alone, he’s just living his life and taking the time to film it for your viewing benefit. Don’t pretend like you cannot easily find this information with a quick google search…
@@Gabrielm624quick google search”’s tend to lead to videos like this
Wow the whole thing looks like the layers of hell. Edit to add: I used to live in Paris, that place is probably up there with the norm for hygiene in 'le shitte de lumiere'
Would love to travel between the UK and Malta via long distance coaches, so long as Flixbus reopens the interflix tickets. And P&O Ferries was now trying to get agency workers from here in Malta with a Brexit loophole and that Maltese agency's staff is paid like €3.50/hour or something like that
I'd love there to be train to Malta via the channel tunnel but a couple of problems with that.
@@ajt22 easy train to paris then train to milan overnight then night train to scilly easy then ferry to malta
@@BIGV710 you know im actually tempted to try that
@@ajt22 do you know that you can buy a interrail pass for europe they are for everybody now and you just pay extra for sleeping cars
@@BIGV710 I just want to wait for covid restrictions to cool down, then I'm up for it.
subscribed to your channel, very nice content mate :)
What was border control like? Did they only check passports or other documents too? You had to get off the bus for this part right?
I enjoyed that. I would prefer the bus. Far more interestng than boring Eurostar.
Hi Scott! How long does it take on a passport control? Did your bus arrive on time? :)
I've often considered booking with Flixbus to get back to the UK. Well, I did once when I was in Prague. I was worried in case my Easyjet flight would be cancelled, and booked a ticket as a back up. As it happened I didn't need it. I'll bear them in mind for the future though. I didn't know they went on the ferry. I thought they always went through the Chunnel. I liked the meal voucher!
Forty years ago I did the same trip. That was then.
I've been on night busses between Paris and London over 60 times in the last 15 and going on the ferry was normal, never got a meal voucher though.
That station is a real dump. They've got departure boards now but they're not to be trusted. The old way of someone in a yellow jacket going about shouting LONDON was better.
Better still to get the Bla Bla bus which leaves from Bercy train station across the park/dog toilet and is much nicer.
Just discovered your channel,sort of thing I would love to do,64 yrs fit but female living I west cornwall takes miles just getting out of County,relly good videos Scott.
Great video
Nice video
I’m an American guy who is new to your channel, Scott and I truly enjoy your videos. Your relaxed style and way of handling some rather annoying situations is a gift. Just made the London-Paris journey with the family but we took Eurostar and it was tough enough with 2 kids in tow. Can’t imagine how brutal this would have been! And it’s also good to know what a dump that bus station is, for the next time we’re in Paris. Will avoid. Keep up the great work, and I’ll eagerly await seeing your next adventure.
what security check did you go through? a xray?
Bercy station is so rough and filthy!!!
I went to paris for the European cup final at the end of May and I couldn’t agree anymore about the bus staion
Great vid and no surprise the Paris Bus station is not great. Though on a much smaller scale Manchester Chorlton Street Coach Station used to be dreadful till it was rebuilt about 18 years ago. Unless you are on a long ferry trip the food is appalling on most ferries. Their Amsterdam to Newcastle offering is much better.
What was the price ?
Have DFDS done what P & O did, and sacked all their regular staff and replaced them with agency workers?
You noticed the restrooms' terrible condition, which I feel is due to those who use them. Unfortunately, some people come from countries where cleanliness is not valued and bring that culture to Europe.
Great reporting mate. Not easy with camera equipment.
Great video, I love your sense of adventure, how much did it cost?
And how long was the journey in total? Come on this is basics.
Whats happening to Rusty Nails metal detecting
Isn't it very expensive to travel via Flixbus from London to Paris? It cost 40 to 60 euro! It used to be cheap!
Hi can we do the tax refund at calais ferry terminal..?
I thought that ? When you entered the bus station so much Graffiti for such a big city bus station doesn’t look great 🤷♂️☹️
I used to crew on sailing boats going across the North Sea Had no problems sleeping BUT I was used to ship life as a Army veteran Sleep when you can
Take it back if it's cold.
Have you ever thought about doing a video about getting the ferry to Arran?
obviously prices change over time, but i'd like to see the price just a point of comparison to the amount of travel time you spend on each leg.
Did you add the costings XX really didn't know that you can go by bus 👍👍
How much did the trip cost?
I've used Flixbus to Brussels and Paris, albeit a few years ago, and it was Eurotunnel being used. Wonder what changed.
Deserve a medal for doing that one .. makes Manchester Airport look a picnic
Hello from Canada!! I laughed when you described the station as a toilet!! What made you decide to take the bus so late?
I'm not sure what the point of these videos is, as you didn't give us any real information about the journey. Did the coach leave on time from Paris, did you have enough legroom, were the toilets OK, what did you pay, what was your overall impression etc. Ditto for the ferry section, and what about the UK leg of the journey - did you arrive on time ? If you add more practical info then your videos could be very useful.
, because of the covid certificate, you need it, we just be hold by the dover port for 24 hours, in the middle of nowhere, everybody payed extra like 150 euro above our bus fee, and this is a warning to everyone who travel by flixbus!
Hi Scott, what was the actual cost of that trip to see how it stacks up against Eurostar. Keep the films coming 😀
Flixbus and it's predecessor Eurolines are/were always a lot cheaper than Eurostar, even if you book the day before . Eurostars turn up and go fares are just crazy. Saying that the prices have certainly increased for the bus. Monday (tomorrow is showing fully booked on all but one service whereas a trip on Tuesday can be had for £55 or so. That's about double what I paid before Covid.
It would have been an evening better experience if it was lashing with rain standing about at the ferry terminal!🤔
Congratulations on 18000 subs. You really do like to torture yourself. Looking forward to you getting a kip on one of your overnight excursions a5 some stage.
I thought you are in a Flixbus today in London 😁 22/07/22
How much did it cost ? good review
Flix bus is introducing a new service between Manchester and Paris in the next month via Birmingham Cambridge London Greenwich and avoiding london victoria think it’s going to be ran by whippets coaches as it’s stopping in Cambridge and that’s where their depot is also they brought 2 new coaches witch I’m guessing is for the route
Don’t get why anyone would travel the whole route rather than fly
@@s125ish cost and being scared of flying?
@@aston-s perhaps, might be cheaper but takes longer at less comfort
How much did the trip cost ? 😤
Interesting video. The Port Authority 42nd Street bus terminal is terrible, looks worse then the one in Paris.
You want to try Regio Jet London - Prague bus
Hate it when it's rough
How much was it
Great video, just my kind of thing. But! how did you get to Paris? Cant beat a good DFDS ferry much better than Stena and P&O.
There's no Stena here. Maybe you mean Irish Ferries ?
I hope you complained about the cold breakfast?
You forgot to-say how much in Uk £ ? Little John from Chichester !
Hi there! So if I’m understanding correctly you didn’t need to buy a separate ferry ticket, it was included in your Flixbus ticket?