bus to holland?

ferdi

does anyone know of a coach service that exists from ireland to the netherlands? i seem to remember bus eireann offering a service (via sea obviously) but now i cant find any company that does it...

thanks for any help.

Glowing

You might have a better chance of finding one from the UK, and perhaps getting a ferry there. Do you have anything against flying or are you trying to keep costs down?

BuffyBot

Bus Eireann do it in conjunction with Eurolines (www.eurolines.ie). It takes a long time..not a great way to travel.

Colonel Sanders

once got eurolines to edinburgh, never again!!! in fairness with so many budgt airlines you'd fly for as cheap nearly.

mikedragon32

I did eurolines to Paris years ago (before cheap air fares).

Never again. It's just not worth it. Spent my whole time in Paris dreading the return journey.

man1

Glowing wrote:

You might have a better chance of finding one from the UK, and perhaps getting a ferry there. Do you have anything against flying or are you trying to keep costs down?

It would be cheaper to fly there anyway.
You could take a train from fishguard or holyhead to amsterdam (or any other city either), so a ferry trip would obviously be needed which you would have to do if you took a bus anyway.
Train would be far more comfartable than a bus (once you hit europe anyway).
There are blue rinse brigade bus tours from dublin with pab travel on abbey street to mainland europe. Fancy that???:D

ferdi

no problem flying just wanna keep cost to a minimum. return ryanscare flights for two is 200euro on the dates we have in mind...i'm hardly gonna beat that am i?

man1

which city did you want to fly into? and when?

ferdi

i just called eurolines, it would cost €60 per person one way dublin-london-amsterdam. its more expensive than flying and it would take two days...its a no brainer really. thanks folks.

edit/ was hoping to fly into eindhoven around then end of this month, dont like amsterdam.

man1

tried a few airlines for ya but amsterdam and eindhoven are either boked out or expensive. have you tried flights into brussels?
train would be cheap like I said.

ferdi

i've been on the bus and train from charlois a few times. pain in the hole.

Gran Hermano

http://www.skyscanner.net/
Plug your dates into the above it'll search most of the airlines
and give you the various options.

Also check flights from Belfast and see what price the bus to Belfast is
- I think the Aircoach may go up for a cheap enough price.

griffdaddy

ferdi wrote:

i've been on the bus and train from charlois a few times. pain in the hole.

But you were willing to sit on a bus from Dublin?:p