Rambler 30 day dublin bus tickets

Drakar

The Super Value on Aston Quay is selling 30 day Rambler bus tickets for 80 euros (usually 100). This means you save money even if you only do a 1.60 each way commute.

bk

How does a 30 day rambler work, do you have to use it over 30 consecutive days, or can you use it over a longer period?

Also is this a smart card type?

patrickc

bk wrote: »

How does a 30 day rambler work, do you have to use it over 30 consecutive days, or can you use it over a longer period?

Also is this a smart card type?

http://www.dublinbus.ie/fares_and_tickets/monthly.asp

bk

patrickc wrote: »

http://www.dublinbus.ie/fares_and_tickets/monthly.asp

Thanks, so it is consecutive days.

snubbleste

bk wrote: »

Thanks, so it is consecutive days.

The Rambler?

Rambler 30 day ticket offers unlimited travel for 30 non-consecutive days on all Dublin Bus scheduled services including AIRLINK and Xpresso (excluding Nitelink, Ferry Services, Tours and Special Events)

consultech

Can this be used for daily commute; i.e. once in the morning, once in the evening, 5 days a week?

mcguyver

non-consecutive days so I could use this once a week for unlimited travel over 30 weeks? All the other tickets are for 30 consecutive days maybe its a misprint

consultech

mcguyver wrote: »

non-consecutive days so I could use this once a week for unlimited travel over 30 weeks? All the other tickets are for 30 consecutive days maybe its a misprint

Yeah the definition doesnt seem to be the clearest

Zynks

That seems to be right. The catch might be on the "A use by date is printed on the front of the smartcard."

Did anyone get one of these cards? What was the use by date?

Sad Professor

It's not a misprint. I use a 5-day Rambler and it works the same way for 5 non-consecutive days. The use-by-date on my current card is November 2010.

So technically, yeah, with the 30-day Rambler you could use it once a week for 30 weeks.

the groutch

Drakar wrote: »

The Super Value on Aston Quay is selling 30 day Rambler bus tickets for 80 euros (usually 100). This means you save money even if you only do a 1.60 each way commute.

what expiry date was on the one you got???

peanuthead

mcguyver wrote: »

non-consecutive days so I could use this once a week for unlimited travel over 30 weeks? All the other tickets are for 30 consecutive days maybe its a misprint

AFAIK Rambler tickets are to be used for 30 consecutive days. Rambler Handipacks however, are (for one week) a booklet of 5 separate one-day tickets.

I doublt very much that one single ticket could be used for non-consecutive day travel....to much like hassle tbh

Sad Professor

They don't do Rambler handipacks anymore. All 5/30 day Rambler tickets are smartcards now. And they ARE valid for non-consecutive days.

greenman09

Have a 5day rambler and its non consecutive days.

Royale with Cheese

Nice. I'm gonna get 2 of these and that'll be my bus fare for my second semester of college sorted (have to get 2 buses each way, ugh). Student fares on Dublin bus are a complete joke.

Sad Professor

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Nice. I'm gonna get 2 of these and that'll be my bus fare for my second semester of college sorted (have to get 2 buses each way, ugh). Student fares on Dublin bus are a complete joke.

Well you can get a 30 consecutive day student ticket for €82. Or a 7 day for €20. Versus the regular price of the Rambler the student ticket would normally be better value. Although the unused days from weekends/sick days/holidays can add up.

Royale with Cheese

I'm only in 4 days a week so consecutive day tickets don't really suit me. Was using the travel 90 handypack up until now.

There's no monthly bus only ticket for students. Just bus/rail or bus/luas. There's no 5 day bus ticket for students, just 7 day tickets. They go out of their way to make it just as expensive for students to use the bus. Plus they jacked the price of their student bus/rail ticket up by a stupid amount in January, therefore I stopped buying it.

seraphimvc

hey guys have been wondering about this actually!

every trip to city costs me 3.60euro now(return) ,if i am going to take a bus once/twice a week ,should i just get the 5days Rambler ticket?

Sad Professor

seraphimvc wrote: »

hey guys have been wondering about this actually!

every trip to city costs me 3.60euro now(return) ,if i am going to take a bus once/twice a week ,should i just get the 5days Rambler ticket?

3.60 altogether? Then no.

€3.60 x 5 days = €18

vs.

€20 for the 5 day Rambler.

Royale with Cheese wrote:

Was using the travel 90 handypack up until now.

I was thinking of switching to this actually. It would save me 2 euro. But it would depend on the first bus not getting stuck in traffic and the second actually coming on time — which is a bit too much to ask of Dublin Bus sometimes.

Drakar

Expiry date was Nov 2010. And like a few other people mentioned it just gives you unlimited travel for 30 individual days (which dont have to be consecutive), so it works out at 2.67 a day (with this reduced price ticket). Looks like the reason they are offering them cheap is they are printed with the old price (this ticket used be 90 euros before the prices went up in january), so they had to sticker the 100 over it.

undo

This would seem like a very good way to get to the airport. Airlink single is €6, return is €10 (€5 each way). With a 30 day rambler, you pay ~€2.70 for each day that you use it. So, a trip to the airport is less than half the price of a normal Airlink ticket. I know I certainly will make more than 15 round trips to the airport before the end of 2010. Brilliant deal.

68 lost souls

Student card monthly is 82 euro and it includes luas but it is consecutive days unfortunatily. Still a good deal. Not that much of a joke.

Ciaran500

undo wrote: »

This would seem like a very good way to get to the airport. Airlink single is €6, return is €10 (€5 each way). With a 30 day rambler, you pay ~€2.70 for each day that you use it. So, a trip to the airport is less than half the price of a normal Airlink ticket. I know I certainly will make more than 15 round trips to the airport before the end of 2010. Brilliant deal.

Pretty sure it excludes airlink.

undo

Ciaran500 wrote: »

Pretty sure it excludes airlink.

No, the rambler very much *includes* airlink. I use ramblers on the airlink all the time. From http://www.dublinbus.ie/fares_and_tickets/monthly.asp (emphasis added):

Rambler 30 day ticket offers unlimited travel for 30 non-consecutive days on all Dublin Bus scheduled services including AIRLINK and Xpresso (excluding Nitelink, Ferry Services, Tours and Special Events)

Oracle

Yeah that's a good deal for anyone who goes to the airport regularly. Even at full price it's €3.30 for the trip, and the bonus of any additional bus journeys on the day are included as well. It's a good find, whether it's €80 or €100

2 other good ones at regular price:

Travel 90 Adult 10 Journey Smartcard - €18.00
So €1.80 for 2 or more journeys (i.e. unlimited travel within 90 mins of first use) Excludes Airlink.
This ticket is good if you need to take 2 buses somewhere, or are going to spend less than an hour in the city.

5 Day Rambler Smartcard - €20.00
So €4 per day, for 5 non-consecutive days, includes Airlink.

undo

Two more notes:

* I just went to the SuperValu and got my 30 day rambler. They have a sign there saying all bus tickets 20% off, i.e. not just the 30 day rambler.

* When you need to take the airlink and don't feel like getting a multi-day ticket, you have two options: A single airlink ticket (€6) or a one-day rambler (€6 as well). Obviously, the latter one is a better deal as it is valid on any connections as well.

bk

undo wrote: »

They have a sign there saying all bus tickets 20% off, i.e. not just the 30 day rambler.

Do you know, did that include the travel 90 card?

undo

bk wrote: »

Do you know, did that include the travel 90 card?

I did not ask about any other tickets but if I remember correctly, the sign said "all". Of course, it is only valid while stocks last.

jaffa20

I don't know if this would be any good to me. Does a day rambler allow you to take 2 journeys per day? or does it just mean 1 journey. Mite buy a few of these if the expiry is nov 2010.

undo

jaffa20 wrote: »

Does a day rambler allow you to take 2 journeys per day?

A rambler ticket allows you to travel on as many daytime routes as you please. You could get on the bus at 5am or whenever they start running and keep criss-crossing town until late in the evening. Airlink and Xpresso are also covered; Nightlink is not.

Esel

Any number of journies in a day.

jaffa20

esel wrote: »

Any number of journies in a day.

Brilliant. That's a great offer so. Works out at 2.66 per day wherever you want to go. My ticket to work costs 4 euro return per day so might buy a few of these cause i'd do a bit of travelling at weekend too and it's annoying always looking for change.

undo

From the wording on BAH's website, it seems to me ramblers should actually be valid on outer suburban routes. Now, *these* are quite expensive normally - so the savings there would be massive.

Nalz

Thats an excellent deal, cant believe it to be honest

beecee

Bah... was down there at 9.30 and they were sold out of 30 day ramblers and the person before me got the last travel 90.

It's one ticket per purchase by the way, and claims to be running till Saturday.

babyhack

Got one of these yesterday
thanks OP

BH

snappieT

beecee wrote: »

Bah... was down there at 9.30 and they were sold out of 30 day ramblers and the person before me got the last travel 90.

It's one ticket per purchase by the way, and claims to be running till Saturday.

They're lying. I was there at 11.40 and I got a 30 day rambler. I asked if they had any more and they told me "probably some more downstairs".

consultech

snappieT wrote: »

They're lying. I was there at 11.40 and I got a 30 day rambler. I asked if they had any more and they told me "probably some more downstairs".

Definitely believe you. Probably part of the emerging epidemic of retail outlets not wanting to take in money from the public.

undo

The simple explanation would be that they got more from their downstairs storage between 9:30 and 11:40. At 9:30, they did not want to block a till during morning rush while searching for tickets in their storage. Makes sense to me.

Nalz

undo wrote: »

The simple explanation would be that they got more from their downstairs storage between 9:30 and 11:40. At 9:30, they did not want to block a till during morning rush while searching for tickets in their storage. Makes sense to me.

Gonna head down there in 30mins and see what the sceal is

Drakar

Said all the 30 day ones were gone when I checked going home.

very miffed dub

Thanks OP.

I was there at lunchtime today. There's a sign up which says 'one ticket per customer per day'. So I bought a Travel 90 one for €14.40 then asked the guy if I could buy more. He said 'yeah, no problem', so I bought 4 more!!

I might try again tomorrow.

Nalz

Same story, all gone, will be in first thing tomorrow morning (this was at 17:40 or so)

Drakar

Think its just the 30 day ones that are gone

Nalz

Drakar wrote: »

Think its just the 30 day ones that are gone

Sorry yep thats what I meant

atmmusa

eeh, why I'm always too late (

The_Hustler

My mother bought me a 30 day one on Thursday at around half 3 and got one no problem. I tried earlier today at about 6 but no luck.

daveyjoe

They don't seem to be doing it anymore. I was in today and they charged me e100. Decided to get it anyway as it will save me money.

the groutch

been to 5 or 6 different places, none have them, are they being done away with because it's too good a deal???

snappieT

the groutch wrote: »

been to 5 or 6 different places, none have them, are they being done away with because it's too good a deal???

It was only ever a temporary deal in SuperValu to get it for €80, the normal price is €100, and these should be available everywhere.

the groutch

snappieT wrote: »

It was only ever a temporary deal in SuperValu to get it for €80, the normal price is €100, and these should be available everywhere.

any place i've been to has been sold out, even at €100