Student Paying €25 Return x5 Days Of College A Week

Menas

Assuming 40 weeks in the college year that is €5000 per year on public transport. There must be plenty of options that are better than that.
Moped been the most practical one.

9de5q7tsr8u2im

hardly going to be driving a moped, especially shes a girl haha, but yeah the bus passes through ucc and usually gets off there

snubbleste

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

hardly going to be driving a moped, especially shes a girl haha, but yeah the bus passes through ucc and usually gets off there

So where is the €125pw coming from?

Armchair Andy

Wade Rapping Manganese wrote:

hardly going to be driving a moped, especially shes a girl haha, but yeah the bus passes through ucc and usually gets off there

Da**** do them Italians know anyway?

9de5q7tsr8u2im

snubbleste wrote: »

So where is the €125pw coming from?

part time job and parents, she doesn't get the grant though dont know why, and accommodation is typically €100 per week up in the city!

whatismyname

snubbleste wrote: »

So where is the €125pw coming from?

According to the opening post, they pay €25 return or €125 per week.

Yet on Bus Eireann site adult return fare Bantry - Cork is €14 and student return €12.83....

munchkin_utd

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

Bantry, and she goes to UCC

and 29 posts later..........
finally info that might help in giving a practical tip.

still
a red zone monthly is €66.80, so (x12 /52) = €15 per week
A 10 journey Bantry-Cork is €80.75
Total, 95, a saving of €30 per week or €120 per 4weeks

snubbleste

whatismyname wrote: »

According to the opening post, they pay €25 return or €125 per week.
Yet on Bus Eireann site adult return fare Bantry - Cork is €14 and student return €12.83....

Stop repeating what I say

9de5q7tsr8u2im

whatismyname wrote: »

According to the opening post, they pay €25 return or €125 per week.

Yet on Bus Eireann site adult return fare Bantry - Cork is €14 and student return €12.83....

when i tried checking for the price i thought it was €12.83 for return a day for a student but didn't realise there were an outward and return too haha so €25.26.. :pac:

whatismyname

snubbleste wrote: »

Stop repeating what I say

Eh?

snubbleste

whatismyname wrote: »

Eh?

Exactly!

whatismyname

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

when i tried checking for the price i thought it was €12.83 for return a day for a student but didn't realise there were an outward and return too haha so €25.26.. :pac:

Cool. Either way, €62.70 for a ten journey ticket Bantry to Cork which stops at Western Road a couple of minutes walk from UCC.

9de5q7tsr8u2im

take it easy guys we're only offering help for someone here :L

9de5q7tsr8u2im

whatismyname wrote: »

Cool. Either way, €62.70 for a ten journey ticket Bantry to Cork which stops at Western Road a couple of minutes walk from UCC.

€62.70 is all a single journey right?..

snubbleste

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

€62.70 is all a single journey right?..

whatismyname

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

€62.70 is all a single journey right?..

Ten single journeys.

Weekly 10 Journey Tickets - valid for 10 journeys as specified for a period of seven consecutive days inclusive of date of issue and including Sundays, e.g. a weekly ticket issued on Tuesday is valid up to and including the following Monday.

http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=339

9de5q7tsr8u2im

whatismyname wrote: »

Ten single journeys.

Weekly 10 Journey Tickets - valid for 10 journeys as specified for a period of seven consecutive days inclusive of date of issue and including Sundays, e.g. a weekly ticket issued on Tuesday is valid up to and including the following Monday.

http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=339

cheers, thanks appreciate it

the only bad thing about it is, no returns

Indestructable

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

cheers, thanks appreciate it

the only bad thing about it is, no returns

Ah here really? This must be a pisstake

Miaireland

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

So i was wondering as a friend of mine was paying a ridiculous €125 a week to travel up and down a week as theres no accommodation here up in cork. Shes a student and lives approx 60km from her college, she gets the student bus ticket every morning but says its only a discount of a few €€'s from the adult return price.

As for as the student leap card, she can't make much savings as she doesn't live in the green zone nor the red zone which is an added expense for her, as she does'nt live in the city/ suburbs only down west!

Would appreciate all suggestions as she spends an hefty amount of €125 a week!

She needs to buy a ten day weekly ticket. If she can she should buy the ticket online as there is a discount as far as I know buying online. She should also contact bus eireann (maybe the help desk in the bus station) and see if she could have the stop near CIT as her end point on her ticket rather than Parnell Place. This might cover her on the City bus.

She should also contact Student Services in CIT and UCC to see if there is anyone driving from Bantry each morning and evening and would take someone in exchange for petrol money. Might be worth sticking a note up asking the same on notices boards in Supermarkets in her home town or in a local newspaper as well.

9de5q7tsr8u2im

Indestructable wrote: »

Ah here really? This must be a pisstake

whats a pisstake now?..

Indestructable

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

whats a pisstake now?..

The 10 journey ticket is valid for ten trips in either direction. Assuming you're going to and coming from college each weekday that's your 10 trips.

snubbleste

She should ask UCC to relocate to Bantry

whatismyname

Miaireland wrote: »

She needs to buy a ten day weekly ticket. If she can she should buy the ticket online as there is a discount as far as I know buying online. She should also contact bus eireann (maybe the help desk in the bus station) and see if she could have the stop near CIT as her end point on her ticket rather than Parnell Place. This might cover her on the City bus.

She should also contact Student Services in CIT and UCC to see if there is anyone driving from Bantry each morning and evening and would take someone in exchange for petrol money. Might be worth sticking a note up asking the same on notices boards in Supermarkets in her home town or in a local newspaper as well.

Her stop is UCC not CIT and the bus from Bantry stops there.

Miaireland

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

€62.70 is all a single journey right?..

Basically it can be used ten times on the same bus route either way.SO in her case it would be five returns.

She would use it in the morning to get to Cork and in the evening to get to her home town.

MadsL

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

So i was wondering as a friend of mine was paying a ridiculous €125 a week to travel up and down a week as theres no accommodation here up in cork.

Eh?

http://www.daft.ie/cork-city/rooms-to-share/?s%5Bsort_by%5D=price&s%5Bsort_type%5D=a

This is right next to UCC...
http://www.daft.ie/cork/house-share/cork-city-centre/connaught-avenue-college-road-cork-city-centre-cork-833236/

9de5q7tsr8u2im

can i get the link to the 10 day journey tickets please? can't seem to find it anywhere and thanks for everyone that have made suggestions, appreciate it all, not doing it for myself!

Car99

I hope your friend isn't studying maths, economics or any business related subject as if they can't figure out how to save on a €5k a year commute bill they're in trouble.

9de5q7tsr8u2im

Haha shes doing genetics and fairly smart actually, i'm feeling a bit intimidated here haha :P

whatismyname

LuckyDude12 wrote: »

can i get the link to the 10 day journey tickets please? can't seem to find it anywhere and thanks for everyone that have made suggestions, appreciate it all, not doing it for myself!

Just go to Bus Eireann website, enter Bantry to Cork, and select 10 journey as the Ticket Type, and student

Rubberchikken

i drive my daughter 70 km a day for college. in a week it costs me approx 50/60 euro petrol and i drive verrry carefully:)
public transport is not viable from our home so that's ruled out.