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Is there a Bus Eireann annual ticket you could buy as a gift?

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  • 09-05-2018 3:21am
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    NIMAN
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    I was checking the BE website and can only see an annual ticket that employers can purchase for their staff.

    What I'm looking for is a ticket which you could give to a person starting college in Dublin as a gift, where they could use it to do their trip from home to Dublin and back every weekend, or Monday morning/Friday afternoon.

    Does such a thing exist?


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    L1011
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    Anyone can buy an annual ticket, at full price. Its quite hefty. It'll be a lot dearer than a student return for the 35 or so weekends they'll use it.


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    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,129 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Money in a card so!!


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,282 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Money in a card so!!
    Be wary of giving a young student hundreds of euros at the start of the year. A steady stipend can work much better. :)

    Note that they may need a bus ticket from where they are staying to college anyway. Student tickets are usually sold as monthly tickets, not annual.


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    tara83
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    A top up to a student leap card might be an idea. They can use it on all forms of transport and you can top up in increments so if it's lost not too much credit lost. I assume they need to start college and register for the card 1st

    If you wanted to give as a gift/ surprise a regular leap card which you could top up would work. Obviously can't avail of student discounts with that though.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,282 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    tara83 wrote: »
    so if it's lost not too much credit lost.
    If a **registered** Leap Card is lost, you can get the credit back.


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