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Didn't hear anything at all from our room

@@MarcsCupofTea Fabulous - thank you so much - that's reassuring, our friends have just booked this cabin.

@@suebroughton8004 hope they have a great time

That's great to hear. Yeah I've heard about Megabus axing services but in my opinion they're the worst out the 3. Sadly it does make this video somewhat obsolete. Maybe I'll do one comparing National Express with Flix in the future.

I don't use anything to stabilise the video and I'm an amateur at this. Thanks

I remember the old style seats they were so comfortable. Price wasn't too much to upgrade to first class. I went Exeter to London once and payed about £2 extra to travel first class. Was a no brainer really. I wouldn't travel overnight by seat unless I was on a tight budget (or a lot of followers request me to 😉) Thanks for watching and your feedback.

Yeah not much padding on them and I had extra padding on my ass but still wouldn't fly on them for more than an hour or 2. But the price makes it easier.

Definitely! I loved it

@@MarcsCupofTea - Your Railcard discount would actually have been 34%, for what few pennies it's worth! I like the Night Riviera Sleeper train because it's all Standard Class only but berth passengers get to use the First Class customer lounges at Paddington and Penzance and also get a complimentary light breakfast brought to their cosy little cabin in the morning!

​@@KempSimonyeah I really liked it. Definitely go on it again one day.

Will look into it.

Megabus or Flix?

Hi I'm so glad you've enjoyed yourself

That's a good question and I've been trying to rack my brains about it. I'm almost sure that the loungers on the pool are free and there is a fence from the beach so only hotel guests can use those loungers. The 4 poster beds are an extra cost per day. Not sure how much and the price has likely gone up since I visited so best to enquire when you arrive at the resort. Hope this helps

That's good to hear. This was my first time on her and hopefully it's brought some life back to her

Brilliant. The swim up rooms look amazing, hopefully stay in one somewhere day. Enjoy the sunset cruise. Was definitely our highlight.

Hey there. Nice, the swim up rooms looked amazing but a bit out of our budget at the time. Thank you, this is the video that started it for me 😁 all edited on my phone. Channel is going all fine thanks. I'm the opposite really, getting views but subscribers not so much. Some videos work, other don't but it's all trial and error. I got my last video from our recent cruise to do then 2 train videos to edit. Off to Dublin soon for a concert so gonna do a video or 2 while I'm there.

@@MarcsCupofTea Will drop you a PM tomorrow (watching Bath Rugby atm) and will tell you how I got subscribers.

Yeah great. Watching the match on the TV. C'mon Bath

Yes I did indeed bring on 2 half finished bottles of gin and packed cans of beer in my suitcase and a few in my hand luggage. I keep hearing they're cracking down on alcohol allowance and seeing a lot of heated debates on some of the Facebook groups. At the time of filming it was up to 1 litre of spirits per adult and as far as I'm aware not allowed to bring cans of beer but soft drinks are fine

I didn't smell poo in the room or general communal areas. Plumbing isn't great in Corfu so if you flush your toilet paper then it will back up and smell so maybe that's what they mean

We went last week and read a lot of reviews mentioning the smell the night before. We didn't experience any horrible smells anywhere throughout the hotel or close by and the hotel was very clean with plenty of staff available. There has been some good reviews posted since we came back so I'm guessing improvements were made. I hope this helps

​@@Beyond_the_Guidebook that's really good to hear. I know the hotel was having improvements when I went and was lucky to be in a newer room. When I went the hotel was full and despite them being short staffed everyone worked so hard and never found anywhere dirty or waited too long before being served

Thanks. Yeah we'll get around to doing Sky Princess sometime

Getting there. Room tours are popular

That's good. Yeah I'd be happy to do 2 weeks in this cabin. I like a sofa in the room too

Yeah I've heard that after posting this video. Of course for "safety" because we can't be responsible adults anymore. Thanks for your input 🙂

Nice. We did Sindhu on our last night

Both on the same night? Or have a read that wrong?

Awesome! Thank you!

Thank you! Cheers!

I didn't know about Ember using these. But thanks for the comment

That's what I think too. Diesel buses can easily do that trip up and back with no issues then a few minutes to fill with diesel. I assume it's charging at Battersea is just a top up and then back to the depot to charge all night. But it's more about image and jumping on the electric bandwagon. Personally I have no issues but hybrid or hydrogen are really the future

@@MarcsCupofTea They don't even need to be cancelled lol, I have had refuels on coach journeys before. I have done the London Vic to Rotterdam Central route, where they might do so. Press the Coffee or wine symbol and the driver will have a stop at the next rest stop.

Sorry I made a typo there. Was meant to say that diesels can easily do that trip multiple times before being refilled. Corrected now

@@MarcsCupofTea Ye totally agree there Marcs

They charge in well under one hour.

Thanks for watching

That's ok. Honestly I got worried leading up to our cruise and didn't have a bad night's sleep all week. I do wear earplugs every night as I'm naturally a light sleeper anyway. Hope you enjoy your trip

My pleasure!

About 9am

Not to the rooms no. The ship itself had just come out from a refit

Oh was you? Nice, how was your suite? Never stayed in one myself but had a look around one on Iona last year but couldn't film it unfortunately. Yeah some of the communal areas were very cold. It was a shame that so much was closed, I think P&O should have had the ship off the seas for another week. The weather wasn't too bad, yes it was cold for April but at least it wasn't constant rain. Hope this won't put you off cruising as we had 2 amazing trips last year and got another booked later on this year.

@@MarcsCupofTea We saw you a couple of times and on the last day leaving, suite is nice, we did this to try it out and have 2 more booked for September and next April in the same suite. We learned a lot and the next time will be better I think.

@@jonathansmith8862 I hope you have a better time next time. We like to go for Balconies so long as the price is right. We originally had an obstructed balcony but won an upgrade to this one 🙂

Hi, we didn't hear any noise or waves in this cabin and I'm a light sleeper too, earplugs are always recommended. If you're going to Norway then I'd recommend a sea view at a minimum. Waking up to those views will make the trip.

You're welcome. With the reserved front row seat I wish I never did 1 the legroom was terrible for a tall person like myself and 2 the coach only had about 15 passengers on board so was more than enough room for everyone to have 2 seats each. Lesson learned for next time. That's a shame about seats being taken, I've had that situation before when I was a driver and I usually resolve it the long way of "This service will have to wait until you vacate that seat and sit somewhere else" 🤣 unfortunately my people skills ain't the best but means to an end.

@@MarcsCupofTea Interesting to hear about your experience of being both a passenger and a driver. I rather like the back one due to the fact you don't have anyone behind you. Also like the seat directly in front of the loo or the emergency stairs for the same reason.

Thank you for the positive response. Yeah back row can be good especially the middle seat (unlimited leg room) 😄 however I tend to avoid that if the toilet is located at the back of the coach as I've travelled before with some smelly passengers. It's certainly nice to be a passenger these days as I am very relaxed when in motion

I agree with you about that middle rear seat. What is not fun is being squashed on the back row in between two other passengers which happened to me on one trip a few years ago. As a former driver it must be wierd being on a coach as a passenger

It's not too bad being a passenger. I drive trucks now so I'm still out on the roads with something big but not having to deal with the 1% of passengers that are a pain in the backend 🤣 Never say never tho, maybe one day I'll drive buses/ coaches again.

Can't compete with the price. Train companies unfortunately are ripping us customers off. Hope your trip goes trouble free.

London is really expensive on the train and how GWR can justify that I don't know. The Corsham stops always look busy when I pass it in the car so it's good to see there's enough passenger traffic to support it. Trains to the south west are just as cheap as the coach as I've booked a few trips this week (spoiler alert) Thanks for watching 😁

@@MarcsCupofTea I look forward to seeing the new stuff 😁 fyi it is always a slightly anxious moment when the coach gets to my stop, because it’s so insignificant I never know whether it might carry on😂

You'll be surprised how many passengers are like that. Tbh I'm a bit like it when I'm waiting for a bus/coach. I don't know if they still do but I knew guys on National 20 odd years ago and they'd have a manifest before leaving the depot with how many passengers from each stop

Thanks for the great comment. I do like to find cheaper alternatives and helps competition. Hopefully I'll take some more trips soon (possibly over the water)

I don't know if you know but Eurolines no longer operate and have had their routes taken over by Flix. But yes Flix have impressed me so far. Hope to do a European route at some point too

Wow £30 for National Express? That's ridiculous! I hope Flix do increase frequency and then hopefully this will make the prices more competitive between the 2 companies on what is a very busy route. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊

Thank you for watching and commenting 😁 Yes I agree they are really making hay whilst the rail disruption is ongoing and hopefully will expand more throughout the UK (I understand they can be aggressive with expansion). Toilets unfortunately are the weak link as you say. Megabus had definitely not been cleaned for a number of days so definitely a Daily clean would improve this issue.

@@MarcsCupofTea Terrible if toilets not cleaned daily. Trouble is it's difficult for coach firms as the bus would have to return to the depot and, from what I see, the buses simply stop and depart. Personally I avoid them even on short train/air trips (but of course you have to review as part of the check). Anyway I look forward to viewing your future videos.

@@alexmcwhirter6611 yeah it can be a problem because buses can be used for multiple trips per day and drivers will be switched either at the depot or another one brought down by car and might be longer before it gets cleaned but that's down to the companies to organise cleaning. Thank you again for watching, I hope to have more content in the future.

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Let me know what you think

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That's interesting to hear. Thank you for your feedback 😁

I understand entirely. National Express does have a different feel and is more convenient to me as I have a National Express stop locally but not Flix (yet) But can't deny the prices are great

Yeah I agree. Flix is amazing value for money. National express have coaches specially made for them with their own spec of seats, lighting etc. Hopefully Flix will come to my nearest stop as I had to catch 2 local connections to get to Bristol