Once, I did an overnight bus ride from Leeds to Dublin. It was a pretty horrific experience since I did not sleep at all, was nauseous for a full 12 hours and super tired during my whole stay. I promised myself to avoid bus trips like that form now on. Well, promise broken.
When one of my friends suggested to do a weekend trip to Prague I soon realized it's pretty difficult to get there from little Luxembourg. Some options were trains + flight, bus + flight or flight + flight. Not only expensive, but also very time consuming. Then I remembered someone told me about a bus that goes directly from Luxembourg to Prague. Some googling did the trick. The company is called The Student Agency and has big bright yellow busses from several European cities to Prague and back.
The website is: http://www.studentagencybus.com/.
The website looks pretty dodgy, but after some of my friends confirmed it was not a scam, I booked my ticket. The website I used to book my ticket is:
http://czech-transport.com/index.php?id=9505
You can book the same bus ride for the same price, but the website is a bit more professional and their booking system a lot better and easier to use. I got 20 euros discount for being under 26 (there is also a discount for students), so that was nice. The best part is that this bus was not only the cheapest option, but also had very convenient arrival and departure times. I could take it after work and arrive in Prague 9 hours later the next morning.
Also, the bus was really comfortable, with drinks on board, wide seats and a personal television screen for each seat (I watched some pretty good movies while not sleeping). You can choose the movie or tv series you want to watch from quite a good range and a headset is provided to you by the bus company.
There is a steward(ess) present in the bus to ask questions or buy drink from. Both the ones on the trips I did were really friendly and pleasant people, even though they were working all though the night. Hot drinks like tea and hot chocolate are included in the ticket price and the other drinks are really cheap. On the bus you can pay in different currencies.
I had a very pleasant trip both ways, very different than my earlier coach experience. I would surely recommend this way of traveling to Prague (and visiting this lovely city in general).
The website is: http://www.studentagencybus.com/.
The website looks pretty dodgy, but after some of my friends confirmed it was not a scam, I booked my ticket. The website I used to book my ticket is:
http://czech-transport.com/index.php?id=9505
You can book the same bus ride for the same price, but the website is a bit more professional and their booking system a lot better and easier to use. I got 20 euros discount for being under 26 (there is also a discount for students), so that was nice. The best part is that this bus was not only the cheapest option, but also had very convenient arrival and departure times. I could take it after work and arrive in Prague 9 hours later the next morning.
Also, the bus was really comfortable, with drinks on board, wide seats and a personal television screen for each seat (I watched some pretty good movies while not sleeping). You can choose the movie or tv series you want to watch from quite a good range and a headset is provided to you by the bus company.
There is a steward(ess) present in the bus to ask questions or buy drink from. Both the ones on the trips I did were really friendly and pleasant people, even though they were working all though the night. Hot drinks like tea and hot chocolate are included in the ticket price and the other drinks are really cheap. On the bus you can pay in different currencies.
I had a very pleasant trip both ways, very different than my earlier coach experience. I would surely recommend this way of traveling to Prague (and visiting this lovely city in general).
P.s. I borrowed these pictures, I was too busy being excited about my trip to take some myself.
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