{"id":7073,"date":"2015-07-28T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T23:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=7073"},"modified":"2015-07-29T06:23:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T13:23:02","slug":"chinatown-buses-in-europe-they-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2015\/07\/chinatown-buses-in-europe-they-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown Buses in Europe? They Exist!"},"content":{"rendered":"

so there’s more than just the train?<\/h3>\n

for the most part i never think about using a bus to travel between cities in Europe since the train is the most salient (and often the quicker\/nicer) option. of course, when the train doesn’t work out for some reason or other, say, for instance, my day trip to Mostar from Sarajevo<\/a>, i’ll do it.<\/p>\n

sidebar<\/strong> i’m writing this post mainly as a reminder to myself that there ARE indeed options!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

but what about options in the countries where there is high speed rail or a lot of low cost carriers, like Germany? are there options besides Eurolines (a consortium of bus companies) and the such? <\/p>\n

YES.<\/p>\n

i just discovered today, thanks to twitter friend @FRAAviation<\/a>, that Megabus-style intercity buses have been available there for a couple years now, and they’re a great option for cheap travel!<\/p>\n

there are several options, including the aforementioned Megabus<\/a>, Dein Bus<\/a>, and Mein Fernbus<\/a>, with the latter having quite the route network and all of them having some international routes.<\/p>\n

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how does it stack up?<\/h3>\n

@FRAAviation mentioned a trip he took lately (for context, we were talking about taking advantage of cheap rail tickets):<\/p>\n

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@jonk<\/a> Well the Sparpreise were from \u20ac29 one way. For this Frankfurt-Freiburg journey I paid \u20ac11… And you get free WiFi.<\/p>\n

— FRA Aviation (@FRAAviation) July 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n