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I was really excited about the coach bus lines - until I took a trip with one. Did you take a (longer) trip with one yet? In an IC(E), I can open my 13" Laptop
by CookWithMe 13y ago
I was really excited about the coach bus lines - until I took a trip with one. Did you take a (longer) trip with one yet?
In an IC(E), I can open my 13" Laptop and work fine, even if the person in front of me lowers their seat. On the particular bus I was riding, the table was just too small. Plus, the bus has much more unexpected movements than a train, I couldn't even look on a tablet screen for too long without feeling some travel-sickness. It was a very long, very boring ride.
The WiFi, btw, was a joke on the autobahn. It was working a bit in the cities...
Also, the trip took more than an hour longer than was planned, and the traffic on the autobahn was absolutely fine (I did the same trip with a car a couple of times). Driving into the cities took lots of time, but again the traffic probably would have looked the same any other average day.
It definitely is cheaper though...
- mercer 13y agoI regularly travel between Amsterdam and Berlin, and I have had the same experience. I avoid the bus because it sucks, I avoid flights because they actually feel longer and more exhausting, and because the door-to-door advantage is only two hours (out of 6 or 7 total). Whenever I can, I take the train.
- pjmlp 13y agoSame experience here. Although I could live happier without "problems in course of operations". :)
- mschuster91 13y agoI've done lots of trips since the first coach lines started... and yes, the WiFi quality tends to suck (but so does your cellphone internet).