 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi guys & gals... A couple of friends and I have just booked to travel ovenight by coach to the French Alps this weekend and, as it's the first time any of us have been on a long distance coach trip, I was wondering whether any of you have any advice for the journey?
Things I'm thinking about are: Do the coaches tend to be rawcus or fairly quiet affairs? Is there much leg room (I'm 6' 4"!!) in the basic seats? Is it a good plan / good form to knock back a couple of beers? Etc, etc...
Any assistance you can offer will be greatfully received!
Dan 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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hey before you tank up on beers check that the bus has on-board toilet facilities!! In my experience most people sleep so its quiet enough. I'm over 6ft and yes leg room can be tight but not unbearable.
Good luck,
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You could always just stay in your seat and refill your empties. Hey-presto! You've invented an exciting high-stakes version of target-diving. Keeping your cans upright for the last push up the pot-holed hairpin goat track ensures the fun doesn't end until the moment you get off the bus.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| danmcc12 wrote: |
| Hi guys & gals... A couple of friends and I have just booked to travel ovenight by coach to the French Alps this weekend and, as it's the first time any of us have been on a long distance coach trip, I was wondering whether any of you have any advice for the journey?.... |
Don't do it. Book more travel even if you can't get a refund on the coach tickets. Unless you like having a numb bum. For hours.
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danmcc12, Long time since I've done the coach but trick used to be get on first and nab seats upstairs at the front for extra legroom and a far less claustrophobic trip. If there are two of you leave one to deal with luggage while the other grabs the seats!
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Its not as bad as people make it out to be, mind you the last two times i've done it I've been smashed by the time we reached dover and passed out not long after leaving calais. On the way back though when noone wants to drink I find I can't get to sleep at all and that isn't fun
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There seems to be age, guessing around 30, when coach travel just becomes unbearable. I used to do it, and survived fine, but nowadays? I'd just drive.
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there are very very few advantages of being under 5ft 7"
PLanes and coaches are one of them - 
I went with Ski Weekends in one of their "luxury"/"extra" coaches which have more legroom and tilt back a good way - was reasonably comfortable but not wonderful
Worth it though for the exrta skiing squeezed in
Coach was quiet once it got past 11ish
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quiet depends who you go with il be traveling on the 1st of january on a bus to the alps and well i carnt wate the holiday starts to moment im on the coach beers are out and with 20 or so of my mates il love it they might not be so happy wen it get past 10 and im still wide awake, and if u do get bord well iphones at the ready with a few choice movies you carnt go wrong imho oh and im 6ft2 no real problem aslong as the person infront doesnt lean the seat right back
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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with 20 or so of my mates il love it
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but will everybody else on the bus love it?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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the guys im going with will do and im sure the others wont mind aslong as they dont mind starting the party early
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You know it makes sense.
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| boogwa wrote: |
| quiet depends who you go with il be traveling on the 1st of january on a bus to the alps and well i carnt wate the holiday starts to moment im on the coach beers are out and with 20 or so of my mates il love it they might not be so happy wen it get past 10 and im still wide awake, and if u do get bord well iphones at the ready with a few choice movies you carnt go wrong imho oh and im 6ft2 no real problem aslong as the person infront doesnt lean the seat right back |
Not that I needed any reassurance to never take a coach again...
I love that there is one punctuation mark in this post and it is somewhere that there shouldn't be one. If English is not your first language please accept my apologies.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thanks for all your replies guys & gals, suggestions taken on board!
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FAQ
Just old and boring I guess. We shared a 6 berth sleeper compartment with 4 young Italian lads - we all said a polite goodnight then got our heads down.
