 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
just booked a trip to France with a company which travels by coach. Once the email arrived with all the info I was a little surprised to see that our max weight allowance in the "hold" is just 12kg per person. Most big coaches carry about 40 people, which equates to a total of about 1/2 tonne of baggage in total for the whole coach. Not that much for a Continental Cruising Behemoth . Has anyone else experienced this.is there any leeway? Do they actually weigh each bag?
As it happens I do tend to travel light but am still a little surprised.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yeah, trying to say "hey, don't bother with those horrible airlines, sit on a bus for 12 hours and we take you door to door" is somewhat lost on customers when they are hit with a 12 kilo weight allowance which is stingier than even the most budget of airlines.
Brace yourself for an AVALANCHE  of people coming on here (while wearing their beige cagoules and their string back leather driving gloves) who will act all righteous and witter on about: "T&C's, check the T&C's.....it will be in their T&C's.......bla bla bla", they act like a bunch of demented school matrons.
12 kilo limit on a coach trip is a kiddie on and if it were me, I would DEFINITELY do a number 2 in the toilets, even if they asked me not to.
Revenge.
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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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sequoiaboard, not had that problem, one of the reasons I go by coach is I can sneak in all my pairs of skis! Took 6 pairs between 4 of us once! Normally you are allowed one general bag each plus ski bag plus boot bag, as half on the coach normally rent, there is usually enough space for others to fill their ski bags!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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sequoiaboard, Always ignored that completely  Ever seen any baggage scales at Victoria Bus Station where most of these leave from?
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To add...I can't imagine the coach drivers getting out a set of scales in the car park, I guess they have to put something in their literature to protect themselves.
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interested to know who this is with too as was looking at a ski coach trip.
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Don't think it is the weight that is the key, it is the volume. Anyone ever been on one of the skiweekends coaches will see why. 50 people all with ski and snowboard bags - that's a difficult job to pack
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davidhammy, 
sequoiaboard, 12kg - is a bit of a joke!
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davidhammy, just read your post.....
Grabs beige cagoule!...... 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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gatecrasher, your post was far too polite for you to be one of the ones davidhammy makes reference to
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Brace yourself for an AVALANCHE NehNeh of people coming on here (while wearing their beige cagoules and their string back leather driving gloves) who will act all righteous and witter on about:
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That's why I always drive
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Shimmy Alcott, I do my best! 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Sequoiaboard, when do you go? I have just booked to go on a coach this Thursday evening and noticed the 12kg limit. Shouldn't be an issue for a weekend but might be a struggle for a week.[/b]
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Pezza26 wrote: |
| Sequoiaboard, when do you go? I have just booked to go on a coach this Thursday evening and noticed the 12kg limit. Shouldn't be an issue for a weekend but might be a struggle for a week.[/b] |
About 3 weeks time.
Just spent AGES searching their website and could find no mention of the 12kg limit there. Maybe I didn't look hard enough but seems to me that the first you know of it is after booking.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Pezza26 wrote: |
| Sequoiaboard, when do you go? I have just booked to go on a coach this Thursday evening and noticed the 12kg limit. Shouldn't be an issue for a weekend but might be a struggle for a week.[/b] |
We might be on the same bus... 
sequoiaboard,
I'll be travelling by coach for the 3rd year in a row. I was initially surprised to to see that limit but so far I have never seen the coach drivers actually weighing bags.
You'll be fine with extra weight unless you turn up with a behemoth of a bag/suitcase..
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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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Brace yourself for an AVALANCHE
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My last coach trip was 1986 and yes the coach was hit by an avalanche on the road up to Arc 2000 not and experience I would ever like to go through again 
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Kruisler wrote:
We might be on the same bus...
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Morzine here we come?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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If it's anything like the amount of baggage I see at the Eurolines stop at the end of the street from here, 120kg is more typical. These guys seemingly move house between Warsaw and here c/o the bus.
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I would DEFINITELY do a number 2 in the toilets
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GL with that. Don't most buses lock the bogs, cos it costs them too much to empty and sanitise?
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Brace yourself for an AVALANCHE NehNeh of people coming on here (while wearing their beige cagoules and their string back leather driving gloves) who will act all righteous and witter on about:
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Ahh but Boris have you checked you're not over the weight limit for the car, it's surprisingly easier than you think, most modern cars have a carrying limit of between 550 and 650 kilos......
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| Pezza26 wrote: |
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Kruisler wrote:
We might be on the same bus...
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Morzine here we come? |
Sorry, posted wrong timing in earlier post
Leaving for Brides Les Bains Sat 19th Jan. Any other snowheads onboard?
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