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Old January 12th, 2004, 04:03 PM
Gudrun
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I would like to know, if travelling by coach is interesting for young
people. Do young adults want to travel within a group or do they
prefer travelling individually?
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Old January 12th, 2004, 07:36 PM
Derek F
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"Gudrun" wrote in message
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I would like to know, if travelling by coach is interesting for young
people. Do young adults want to travel within a group or do they
prefer travelling individually?

A friend recently travelled from Edinburgh to London by coach. She reckoned
that she was the only Brit on the bus. All of the rest seemed to be speaking
Eastern European languages. Is this she wondered an effect of Scotland now
having a direct ferry service to the continent and a new doorway for refuge
seekers. As she returned by train she did not know if the return trip had a
similar ethnic leaning.
Derek.


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Old January 13th, 2004, 10:48 AM
Paul O
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Very laudable I'm sure!! So?????




"Gudrun" wrote in message
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I would like to know, if travelling by coach is interesting for young
people. Do young adults want to travel within a group or do they
prefer travelling individually?



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Old January 13th, 2004, 03:12 PM
Giovanni Drogo
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On 12 Jan 2004, Gudrun wrote:

I would like to know, if travelling by coach is interesting for young
people. Do young adults want to travel within a group or do they
prefer travelling individually?


In which country and for what purpose ?
Also please define age range for "young adults" (the term seem
contradictory to me).

I surely won't qualify whatever the age range is (I'm 48), but I can say
the following.

- Long distance scheduled coach lines do not necessarily exist in all
countries. For instance there is no such thing in Italy, surely not
in northern Italy ... there are long distance trains, local trains
and local buses, even interurban buses ... but according to the
comfort I still call them buses not coaches.

- The situation could be different in other countries. I remember that
long distance scheduled coach lines existed as alternative to trains
in the UK when I lived there (and was young, about 26-28). However
even then I'd prefered train over coach ... I get motion sick on
cars, buses and coaches (have to take anti-hystaminic), and I find
trains anyhow more comfortable (you can walk in the corridor, go to
the toilet, take your luggage with you ...)

- coaches are used (in Italy and by Italians travelling abroad) for
organized tours. These are by definition group travels, although
of course the groups are just passengers occasionally travelling
together, who booked individually or by families or small groups.

I find however that the kind of coach tours I happen to make are
populated by more people older than me, and quite few younger ones.

I presume younger people like to drive individually.

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Old January 18th, 2004, 07:26 AM
Margaret Coffin
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:12:17 +0100, Giovanni Drogo
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- Long distance scheduled coach lines do not necessarily exist in all
countries. For instance there is no such thing in Italy, surely not
in northern Italy


There are plenty of long-distance buses (generally called coaches by
Brits) that stop in Rome. Apart from Eurolines (international), there
are buses to Siena, Pescara and Lecce, to name but a few.

Margaret Coffin
InfoRoma - The Rome Experts
www.inforoma.it

 




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