I'm scared about the costs in England

[Mooshamoo]

I'm in Ireland. Last time that I went to England, I was worried about how much things cost there. It's so expensive. It was the transport that totally wiped me out.

Now I'm going to England again next week. I'm going to work on a temporary job there for a month. And I have to get there on Saturday.

The thought of the costs is scaring me!

I will need to stay for one night in London. Then I will get a train to another city. Then I get another train and a bus out to the remote location of my job. That is going to be costly.

My flight from Ireland to England cost 18 euro. My train in Ireland cost 14 euro (I travelled for 2.5 hours on the trap for this price)

I'm worried about all the train costs in the UK. They are so expensive! It's a worry. I remember last time I was in England , I travelled for a very short journey on the train and they charged me fifty pounds.

I'm trying to book the cheapest route in advance. It's a stress though. Just wanted to vent

By “Summer School” I think the OP means the premises are being rented out for English Language lessons to foreign students.
And are you SURE the average Irish school is worse than the average British one?

Well it's irrelevant really as even if they are brilliant they don't have a job for the OP.

I assume the cheap flight is Luton or Stansted.

Few people in the UK pay the walk up fare on trains, mainly people who are getting their ticket paid by their employer.

Advance bookings done at the right time are way cheaper than buying on the day.

It's 300 miles from here to London and I can get a coach for a fiver, not even sure how they make a profit at that price.

The vast majority of local bus services in England are capped at £2 at the moment.

Lol. "Irish schools don't have a job for the Op". You're taking like I've applied to summer schools in Ireland and wasn't accepted.

I haven't applied to any summer schools in Ireland. I often like to spend the summer in other countries. We are not stuck to one country.

I want to experience the summer in England.

I quickly wrote a post last night about the bad train fares in England.

There are many things that I do love about England. I love seeing different parts of England. I've set myself a goal to try and see the parts of England that I haven't seen so far.

Then stop whinging and enjoy yourself.

I mean,.I'm going to France next week

Food and eating out is extortionate in France ATM

I wouldn't start a thread moaning about anything about France because I've actively chosen to go there

Jesus Christ. Talking about train fares is whinging? Really? It's such a minor and notmal fucking thing to talk about.

I'll make sure to follow you and when you complain about anything whatsoever - your family , your house, your partner on here. I'll tell you to stop whinging.

😅😅

Train fares are very expensive. You can mitigate them to an extent by booking in advance, using split tickets, travelling off peak or using coaches instead which are offer cheaper. That's about all you can do unfortunately.

Where did I moan about everything about England.

I see on this thread that I've pointed out lots of lovely things about england. And I also mentioned that train fares are expensive.

Some very delicate sensitive flowers on here.

what If you go to France and said train fares are expensive there. That's such a normal thing to talk about. Is it insulting all the French people. Of course it isn't. Jesus Christ the dramatics on here

But which London airport are you flying to? There are five!

Not as dramatic as starting a poor me thread about something you could have googled in 5 minutes.

Am I the only person on here that talks about travel and transport. No I am not. There are hundreds of threads talking about travel and transport.

Don't let get that get in the way of your bullying.

I was coming on just to suggest railcards and National Express but you have thought of so much more that can be really helpful to the OP! There is also the Megabus.

Options. One. Use the coach. Much cheaper. Two. Use Raileasy or another split ticketing app. (Raileasy is particularly good at showing cheaper times of day to travel.) Three. You might look at car share apps.

Do you need to get to Norwich? Because flying from Stansted you can get a direct train for around £20, then buses elsewhere which will be a fiver max. As an aside, having lived in Ireland I found the cost of living FAR higher, so not really sure why you’re losing sleep over this?

A friend recently showed me omio.co.uk which is good for finding the cheapest travel options.

I've never seen such over the top drama and bullying on here.
Over such a minor thing

And also denial of facts.

Trains are cheap in ireland. Hotels are ridiculously expensive in irelamd.. If someone came on here and posted that hotels are expensive in ireland. I would agree with them because it's true.

I was just reading about where someone from Cork, Ireland wanted to go to a concert in Dublin, Ireland
but couldn't afford it, because of Dublin hotel prices, and instead he went to a concert in Rome to see the same singer as it was a lot cheaper to stay in Rome then to stay in a hotel in Dublin.

Thanks

You write about being scared of the costs of traveling in England, which is over the top language.

Well you've had loads of good info so maybe start by thanking those people instead ?

I thought OP was half English and had lived over here before?

I also thought she’s older than she’s sounding here… e.g. not young and therefore able to look up and compare costs for herself like I did when I visited Ireland at 21 without internet. Ireland was and is still more expensive than England in general from recollection.

Yes, costs for accommodation have gone up post covid as most travel industries have had to increase costs to make up for lack of passengers (WFH etc(. Coaches are cheaper, National Express and or Megabus/Megatrain. You do book in advance to get the cheapest train tickets, even other forms of transport as they have offers or reward schemes.

If OP wants to spend the summer in England because she loves travelling so much then I’d expect proper research, planning etc.

It does come off a bit as whinging and things you could easily google.

A lot of people if they ask about travel and transport here it’s mostly “I’m coming to London for a week with kids, where’s the best/cheapest places to stay in or outside London and how far from West end/what they want to see”. Not a “feck it’s so bloody expensive in London I’m travelling and already paid X amount, this is something I could’ve googled earlier but obvs we don’t have google in Ireland” (those last few words were a joke!),

Eh what? Literally , two posts above yours - I said thanks?

Also when you start a thread and 60 people reply. Do you write thanks to every single person? I don't see how that would be possible. Show me where you do that.

Too easy and would involve manners.