Traveling through Europe on a 20$ bus 🤑 (Flixbus honest review)

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In today's video we are traveling in between European countries on a budget and I'll give you a full review of our experience. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Taking the European struggle bus 😰 (Only 20€!) (Aesthetic lofi travel vlog)
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The cheapest way to travel in Europe is by bus. In today's vlog we decided to go on a last minute trip to Belgium, but all the flights and trains were overpriced, so we decided to take the cheapest form of transportation in Europe, the bus. There's a few companies operating buses in Europe but we chose the Flixbus since it has more options. I'm showing you our decisions, the inside of the bus and the journey. If you enjoy this video give it a like because it helps my channel grow. :-)
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@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

💚How does the European bus compares to the bus in your country? I'm really curious to know. Can't wait to show you the beauty of Belgium in my next video, so subscribe for more! Instagram: @franzzb

@matheusg6493 2 года назад

Happy that you're back!!

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

I’m back baby 😁

@notaimu 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing Francis, and yes, it certainly is great to travel to several countries when traveling to Europe because traveling within Europe can come at a surprisingly low cost, whether it be a flight or train (as we tend to do, with flights or train rides sometimes easily being under 50 Euros), but we haven't really explored the way of traveling by bus in Europe, so thanks for mentioning Fixbus and sharing your experience :)

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

Thank you for your comment! 🙏

@betterjervs7195 2 года назад

Wow. Been waiting for your new vlog. I've watched all your videos in one day during my day off lol. New subscriber here

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

I'm happy to hear, thank you for subscribing! 🙏

@bethsolie422 2 года назад

Please show more of the Antwerk train station.

@elalamysamiha1204 Год назад

Honestly, I have just booked a FlixBus from France to The Netherlands this weekend. I can’t help but feel anxious about my trip since I have seen many and many bad reviews about them. So I really hope, everything goes well!

@marianapoli3379 Год назад

Hello!! 👋👋 Can i ask how your experience was? Hope it went well!!

@elalamysamiha1204 Год назад

@@marianapoli3379 hey, so it went really well and they are not a fake company, they do exist. It was 13hours and 50mintues and I slept the whole ten hours since it was really comfortable. The only issue I had is I had a late ticket when I could have chosen a much earlier one, if you want to book, I’d advise you to book each trip separately yourself not the ones they propose. Like I had a bus from Colmar to Brussels from 11pm to 6pm and my next bus at 8:15 to The Hague. But the bus arrived an hour early and I had to wait for one hour and a half in the cold in a dark bus station. I was completely frozen lol, luckily there was a 6:45 am bus going to my destiny for 20euros, I took that one even though I had one booked already.

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

I'm curious to know what your experience was like

@elalamysamiha1204 Год назад

@@FRANCISCARUSOworld Oh hi, as I described in the last comment it went surprisingly well and I am even consideringing repeating the trip next month. If anything, the bus was comfortable even without researving a seat, I got to enjoy two seats for myself which was amazing. The whole ride was nice, the driver was cool maybe fast but honestly I didn’t feel it but we were an hour early to the arrival destination.

@adrianpritchard7391 Год назад

I’ve Flixed for about €5 around the UK and Netherlands/Belgium. Bristol to London is currently £1.99 due to competition on the route.

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

Wow 😮

@user-ij3vw8lj1g 5 месяцев назад

I enjoyed this new sub

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 5 месяцев назад

🤩

@xdra31 2 года назад

Thank you, great review. I’m travelling for the first time using Flixbus, within the UK, next weekend. From other reviews I’ve seen here on YT, it seems it’s always these alternative buses to the advertised green ones which have the dirty toilets, no hand soap/other necessary washroom provisions. I hope the ones I’m going to be travelling on are the green buses, but if I find them to be equally lacking, their complaints department is not going to stop hearing from me without a fight! This is totally unacceptable imo and I for one will not just allow them get away with it, cheap tickets or not!

@hannahlong2361 2 года назад

Can you let me know how it goes? I've booked to use Flixbus next month to get from London to Amsterdam and want to know what to expect

@xdra31 2 года назад

@@hannahlong2361 Yes, I will do

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

Thank you, I'm happy you took some value from this video. I am also curious to know about your experience on the green bus, and I wonder if it will be better equipped. Safe travels! :-)

@xdra31 2 года назад

@Hannah Long and @FRANCIS CARUSO I haven’t got a good experience to report unfortunately. I did get the green buses, but it didn’t mean they were any better than the substituted white ones shown in many videos. I found the seats uncomfortable; had to constantly shift positions to soothe my aching lower back, the USB plugs didn’t work and the WIFi, although it did connect, was eternally buffering, so completely useless! On the 2nd leg of my outward journey my paid for reserved seat was designated as a “not in use” restricted seat. On the 1st leg of my return journey, the toilets were blocked, at the point of overflowing, therefore unusable. We had to stop at a park and ride place and use the toilets on another bus parked there. On the 2nd leg of my return journey, the bus was cancelled, having been informed by email, but no alternative was provided. I had to pay for another ticket, with bus operator Megabus, to get home! Luckily, they still had seats available, and their seats proved to be much more comfortable for me anyway. The only praise I have is for the drivers on the 1st leg of both my outward and return journeys, who were most helpful. The driver on the 1st leg outward even went out of his way and mopped the bus before we set off, but sadly it didn’t cure the terrible stench of what can only be described as the stench of blocked sewers, that was still lingering. No praise for the driver on the 2nd leg outward journey I’m afraid, who was rude and unhelpful, who wouldn’t even place/retrieve anyone’s luggage in/from the hold, making everyone do it themselves! Their customer services department is definitely going to be hearing from me. It’s safe to say that I will never use Flixbus ever again!

@hannahlong2361 2 года назад

@@xdra31 where were you travelling to and from, thank you for getting back to me 😊 I appreciate it

@richardperkins3460 Год назад

Nice video, excellent music 🎵

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

I spend hours and hours choosing the music for my videos. I appreciate your comment, thank you!

@nateschiewdek4268 5 месяцев назад

You can save a lot when travelling alone or with a small group of friends. Since having a family, it almost end up being about the same as renting a very small car.

@gustavobispo8 Год назад

You English is amazing I bet you know that, but I am 1000% that you're Brazilian I noticed that for your way to pronounce some letters as D and T= djeeferentchi

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

Sim e com certeza! 😁

@petercharnley7138 2 года назад

Hi Francis 👋 Great video mate. Could I just ask, did you have to show your covid vaccination pass or a negative pcr test when you got on the bus ?? I was just wondering what the rules are with Flixbuses. Thanks & all the very best :)

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

Now you don’t have to show it anymore (and you don’t need mask either). But these things can change depending on the destination, so always good to check if the country you’re going to is strict or not. Have a good trip! :-)

@petercharnley7138 2 года назад

@@FRANCISCARUSOworld Thank You very much for your reply & info Francis. I very much appreciate that mate. I discovered this RU-vid vlog yesterday & really enjoyed it & I'm now hooked. You look & come across as a lovely lad. All the very best Francis :)

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

Ahh thank you so much, it means a lot! 🙏

@abdallahbushara4791 Год назад

Hello I don’t want visa to travel

@japanblue5816 2 года назад

Only 20€ ! It's a good memory 😊 良い思い出。 7:30　今回はバスで食事ですねー　 11:44　 What is this ? これは何ですかねー？

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

That was a strange combination of Burrito filled with chicken nuggets, fries and mayonnaise. 😅

@trendingwwwandw 2 года назад

Exceptionally beautiful upload my friend🙋‍♂stay connected 💗 massive like 👍👍9

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

Thank you! 🙏

@tamassebesteny1510 Год назад

Tomorrow I'll have a 14 hour travel with FlixBus from Milan to Budapest. Wish me luck😂

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

Good luck! 😁🍀

@katavittinger4155 Год назад

Can you pls tell me how it went? I'm really curious, because I'm planning on travelling with Flixbus in the future.

@tamassebesteny1510 Год назад

@@katavittinger4155 I'll be totally honest. If you can, then avoid traveling with FlixBus or any type of distance bus. If you travel 15 hours then prepare that your legs will go numb. Your legs won't have enough space and the bus don't stop very often (3-4 hours of travels inbetween busstation). The seats aren't comfortable, but this might be relative. I don't know if I've been unlucky or these are normal, but here are some things what happened on my bus: 1. A gypsy family (don't get me wrong, it's really not important that they are gypsy, but these are facts) were on my bus and they were yelling and listening gyspsy songs on max volume. 2. The floor were sticky and the seats were gross. 3. Halfway on the ride the air conditioner broke and just above my head it started leaking and dropping. 4. Although I checked right before my ride started that noone will sit next to me. Someone put their package on a seat which was booked, so the one who booked the seat had to sit somewhere else (of course next to me) 5. Someone started smoking on the bus. This is my experience with FlixBus. I won't travel with bus again. Planes are often cheaper and always faster. But maybe the Milan-Budapest line has the worst buses in Europe, I know that FlixBus has better buses, but I don't think I want to try them.

@user-om2bw1cj1r Год назад

Sorry to hear that! A few days ago I finished my first Flix Bus journey from Budapest to Bratislava (less than 3 hours journey) and was pleasantly surprised. The WiFi worked, it was clean and the seats were fine (although maybe after 15 hours I would have felt differently aha). We didn't need to make any stops along the way as it was a short journey.

@franco.2310 Год назад

@@tamassebesteny1510 Mi spiace che la tua esperienza sia stata negativa, io il Milano Budapest l' ho fatto lo scorso 6 maggio con ritorno il giorno dopo entrambi di notte era la 1'volta che ho viaggiato col Flixbus e devo dire che è andata bene in più nei 2 viaggi mi è capitato il posto in fondo al bus dove non c' erano altre persone così ho potuto dormire sdraiato quasi come in cuccetta, inoltre ci sono state delle soste negli autogrill in Slovenia e Ungheria.

@mahnoorkhawaja8942 Год назад

I cant find option to purchase pass. Looks like flixbus has terminated giving interflix pass

@gaserelbialy281 Год назад

Excellent but I want to know the ticket must printed or on my phone enough

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

I got the QR code on my phone and it was enough 👍

@gaserelbialy281 Год назад

@@FRANCISCARUSOworld thank you

@motube5192 Год назад

Bro i have a question, i want to go frome the netherlands to dusseldorf with flix bus so do i need a pasport or just id cart is oke??

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

Inside the EU just your ID card is ok 👍

@artbymaria428 2 года назад

Hello which I.d did they checked? Is valid passport enough to show instead?

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

Yes, a passport is enough 😉

@artbymaria428 2 года назад

@@FRANCISCARUSOworld thank you, traveling from germany to barcelona 🥰💖 thank you for the very informative video!

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

@@artbymaria428 you’re welcome! Viel Spaß im Barcelona

@travelwith5848 Год назад

Can take on counter directly or not

@veronikakir3397 Год назад

Hi. If I travel from Spain to Poland, will my luggage will be checked? And from Poland to Bielorrusia?

@SilverBlackBird1989 Год назад

From Spain to Poland no since no border control. But Belarus maybe since it is outside of EU.

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

They usually don't check it if you're traveling inside of the EU

@franciscosepulveda5261 Год назад

In chile the bus is way cheaper and waaaay more comfortable than European flixbus and trains. Its better option to take a low cost flight, check the prices 😉

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 11 месяцев назад

Chile is on my list of places to go!

@krosex4073 Год назад

Hey did they check if you were vaccinated when you entered the Netherlands?

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

At the time yes but I don’t think they are checking anymore

@blaak23 Год назад

I will be taking flixbus from the heague to Frankfurt airport I dunno reliability but I will be reviewing it..

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

Good luck 🍀

@biancaoita1760 2 года назад

can I ask you a question, have the police ever stopped you at customs?

@FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад

In this case no because we are traveling inside of the EU 😉

@potluck5896 Год назад

I'm assuming not but do they still require you to have a negative COVID test?

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

At the moment, they are not asking for test. At least not in the EU 😉

@krosex4073 Год назад

Can the test be a normal antigen one or PCr ?

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

A normal test will do but I don’t think it’s necessary anymore. Here in The Netherlands no one is asking for the test

@rinkerd3575 Год назад

lol meanwhile im doing a 33 hour drive from southern spain to amsterdam lmao

@FRANCISCARUSOworld Год назад

Wow 👏

@ngvot 8 месяцев назад

How did it go? I'm considering a long ride like that as well, but I'm scared of the state of the toilets and other stuff. :(

@rinkerd3575 8 месяцев назад

@@ngvot well it was not great, not comfortabele either. But it was okay, toilets were doable. We stopped every few hours at a gas station to eat and go to the toilet aswell. Biggest complain i had were fellow travelers, they were loud, even at 1am hahaha. Pretty surr he was doing cocaine in the toilettes. Otherwise its not the worst thing ever as long as you have enough internet and shows to watch