10 Coach Travel Tips

Posted By Rose Carville    May 27, 2016

If you’re considering a long-distance bus journey, here are the top 10 coach travel tips!

1. Wear comfortable shoes
Wear comfortable footwear that can be removed or slackened off if required. Remember to keep moving from time to time by pointing and flexing your toes, and circling your feet and ankles.

2. Wear loose-fitting clothing
Dress for comfort so you can relax as you travel, and dress in layers. Layering your clothing means you can dress/undress to make yourself more comfortable in the temperature of the coach.

3. Take a travel pillow
It’s easy to nod off with the motion of the coach as you travel along, so to enhance your relaxation, why not purchase a travel pillow and make your snoozing more comfortable.

4. Carry wet wipes
Wet wipes are great for freshening up as you travel and take up very little space in your luggage.

5. Stretch your legs
If you are travelling on Silver Service, make use of the rear lounge. It’s a great place to stretch out, read a book or magazine and chat to your fellow passengers or just have a snooze or listen to your music. At comfort stops, even if you dont need to use the facilities, step off the coach for a few minutes and stretch your legs.

6. Carry some change
Some service stations may make a small charge for using the toilets, so keep some change to hand. At some service areas, you’ll be required to pay and take a ticket to use the toilets and these tickets can then be used against payment for items bought from the service area shop.

7. Choose your reading material
It’s always interesting to read a book with tales of the area that you’ll be visiting.

8. Listen to music
If you’re travelling on Silver Service you’ll have complimentary headphones provided for your own personal use. On all coaches, of course, you can take your own, personal music player to enjoy your favourite tracks through headphones/earphones as you travel along.

9. Learn a language
Why not learn a language while you travel? There are lots of languages CDs with books to accompany you to learn the lingo while you travel and practice it when you get to your destination!

10. Keep a diary
With so much to see and do, why not record your experiences in a holiday journal. Not only will it help you identify places in your photos, it will also jog your memory when you return home.

Ultimately the most important things to keep with you are your sense of adventure, travellers’ patience, and a sense of humour – you’ll get there in the end!

School Visit to Alton Towers with Coachhire4U

Posted By Rose Carville    May 26, 2016

Organised a school trip to Alton Towers to enhance your pupil’s zest and enthusiasm for practical learning. Choose from a wide selection of activities for your pupils to partake in when you plan to book a school trip to the Alton Towers. The ticket admissions to the Alton Towers Resort are based on a 3-tiered pricing structure such as Peak, Off Peak and Super Peak. The pricing is structured in this way to highlight the peak and non-peak period visiting hours. The popular activities that the pupils can partake in, such as a visit to the Theme Park, Extraordinary Golf, Waterpark, Tree Top Quest and many more. The activities highlights are as follows:

Extraordinary Golf
Test your golfing skills with Alton’s two 9-hole courses with outrageous obstacles themed surrounding them.

Waterpark
Get ready for a blast of water – up and down – to twist and turn you around the whole Waterpark at breathtaking speed. The amazing Master Blaster Water Coaster will have you screaming for fun! Visitors must be at least 1.1m to enjoy this ride.

Tree Top Quest
The enchanted Tree Top Quest has two challenging and fantastic high rope courses set within the enchanted village. For younger children and those who may want to stay closer to the ground, low rope courses are available too.

In addition to this, a school trip to the Alton Towers Resort may provide pupils with the opportunity to enjoy a number of engaging educational activities including talks and demonstrations.

A new ‘School Meal’ vouchers were recently introduced to cater for the pupil’s meal during their visit to the Alton Towers. The voucher is available at just £5.40 (per voucher). The pupils can choose to have a meal deal at any of the Burger Kitchen restaurants across the Theme Park or at Fried Chicken Company in X Sector. Organiser can pre-book the pupil’s packed lunches to have it ready for collection on the day of the school trip from Corner Coffee. To book your meal vouchers please call 0871 282 5194 or email education@alton-towers.com if you have any queries.

Engage Coachhire4U to help you organise your school trip to the Alton Towers. All of our coaches operate with a modern fleet, fully fitted with the latest safety devices (e.g. ABD and Seat Belts as recommended by the Local Education Authorities and Government). In addition, all of the coaches come with special Vertical Stability Technology that works in conjunction with the ABS.

To make a booking to visit the Alton Towers for your school, simply visit us at www.coachhire4u.com or call us at 0800 211 8644 or 01582 206 207!