The Hive and Wembley Stadium are 4 miles apart so how is it the cost by coach to watch Leeds play the Broncos is £25 but a week later it will cost you £40 to go to Wembley

Because its the cup final.

that was easy! Neeeext.

Also add in the fact the club have had little time to draft in a lot more coaches for this one. They won't have been able to fulfill the requirements with local coaches so you'll have coaches coming down from all over the place which adds costs to the prices.

I seem to recall a few years ago coaches coming down from Cumbria and Scotland to cover the work.


This leads me onto something else though, does anyone else think its ridiculous that there's only two week between semi and final. Its not an issue for me but i know a few people who are struggling to afford it. Add to that there is no cheap train tickets available and hotel prices are now much higher.

Yes, particularly when there was 9 weeks (I believe) between the 1/4 finals & the semis.
Ludicrous.
Then, hopefully, the fans will be expected to buy tickets for the play-off series & the Grand Final - even those with season tickets.
The RFL should work with the BBC to move the cup back to earlier in the season.

£33 elsewhere.

Maybe one reason why moving back to an end of May final is being considered

where can you get coach travel to wembley for £33.0

I think your totally right on the first point. It's supply and demand. The demand for coaches will be much greater for a final than for a normal week. Put into that the fact that many coach companies will already have many bookings from neutrals, etc.

However, surely the main reason for the difference will also be Parking. It will be zero at London, but won't be at Wembley.

Two weeks between semi and final is just typical of the RFL. Wouldn't expect anything different.

From London?
HTH

4 of us sharing a car, chip in for fuel and parking

£40 for a coach full of idiots breakfasting on WKD, or £23 to travel in comfort on National Express with time to make my own way across London to Wembley and back again.

No contest. Thanks Leeds, but no thanks.

Same here tad easiest way nowadays!

If only. The fun police will be out and about removing said contraband.

Went on the nat express the other year. Never again.

Was there a jolly hostess serving beverages on it ?

No boozing on the official coaches? Just sneak some on in a bottle of pop. Or milk.

They took my Mrs bottle of water off her the last time.

Unfortunately, they have to come down hard due to the lack of control some people exibit.

They took water off her? Bunch of nazis.

Oh what a fool I am. I went up to book my coach travel from the stadium yesterday as didn't think on to look on National Express. What a tool.

Don't suppose anyone knows if you can be refunded on the coach travel for whatever reason? I live a five minute walk from the coach station in town, so rather than being in Headingley before 7.30am, I could instead of had a leisurely walk from home at 8.30am.

Damn. That will teach me for never going to a Wembley cup final before...

I don't suppose any of you will be interested, but I have a bus ticket going from the stadium that I will sell for less than the £40 paid if anyone is interested - give me a shout. Thanks.

Is there any difference between the comfort of a NE coach and a Megabus coach? I went down to London to Tuesday on Megabus and that was in no way comfortable.

NE coaches are usually a bit more spacious and with better seats. I used to get Megabus to places like London but now get them for journeys no longer than about 3 hours each way. There was one which had too many people on than seats, so people were standing in the gangway (massively illegal) but the driver didn't care has he ok'd them getting on and kept going.

NE drivers tend more to be jobs-worths, but it means people effing and jeffing, drinking or being abusive either won't get on to start, or will be chucked off on the way.

The club have been far too greedy this time. Every time Leeds have got to Wembley I have gone on coaches from HQ, Im sure it was 25 or30 quid last year. There are seven of us and we've managed to hire a 7 seater and fuel it for what the club wanted plus we'll spend 4 hours less travelling.

The Nat Express we went on the other year was no one of their usual coaches either, it was just a run of the mill cheap coach they hired due to volume. It does park right next to the stadium however.

megabus down fri 7.30pm arrives 11.30 pm coming back 1am sunday £20.00
originally booked coming back 8am sunday £14.00 but ddn't think adrenaline ran that far.
can use clubcard boost for both megabus and nat express (only had enough to save £5.00 though)