A landmark Bath Youth Hostel is benefiting from a new partnership with the UK’s largest coach operator which is setting the wheels in motion for enhanced services for its customers.
National Express coach tickets have gone on sale in the Youth Hostel in Bathwick Hill making it easier than ever for youngsters to explore the UK affordably.
The development is the result of a ground-breaking partnership between the UK’s largest coach operator and the Youth Hostel Association (England and Wales).
National Express and Eurolines coach tickets can now be bought while staying in 27 UK hostels at some of the most iconic and picturesque tourist destinations in the country.
Bath Youth Hostel Manager Amy Bates said: “Many of the thousands of young people who stay in our hostel each year want to know how they can buy onward travel to other Youth Hostels, so this is a great way for them to be able to hop straight on the coach and continue their adventure.
“Taking the coach and staying at hostels is a fantastic and affordable way to discover everything that England and Wales has to offer.”
National Express UK Coach Managing Director Tom Stables said: “The UK has so many wonderful places to visit and this exciting partnership will make it that much easier for young people to travel and stay around the UK without breaking the bank.
“By linking the national coach network with some of the UK’s top youth hostels, young people can make an onward hop from one hostel to the next and extend their adventures around the country.”
The news comes as the number of young people travelling with National Express this month soared.
Young people have made five times as many passenger journeys in February using a National Express Young Persons Coachcard compared to the same period last year. That’s a year-on-year increase of more than thirty thousand journeys.
The Young Persons Coachcard enables students to save a third off their coach journeys and also offers 10 per cent off travel to favourite student events such as Glastonbury and Wembley football matches.
For more information visit www.nationalexpress.com or www.yha.org.uk/hostel/bath.
