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Explanation of coach hire prices

clock March 17, 2010 13:19 by author coachhirebooking

Coach hire prices are quite difficult to understand unless you are able to appreciate the complexities of coach hire. We regularly get queries about our coach hire prices. Often coach hire pricing, like many things is best explained with the aid of an example. 

Quite often people will book seats on coaches in a similar way to how they do on trains - they pay a price per seat. This is a fixed price, calculated by the coach company e.g. National Express, based on an average vehicle "load".  When booking a private hire coach, the pricing differs as there are many parameters included in the coach hire pricing. These include standard of vehicle, distance and length of time the coach is required as-well as any supplementary prices and of course seasonal adjustments.

If a coach company provides a regular service, for example for Away supporters they also take into account the volume of work they are receiving and as such reduce the cost accordingly. It makes sense - if you can have 20 coach hire jobs a season the coach operator will give a better coach hire price than just a single hire. 

As we provide coach operators corporate and private hire work throughout the year on a nationwide basis, we are able to negotiate better coach hire prices.  Our prompt payment initiatives ensure that the coach operators we use have a consistent and reliable source of income throughout the year.

 

 

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Using Coach Travel to Racecourses

clock February 23, 2010 15:27 by author coachhirebooking

With the jump horse racing season fast approaching we're started to get lots of coach hire bookings for The Aintree Grand National, and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. If you are planning on going racing via coach travel it's vital that you pre-arrange coach parking at the racecourse - this is simple to do if you have prebooked tickets for a group of you travelling by coach.

Private Coach Hire is  a good alternative to using public transport such as the train and quite often it works out to be much cheaper and convenient. Visit Racecourse Express if you are interested in an Express Coach Service to Ayr Racecourse .

Be sure to arrange your coach hire quickly as availability for coach travel to these events quickly reduces and coach hire prices tend to increase.

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Coach Hire in London - How Using a Coach Hire Booking Agent Can Help In London.

clock December 3, 2008 09:32 by author coachhirebooking

Hiring a coach in any part of the country can be a pain at the best of times, but hiring a coach in London can be extremely taxing especially in the peak months of May through to August. Whereas other areas of the country have smaller groups of local operators that people see driving about, London has a massive number of visiting coaches as well as those coach operators from London.

This means that people are unaware who their "local" coach operators are. Coach Hire Booking can help by providing people with a single contact point, freeing up time and saving valuable money. We are often able to source coaches much cheaper than the general public due to the amount of work we place with coach operators throughout London and the UK. We'll give you an example of how this can benefit you:

Typically a person will ring 2-3 coach hire companies in London to receive a the best quote - this isnt necessarily the cheapest quote, as the quality of service given to the client is of the utmost importance.

The 3 quotes means that a good 20-30 minutes will need to be put aside to refine the requirements and then to pass these to each London coach operator, and this is even before placing the coach booking. By contacting Coach Hire Booking, we can take the details of your required journey and quickly price it dynamically, in line with current market rates.  We will immediately have quality coach operators available who can do your journey - all without the hassle of a ring around.Smile

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About Us

Coach Hire Booking are an independent coach hire specialist. They are equally capable of managing transportation for large events as dealing with smaller bookings for members of the public.  Established in 2007, the team has over 40 years combined experience in managed transport solutions.

With a large number of blue chip corporate clients, Coach Hire Booking have established themselves as one of the leading providers of managed transport services in the UK. 

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