How is it to ride Flixbus overnight to Paris? Let's find out!

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  • Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
  • If you're looking for an affordable and convenient way to travel, then look no further than Flixbus! With overnight travel, you can travel from city to city in one go, without having to worry about a thing.
    In this video, we'll show you how to travel overnight on Flixbus.
    How is the ride? Can you get some sleep on a nightbus?
    Join us on a trip from Dortmund, in western Germany, to Paris.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 55

  • @MissMusicstuff
    @MissMusicstuff Рік тому +8

    Thanks for this video! I've once took the overnight flixbus between Berlin and Amsterdam and I definitley agree with you. There was no wifi on board during the whole trip and the seats were really uncomfortable to sleep on! I'd rather would take the train to countries nearby me.

  • @alex31245
    @alex31245 10 місяців тому +13

    Flixbus is decent until that 3 hour mark I've found, then they're just uncomfortable. You were quite lucky with your fellow passengers. I've had absolutely selfish, loud and smelly folks as fellow passengers which made a 3 hour ride feel like a 6 hour ride.They should really start charging smelly passengers more when the chauffeur checks your ticket. 😂 Fixed fee of €5.
    Here's hoping that nightbus you mentioned arrives sooner rather than later (no pun intended). The ones in Japan are amazing! Good video!

  • @chiubobo4955
    @chiubobo4955 7 місяців тому +3

    Thumbs up for the narrative and the subtitle!

  • @natalyarevenko
    @natalyarevenko 10 місяців тому +5

    That was really helpful for me! Thanks for the tips 👍

  • @sarahchan937
    @sarahchan937 6 місяців тому +1

    thank you for your video

  • @alexmcwhirter6611
    @alexmcwhirter6611 Рік тому +24

    Main reason Flixbus is expanding a lot in the UK is because of the endless rail disruption we are experiencing. The disruption has now lasted more than one year.

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  Рік тому +5

      Is it that hard in the UK? In Germany Deutsche Bahn is a disaster right now. So many delays, so many candellations. It has never been so bad!

    • @alexmcwhirter6611
      @alexmcwhirter6611 Рік тому +1

      @@Reens-Rails Yes in UK there have been strikes etc on and off (now and again) since June 2022. Govt will not negotiate. Another RMT strike on July 29. ASLEF union is to ban worker overtime next week which might mean some cancellations.

  • @CarlosAlberto-ii1li
    @CarlosAlberto-ii1li 4 місяці тому +4

    Disabled or not you got to Paris safely, it was a cheap trip and you are still alive to tell the story and get money from Adsense and some ebegging too. How lovely.

  • @alialbatati9407
    @alialbatati9407 Місяць тому +2

    We have now been waiting for the bus for more than an hour and ten minutes and it has not come, and when the tickets are cut, the funny thing is that one of the slogans of this company is punctuality, hahaha.
    😂😂😂😂

  • @denisek.2179
    @denisek.2179 2 місяці тому

    Nice video.👍

  • @austejajurkynaite9719
    @austejajurkynaite9719 Місяць тому

    About to travel to Gdansk in a weeks time. We bought our tickets more than a month prior and after 2-3 weeks that ride was canceled so we had to change to inconvenient times and we will have to change buses in Warsaw. So I'm a but nervous, because I'm starting to hear more about inconveniences with FlixBus.

  • @Sonicangel666
    @Sonicangel666 11 місяців тому +6

    This video was very helpful thank you :)

  • @manuelfonseca7655
    @manuelfonseca7655 10 місяців тому +5

    Flixbus is good for trips with 3-4h duration
    Btw there is a line starting from Dortmund crossing Germany,Belgium,France,Spain and Portugal with 37h duration 😂

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  10 місяців тому +1

      37 hours? Oh damm. My butt is hurting by only thinking about it 🤣

  • @abdulrahmanr9787
    @abdulrahmanr9787 11 днів тому

    Hi, thanks for sharing your experience. I really feel it would be helpful for a budget traveler like me. I had a good experience traveling around the UK in May 2024. I took one long journey from London to Edinburgh. I would say it's worth the budget-friendly cost to travel between these two cities. It would be great to prepare for travel with suggestions like carrying an eye mask and travel pillow, which would help you have at least a good experience.
    I am planning to travel next month to Europe and I really want to use FlixBus to move around at least three European countries. So I think I would go with the FlixBus option. However, I need to do a bit more research to see if I can get a low-budget airline or if I need to choose FlixBus. I am too afraid to go ahead with train journeys as they seem way too expensive.
    Do you have any advice, tips, or suggestions? I am planning to travel to Switzerland, then Salzburg, Munich, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, the UK, and Ireland. Any suggestions and tips would be really appreciated.

  • @georgethomson8493
    @georgethomson8493 9 місяців тому

    Small tip if waiting at the station they leave from, across the road is a fire station place that had good stuff to look at whilst waiting on the bus. I done the overnight flixbus amsterdam to dortmund and the noisiest people on board was the driver and drivers mate, absolute joke.

  • @eevialasalmi5834
    @eevialasalmi5834 6 днів тому

    Flixbuses in finland too

  • @pontecarlo4354
    @pontecarlo4354 10 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for the video. Now I feel I know the real truth about this type of journey. How can you sleep sitting up?

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  10 місяців тому

      You can't. Maybe with a bit more legroom but not on this busses.

  • @sarahthoni8046
    @sarahthoni8046 8 місяців тому

    schade, dass ihr nicht erklärt habt, wie man zum rer kommt. Da konnte ich bisher nichts finden

  • @crazy_domr2495
    @crazy_domr2495 10 місяців тому +1

    They as ur passport depending where u at ?

  • @endlesspenny1539
    @endlesspenny1539 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi, I was wondering if it is safe on the way to the Paris Bercy station to catch a midnight bus? Are there usually still lots of travelers at that time as shown in your video? I was wondering if it worths it to take the last bus to maximize my trip. thanks.

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  3 місяці тому +1

      I hope some others can respond to that, as I only was this one time at Bercy. From my experience, I wouldn't want to be around that area at night. It was very crowded, many homeless people and garbage around. Not the nicest area, but that was only my experience on that specific day. I don'Ät know if thats usualy the case.

    • @endlesspenny1539
      @endlesspenny1539 3 місяці тому

      @@Reens-Rails Thanks. Do you think it is possible to get a Uber from the metro to the bus station?

  • @felippethinker
    @felippethinker 4 місяці тому

    Flixbus in Brazil is not cheap anymore and lousy buses. No wifi also, they keeping changing departure time and a lot of delay. For me, no more Flixbus...

  • @ghizlaneghizlane6970
    @ghizlaneghizlane6970 Місяць тому

    كيف نعمل في حالة ضياع امتعتي في الحافلة المتجهة الى بولونيا زوجي فقد امواله وهاتفه النقال نزل فقط ليغسل وجهه لما عاد لم يجد الحافلة نحن نمر بوضع صعب كيف نعمل من فضلكم ؟؟

  • @phatmeow7764
    @phatmeow7764 6 місяців тому

    ok all things considered let's not forget its a 40 Euro solution Dortmund to Paris!

  • @RobertMaric_
    @RobertMaric_ 6 місяців тому +4

    Well if you want extra space, you can buy seat next to you, so you have extra free seat to have more space or put some backpack. I travelled few times from Zagreb to Salzburg and you can do that way

    • @user-cd9rd7jb2z
      @user-cd9rd7jb2z 2 місяці тому

      So basically you need to buy two tickets to do this?

    • @RobertMaric_
      @RobertMaric_ 2 місяці тому

      @@user-cd9rd7jb2zNo, when you’re buying ticket, you have option to buy extra seat next to you, if you want more space

  • @apt221bbakerst
    @apt221bbakerst 7 місяців тому +1

    I have booked tickets in January here in the US and I too am disabled. Customer Service is a joke. I have questions that are new t answered on the website and definitely things about disability and additional carry one like food, drinks, pillows and do on. Do you think you can reach someone from the company? No! The system actually tells you to look at the website and hangs up on you. Also the location is suppose to be at Union Station where I would have access to security, food, drinks and bathroom, but instead the actual location is where I wasn't happy about two blocks away. Why state Union Station if you aren't parking there? The reason I am not flying is because I am handicapped and don't want the airlines to damage my walker and flying is a big pain in the butt now days. I have more control with my walker stored on the bus, but that means I can't leave the bus during stops because my walker is stored. No matter what traveling for handicapped is a royal pain!

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  7 місяців тому

      I can feel your pain. Maybe you can contact the european customer service? As the "mother-company" they should at least know who the right contact for the US is. Try service@flixbus.de.

  • @itsamiimarco9338
    @itsamiimarco9338 Рік тому +1

    1:44 I tried with my 16 inch and it was impossibile to stay comfortable even with the seat next to mine being empty

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  Рік тому

      Exactly! I bet even with a big phone they bend down 🤣

  • @bmwknappen
    @bmwknappen 5 місяців тому

    Seatbelts are mandatory in all of Europe, not only Flixbus.

  • @adamsalah-
    @adamsalah- Місяць тому

    Did police check your passport when you crossed the boarders?

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  Місяць тому

      No, there are no real border check points between Germany, Belgium and France, like in most of Europe. It can be, that the police pulls the bus over but not in our case.

  • @fredyyfredfreddy
    @fredyyfredfreddy Рік тому

    Does the buss have a toilet?

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  Рік тому +1

      Yes, a very small one

    • @AbulKalam-hi5bi
      @AbulKalam-hi5bi 11 місяців тому

      Hlw sir my Name Abul Kalam
      My torliy beg your flixbus hare
      I go outside place Paris chik post
      And flixbus com paris next me com Paris your bus countr my toriy beg not heyar
      Flixbus number 729
      Milano time 9:30 Paris 10:20
      😥😥😥
      Plz my

  • @laserdistancemeter
    @laserdistancemeter 4 місяці тому +1

    Why can they not tackle real sleeping busses like in Vietnam? I'd be more willing to entomb myself into a coffin that is stapled upon others wherein I could really lie down instead of having to sit through the journey. It is not possible to recreationally sleep while being in any form of sitting stance. bunk beds please!

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  4 місяці тому +1

      I think we won’t get bunkbeds in European buses. But check out my outlook about. @twiliner at the end of the video. They will hopefully start this year with their lie flat seat.

    • @user-cd9rd7jb2z
      @user-cd9rd7jb2z 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Reens-Railswhy bunk beds will not appear on European busses? Many countries even developing countries have now introduced such bunk bed busses and they are a success.

    • @user-cd9rd7jb2z
      @user-cd9rd7jb2z 2 місяці тому +1

      Exactly, and if the journey is very long, the seated position can give ache. Berths in trains are the way to go but I think there are far fewer train coaches when we compare the volume of train travel and the price is way too high, again because of far fewer coaches than needed

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  2 місяці тому +1

      @@user-cd9rd7jb2z due to the strict regulations about safety on the roads. Twiliner will be the first service in Europe with a real sleeping arrangement.

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  2 місяці тому +1

      @@user-cd9rd7jb2z so true, so sadly.

  • @kwitt2190
    @kwitt2190 11 місяців тому

    *promo sm*

  • @javierRcastro
    @javierRcastro 5 місяців тому +2

    Can’t stand the guy putting his feet up without his shoes .

    • @Reens-Rails
      @Reens-Rails  5 місяців тому +1

      Yes, the whole front row was doing that. Unsafe and disguisting

  • @idegennyelvitanfolyamok
    @idegennyelvitanfolyamok 6 місяців тому

    Not LA. Thanks. (0:01-től)