FlixBus - Bus travel 4+

Compared to many other Bus, Rail, and other travel related apps, the FlixBus app is super responsive, well laid out, and easy to use. Finding all information concerning your booking is super easy, and altering your booking is a streamlined process that doesn’t take you through a million external browsers or anything. The tracking feature and up to date travel updates are great as well.

To top the whole thing off the prices for FlixBus journeys are so good. I really hope they don’t manage to mess up the quality of this app or the pricing of their trips.

I’ve never written a review for an app before, but after using the FlixBus app for a while, I was oddly motivated to voice my appreciation. Top work FlixBus.

I can't make payments with my card - doesn't even give me the option. I just get a pop up telling me to use another method and I don't have PayPal anymore (the only other option...). Causes problems when travelling and without a PC and leaves me finding other companies to travel with.

A more general review of the company rather than the app:
When it comes to Flixbus as a company I generally like them. I don't like to travel by plane due to environmental impact and this is an affordable alternative. Some journeys are comfortable and relaxing (Coimbra - Malaga, Barcelona - Venice, Amsterdam - Hamburg, etc...), however some routes are absolutely terrible such as any routes that go to London (absolutely no leg space! At 6ft 5 my legs were squished for 12 hours straight through the night and didn't sleep a wink - I travelled this twice with different routes from Amsterdam and will never do it again). The route from Sarajevo to Vienna (and return) I was forced to pay to put luggage in the hold and to validate my pre-paid ticket just to get on the bus (absolutely no warning of this from Flixbus). As the buses and drivers differ so much it's really a spin of the wheel in respects to the quality of the journey. Anyway, I'm still travelling long distance journeys primarily with them...
Would be nice if they'd fix the app so I can pay with my card and use my discount coupon they emailed me. Doesn't allow coupons to be used on the computer...

London-Paris return
Bus arrived 20-30 mins prior to departure and left on time from London and only 15 mins late from Paris. Moderately comfy coach, both way the bus wasn’t full so I got two seats. WiFi didn’t work either way and there were no sockets, driver also only spoke French. Didn’t use the toilet but there was one which was unlocked when someone asked for the key. We arrived more than an hour early at both ends, good for some but that meant 4am and 5am. In a foreign country in the dark, in a bus station full of homeless people (Paris, Bercy-Seine) before public transport was set to open was intimidating so be warned you will possibly arrive early, however I downloaded the French Uber (ChauffeurPrivé) so it was okay in the end. On my return the boards displaying bus times cut out so had to walk up and down to find the bus and when I sent the flixbus team a message saying this they replied 4 hours later after I was on my way (thankfully I found the bus because they are clearly marked). Overall a solid service, buses were clean, good storage for luggage, prompt and got us there and back efficiently for a great price so the issues were expected and it did what it said on the tin 👍🏼