Santa Barbara is a popular tourist destination and is not far from Los Angeles. It’s cheap and easy to travel between the two cities by taking a bus. Flixbus makes 4 trips between the two cities daily and the fare is only $4.99 one way. A service fee will be added if you pay with USD.
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Sacramento – San Francisco – Los Angeles – Santa Barbara, Megabus+Flixbus=$10
Flixbus and Megabus are the largest low-cost coachlines in the world. Flixbus is a German brand that offers intercity bus service in Europe and the United States since 2011. Megabus commenced operating in August 2003, initially in the United Kingdom , and later expanding into continental Europe and North America. Megabus sold all operations in the European mainland, as well as those services linking London with Europe, to Flixbus.
Megabus has entered North American market since 2006. Megabus is famous for its double-decker buses and $1 ticket pricing. When Megabus run sales, the ticket prices can go down to $0+booking fee($2.5 in the US/$2 in Canada per payment).
Flixbus entered the US only in 2018. Flixbus is famous for its brand new fleet and free Wi-Fi on board. Flixbus rarely offers $1 or $0 sales but its regular prices are low. FlixBus has established a widely-recognized brand with a strong following across Europe. So many European visitors take FlixBus when they travel in the US.
I bought my the Sacramento – San Francisco ticket for $0 from Megabus. San Francisco – Los Angeles ticket was purchased during the same sale. Unfortunately, I bought the ticket too late and had to pay $4.99 for San Francisco – Los Angeles trip. I was the 10th passenger to bought the ticket on that bus. Los Angeles – Santa Barbara ticket was purchased from Flixbus for 4.5 Euro. If you buy from Flixbus US site, you have to pay $4.99+$2 booking fee for the same ticket. The whole trip from Sacramento to Santa Barbara costed me $4.99+4.5 Euro. Megabus did charge me a $2.5 booking fee. However I purchased 10 tickets in that transaction, so it’s only about $0.25 for each ticket.
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锡耶纳-罗马12.99欧元大巴+1欧元火车之旅
从锡耶纳到罗马可以搭乘火车或者大巴，票价差不多。住在锡耶纳古城内可以去Piazza Gramsci广场搭乘大巴，票价12.99欧元起，车程不到3小时。锡耶纳火车站在城外的山脚下，火车票价17.4欧元起，需要转车，所以需时4小时以上。
去罗马的大巴也会在火车站门口停车上下客，而我就是选择在火车站门口搭乘12.99欧元的Flixbus大巴去罗马，然后再搭1欧元的火车去民宿，总共花费13.99欧元，比火车票的17.4欧元便宜那么一点点，快那么一点点。
锡耶纳火车站位于城北外的山脚下。旅客出城后来到下图这座古城门就能在马路对面找到通往火车站的电扶梯。电扶梯非常的长，分好几段，全部乘完需要好几分钟。最下面是一个现代化的购物中心，有超市、美食广场和免费厕所，但直通电梯和一节电扶梯都坏掉了。
从购物中心出来就是火车站了。火车站内的tiemme公交服务柜台就代售Flixbus的车票，不过我当然早就用Flixbus的手机应用买好票了。
我进来火车站只是为了提前买好罗马市内需要用到的火车票。从火车站出来后，左手边就是Flixbus乘车点了。（如果从购物中心出来，就是在火车站的右边）
漂亮的玻璃房子有座位可以候车，还有直通电梯（尽管外墙有电扶梯标志，但里面没有电扶梯）通往地下，并标志为通向厕所，但其实并不通向厕所，而只是通向火车月台。这电梯仅仅是为了方便乘客去搭火车用的。有不少乘客从购物中心出来，看到电扶梯标志就进来继续搭电梯，但却找不到购买火车票的地方，因为售票点其实在隔壁不起眼的老旧红房子里，而且大门距离这玻璃屋还有一段距离。
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特雷维索-威尼斯-佛罗伦萨 |意大利大巴之旅
意大利长途旅行，善加利用廉价大巴Flixbus可以省下很多盘缠，比搭火车便宜多了，例如我这次就买到了8.99欧元从威尼斯前往佛罗伦萨的豪华大巴车票。
因为威尼斯房东取消了我的住宿预订，我改住特雷维索，所以当日我需要从特雷维索前往威尼斯搭车，否则其实也可以买特雷维索直达佛罗伦萨的Flixbus车票。
特雷维索距离威尼斯很近，搭火车最快只需半小时，票价一律3.55欧元。不过我出发的时间点仅有一趟慢车，但可以持火车票（别忘了先打卡验票）在火车站门口右手边搭乘意大利火车公司安排的大巴前往威尼斯。我特意选择搭乘大巴而避开火车，因为火车有时很拥挤，没地方放行李。而且特雷维索车站月台没有电梯，拖着大行李不方便。搭乘大巴不仅避免了上下台阶，而且保证有放行李的空间，并且常有很多空座位。