Manchester to Scotland

PeterJames123

Hi All,

My wife would like to take our 3 year old daughter to Glasgow from Manchester around once every 4-5 weeks to see her family. The only issue is my wife works shifts and sometimes only finds out a few days before if she can book enough time off to actually go and by that time the ticket prices are around £80 return.

We have a 1.0 Yaris petrol but the petrol alone is around £80 return and not really worth the hassle. Are there any ways of getting any train tickets but cheaper, I have looked at rail cards but none seem to fit in with our criteria.

Thanks

daveyjp

You can still have a family and friends railcard, buy a child ticket for the three year old (even though they don't need one) and get the f & f discount on the adult ticket.

PeterJames123

daveyjp wrote: »

You can still have a family and friends railcard, buy a child ticket for the three year old (even though they don't need one) and get the f & f discount on the adult ticket.

But the National Rail website reads;

"The card can be issued in the name of two adults, so that when one named person can’t use it, the other one can, as long as there is at least one child over the age of five traveling. "

Our daughter is only 3 and the site reads over five.

Thanks

daveyjp

F&F FAQs.

"Any adult can buy a Family & Friends Railcard. To use it, at least one of the group travelling must be named on the Railcard and there must also be at least one child travelling on a child rate ticket. The named Railcard holder must travel for the entire journey with any passengers who have been bought discounted tickets."

"If the only child in the Family & Friends Railcard group is less than five years old, as the Railcard holder you must buy a discounted ticket for the child so that any accompanying adult(s) can get the discount on their ticket(s)."

littlereddevil

You may get a better response on the Uk travel thread

bap98189

Have you considered travelling by bus? I just had a quick look and both of them could travel at various times next week for £37 return. There are probably even cheaper options if you look at different days/times.