Coach Tours in Sydney

Posted in bus charter sydney, bus hire, bus hire sydney, bus tours, bus tours in sydney, coach hire sydney, coach tours, sydney tours on 09/27/2010 11:34 pm by Grant Roberts

Welcome to Sydney, Australia.
Sydney is by far one of the most beautiful cities in the world with many attractions, landmarks and natural beauty. It is rapidly becoming a “must see” city as part of any international tour group, solo traveller or honeymoon destination. Sydney is a multicultural society and with its diversity comes its cuisine with just about every nationality of restaurant that you can think of just in the central business district alone you will never be short of a restaurant that will accommodate your tour group or just you.


What can we expect to see by coach in Sydney?
Every tour group that visits Sydney must do a Sydney tour as this can be done in a full day or half day sightseeing and expect to see the major sights like the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Mrs Macquaries Chair, Bondi Beach, The Gap, The Rocks, CBD main streets, Sydney Town Hall, Chinatown, Darling Harbour, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney Tower, Milsons Point, Kings Cross, Woolloomooloo, St Marys Cathedral, Rose Bay & Double Bay. These are a basic standard for any Sydney tour by minibus or coach. During your free time you can stroll through the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hyde Park or take a Monorail ride to Darling Harbour for shopping or shop at one of the many malls such as Pitt Street Mall with department stores, bargain & souvenir shops and foodcourts. 


Sydney Coach Tours Extras?
If you want to see more of Sydney then chartering a private transport company for an extended Sydney tour by minibus or coach is definitely the way to go. They can take you places that are not in the guide books and sourcing out a bus company that is experienced in all facets of touring is a smart move. Check on their website for information pertaining to all areas of touring and click around to see pics and information.


What other types of Bus & Coach Tours from Sydney are there?
A good bus tour company will offer a variety of tours in Sydney and from Sydney to destinations such as the Blue Mountains, Hunter Valley, Southern Highlands, Northern Beaches, Newcastle, Central Coast, Jervis Bay, Canberra, Port Stephens and speciality tours like history tours, shopping tours or Sydney Aboriginal history tours and self-custom tours then you know you are in the right place to get what you need.

Should I choose a private bus company or join a group?

Joining a group with a pay per person policy is not too bad but you are limited to destinations and a personal experience. A private bus company offering tours with an option of a driver guide or professional tour guide is by far the most rewarding experience you can have for the hands on and personalisation of experience you’ll receive. Other benefits are flexible itineraries, options to extend, spontaneous stops for photos and other little things that make a big difference.


How to find a private bus tour in Sydney?
While there are many phrases to use when seeking a bus tour in Sydney but to cut out all the mismatches and false positives you should just visit the Sydney Tour Professionals.

Take a look a the fantastic bus & coach tours of Tour Sydney Australia

 

Sydney Tours – By Charter Bus

Posted in bus tours, bus tours in sydney, coach tours, coach tours in sydney, sydney tours on 09/19/2010 10:17 pm by Grant Roberts

Sydney has been acknowledged as one of the world's top cities for events and festivals at a ceremony in the U.S in 2010.
Australia's first city was named best city in the 'over 1 million population' group at the opening International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA) awards in Saint Louis in September this year.
Australia's New South Wales Major Events Minister Kevin Greene said, the judging panel had noted the city's achievement in hosting key events such as the Sydney Olympics, New Year's Eve, the Festival of Sydney and cultural Vivid Festival..
“The international panel of judges recognised Sydney's chief events and cultural assets as vital to the city's attractiveness as a place to reside and work and holiday at,” Greene said.
“It is one of the world's best-known city brands, boasting countless notorious areas and internationals icons.”
While visitors arrive in the state’s capital for such events and festivals, they are also keen in sightseeing as much as possible and to experience all the wonders this exquisite city has to offer. A Sydney tour with a renowned tour and charter coach business will satisfy the sightseeing bug and let you leave the shores of Australia with a mind full of information, attractions and a few large memory sticks full of dazzling pics not to mention a few days’ worth of reading and viewing about your experience on Facebook, YouTube & Twitter.
When a possible tourist to Sydney is on the internet looking for transport companies that offer Sydney tours, there are a few things to reflect on before selecting on which company will get your business. One of the first things you should look into is:

  1. Is the coach company offering private tours or do you join a group and get told what to see and do?
  2. Can the driver act a s a guide and give a personal experience and not some tape recording played over speakers in the bus?
  3. Is the company experienced Sydney tours and not a broker that will find ‘Backyard Bob’s Sydney Tours’ on your behalf?
  4. Is the company an accredited operator?
  5. Is the itinerary and times flexible?

If any of these points are important to your needs then you need only look at one company: Tour Sydney Australia by Sydney Charter Bus, Coach & Minibus Hire.

Visit Sydney Tours for all your private bus & coach tours in Sydney, Australia.

 

Cyclist From Sydney Records Near Miss With Bus Driver

Posted in automotive, bus charter sydney, bus companies, bus hire sydney, coach companies, public transport sydney on 09/10/2010 10:47 am by Grant Roberts

A Sydney cyclist has taken to wearing a video camera strapped to his helmet to record near-misses with careless drivers.
Dave Bristow’s decision was nearly vindicated last week when a passing bus narrowly missed sweeping him off his bike.
Mr Bristow, of Allambie, recorded what he described as a dangerous incident last Thursday when a Forest Coach Lines bus heading for Warringah Mall cut close in front of him at speed, squeezing the cyclist towards the gutter.
Mr Bristow, an IT project manager who cycle-commutes daily from the northern beaches to the CBD, posted the video on YouTube, as well as reporting the incident to police and the bus company.
“That close call was closer than most,” he said.
“When it happens with a bus, I guess it’s more of a worry because they’re that much bigger.” Mr Bristow said he had been riding with the camera for around a month as it offered him “a leg to stand on” if he was involved in or witnessed any road mishaps. “Ultimately, if it came down to it, (the camera) would help provide some backing to someone’s story,” he said.
Mr Bristow said he had cycled to work for most of the past 15 years, both in Sydney and London, and was alarmed the bus driver had shown so little awareness towards a bike rider.
There is no suggestion the bus driver deliberately tried to run Mr Bristow off the road or that he had even seen the cyclist.
“He’s doing his job, he’s a professional, so you would expect a higher standard of driving from someone in that situation. They are driving massive vehicles compared to a car,” he said.
“I would say the road is well shared by 95 per cent of cyclists and road users, but I guess it’s fair to say you’re always going to get a few bad apples in a barrel.’‘

Are most Sydney drivers bike-friendly?

Mr Bristow said some riders’ irresponsibility could cause ongoing ill-feeling between motorists and cyclists, although he had experienced few problems on the road as he generally tried to ride defensively.
“I don’t pretend to suggest that cyclists are perfect, there are a minority that will jump lights and flout the road rules.”
“Sometimes it makes me cringe when I see other people riding, but with this bus that threatened to squash me, I had nowhere to go.”
“Hopefully this guy will open his eyes up to the vulnerability of other people on the road.”

video camera strapped to helmet

From The Manly Daily

 

Sydney Roads & Streets

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Sydney Roads Are A Joke

Sydney roads are increasing in congestion and have slowed driving speeds on the major arterial roads for morning and afternoon peak hour dramatically.
Commuters from the north-west face the worst of it via the M2, Lane Cove Tunnel, Gore Hill Freeway then Sydney Harbour Bridge or by Victoria Road. Either way they experience extensive delays but at least via Victoria Rd they don’t have to pay to be sitting in traffic.
Traffic speeds for motorists to the CBD who use the M2, Lane Cove Tunnel, Gore Hill Freeway & Sydney Harbour Bridge dropped to just 30 kms p/h in 2009-10, which is down from 39 kms p/h in 2008. The M2 has a variable speed limit from 80 to 100 kph, no-one should be paying to travel on a motorway at those speeds

Even now with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Tunnel going cashless has not eased the pain as motorists continue to crawl through the toll area fearing that if they drive any faster the tag will not respond and they will get penalised. Driving faster or no stopping does not ease the traffic snarl as motorists have to stop at traffic lights on entering the CBD and with the merging and changing of lanes from public buses coming off the Cahill Expressway to the York St bus lane is an absolute disaster.

This makes a joke of the Government planning to ease traffic congestion caused by population growth in the north-west by putting more buses on the route. The solution is not to add to the traffic by putting on more buses but to allocate bus corridors for buses, not a bus lane for 2 kms then an un-policed transit lane for 2 kms then mixing with the peak hour traffic for 10 kms and back to a bus lane. Do people actually get paid to make these terrible decisions?
It gets worse with the M5 tunnel (another disaster that someone got paid to design) but the slowest artery was Victoria Road, at an average of 18 kms p/h, down from 29 k’s seven years ago. This is a massive 42 kms under the speed limit. At this rate, Victoria Road will be a real car park by 2020.

Visite Sydney Roads to share your experience

The State Government’s chronic failure to invest

in the Sydney roads network is loud and clear.

 

Sydney Airport Transfers | Airport Shuttles & Pickups

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Sydney Airport Transfers

Sydney Airport Transfers

When tourists and locals needing Sydney airport transfers arrive at Sydney International or the Domestic Airport for the first time they can often be a little confused as to where to go to get a bus especially if they don’t speak English as a first language. Having a pre-booked private transport company come and meet you or your group with a personalised sign is often a good way to go. This was there is no chance of getting lost and not being able to find your transportation and final destination.

Some groups opt for a rental of a car or minibus but this too complicates things as the last thing you want to do when you step off an international flight with jetlag is stand at a rental car counter for 40 minutes sorting out the details for your vehicle. Not only are there dangers of driving with jetlag but also a foreign country with unfamiliar road rules and possible driving on the other side of the road than you are used to. So it makes sense to book a charter bus for your Sydney airport transfers before arriving.

Choosing a company for Sydney Airport Transfers

While there are many charter bus companies to choose from in Sydney for airport transfers, just make sure you research them first, check their website for their accreditation number as an accredited and legal transport operator. If they fail to show this then they have something to hide so trust has already gone out the door. Make sure they are not a rental company that hires out buses without drivers but also offer services with drivers because rental vehicles are always mistreated inside & out and the chances of you stepping into an abused vehicle is almost certain.

Choose a company that specializes in bus charters as their drivers are professional, the vehicles always maintained for carrying private passengers and serviced under accreditation rules and law to manufacture’s specifications and an official government inspection every six months.

Check the charter bus company’s website for information relating to the service you require. If they show on their site that they do airport transfers in Sydney and have a page dedicated to such services then you know they offer this service where some companies that hire or rent vehicles will just claim they do such services and their driver probably shows up at the wrong terminal.

Sydney Airport Transfers – Arrivals, Pickups & Shuttles

Some groups arriving back to Sydney Airport from holidays don’t always require a meet & greet service by the driver at the baggage carousel as they are familiar with the area. A charter bus company that gives the customer a choice of a friendly meet & greet or the group meets the driver is a great way to save on unnecessary costs of bus parking with detailed information and easy to read maps of a short walk to the group pickup area at Sydney’s International terminal and both domestic terminals.

Some bus hire and bus rental companies in Sydney will try to sway you with their spiel of their vehicles being only one or two years old so you will get a new or late model vehicle for your service but remember that these vehicles have been rented out for bucks parties, hen’s nights and party weekends away that come back absolutely trashed and with 10,000 extra miles or kilometres added. When a rental or hired out vehicle comes back with damage the renter is charged with the damage and 99% of the time the company will not repair the damage and pocket the money as a bonus. Under New South Wales law and perhaps Australian law these bus hire and bus rental companies are not legally required to repair the damage. I personally have rented a minibus from one of these (mixed bus hire/minibus rental) companies in the past and although the bus was only 12 months old it looked like it have been to the battle front. I was totally unimpressed and I was glad it was only for a family day away to Jamberoo Park. If I had to pick up guests or customers I would be very embarrassed, actually I would have declined the vehicle. Looking at the rest of the fleet was a pretty eyebrow raising experience as well.

So if you need a bus, luxury coach, minivan or minibus with a driver then you should seek a professional and specialised Sydney charter bus company for all your Sydney Airport transfers, Sydney bus tours and general bus and coach charters in Sydney, Australia.

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