CITYLINK - not as expected. Their Belfast-Glasgow ticket is a little inaccurate.

The 923 Citylink/Ulsterbus always waits at Cairnryan for the ferry regardless of how late the ferry is running!

Just to confirm. Return with Hanson is £78. Return with Citylink is £50. Living in NI I've travelled this route with Citylink many times. I found it excellent value. For an extra few quid you can travel on to Edinburgh, Fort William........Prior to covid you could book this route through translink and they even gave you complementary travel to/from Belfast from anywhere in NI.

The city link coach actually belongs to ulsterbus/translink as they run the route on behalf of city link and the vehicle is stored at ulsterbus’s Stranraer depot specifically placed for this route. The reason for the airport bus is they use what ever bus and driver allocated to that specific duty. Hope this helps

Yes, I've done this journey and it was really good value. The ferry was delayed and they held the coach at Cairnryan. The journey along the Ayrshire coast on a summer evening was just beautiful. Nice ferry too.

From one Scott to another here in Scotland I just love this content. Keep it coming. Always makes me smile.

That was a great video and really enjoyed seeing you on the bus, then then ferry followed by a bus to Glasgow.

That was a tough journey for you considering the time spent standing around in the cold, and your absolutely right about your preferred choice of Hannon coaches who would want that messing around with separate transport, and finally I concur with your shock at the price of food on the ferry, I learned the hard way many years ago when taking my young family to France by ferry that food was a rip off on board so I always have prepacked supplies and a flask👍

How the world is changing is crazy, i have 0 problem waiting 15 mins for a bus and i really couldn't care what name was on it as long as i caught my ferry on time and i get to my destination on time. I would be raging for paying £17 on that breakfast rather than complain about a bus

One advantage, if you have an NEC (Bus Pass), is that the Glasgow/Cairnryan/Glasgow part of the journey is ‘free’, so there is a good cost saving there.

Excellent video - as always, well researched and honest assessment.

Thanks Scott, I like the content that you do and you inspire me to do this

Very interesting Scott . I'm thinking of a short break to Glasgow sometime, so this was very relevant. By the way, read your book not long ago. Really enjoyed it!

it takes a brave man to be hanging around belfast at 4 in the morning lol 🤣

To be fair Scott, the Ulster/Citylink runs more frequently than the Hannons. 3x a day vs 1 or 2 (depending on the day). There used to be a 920 to London which I used regularly. It was always pretty seamless.

Really interesting video. Congrats on getting to 30k too.

I love this kind of video, keep going !

What I really don't understand is why you were up and about in central Belfast at 4.a.m, 2.5 hours before the departure time? And isn't there some hair-splitting going on here - one company takes you to the terminal, where a lift or escalator lets you board directly to the deck where you'll sit and eat. The other, after a wait, drives you onto the vehicle deck - from where you drag yourself up several flights of stairs. The difference at Cairnryan might be an issue as you say - but if the Citylink bus waits for up to 90 minutes it's not a huge area of concern.

Lovely video. Just subscribed. Really like the travelling vlogs

I love when you post a new video cant wait for polish adventures!!

Very enjoyable video. 💜 I learned a lot. Coffee on a cold morning is the best! ☕☕ Four in the morning I would need two coffees.