I will be arriving in Zurich at 8:30 a.m., but after all the airport procedures, I might not be out of their airport till 11 a.m. I checked on goeuro.com on July 5th, and it seems that Flixbus is the cheapest option compared to renting a car or taking a train.
Has anyone tried Flixbus? Is it good? Would you suggest it?
Thanks,
Hannah
I'm sure that Flixbus is just fine, have never heard anyone call it unreliable, and it may well be cheaper than Swiss trains. But if other factors are equal, then I generally prefer the comfort and schedule of the trains, which can take you from Zurich airport to Colmar in 2.5 hours with one connection at Basel, departing at 9:43 or 10:43 and similar times through the day. Last week, I landed at Zurich about 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday and was able to stop at the toilets, pass through their self-service passport control, collect luggage, and board an 8:47 train (but with train ticket already in hand).
I took flixbus last year from Frankfurt airport to Colmar. It was convenient and very cheap. It got me to Colmar when expected and was comfortable enough. I had no problems with it and thought the value was good. On the trains I would have had to transfer and it was nice not to have to do so on flixbus. I also took it from Colmar to Karlsruhe. There were some traffic delays on that route, but it did get me there eventually and cheaply. I would use it again, but overall I do prefer train travel more. It’s easier to get up and move around on a train and generally lfewer chances of delays.
I took a bus in 2014 (now part of FlixBus I think) from Freiburg im Breisgau to Zurich and back for a day trip to Zurich; I suspect this bus continued on to Colmar. I dislike long bus rides and would greatly have preferred a train, but I booked near the last minute, and by then the trains were super expensive - maybe 3X more expensive. So I took the bus, and it was fine - many long flat stretches of freeways. I took another bus last year that was a FlixBus from Slovenia to Italy and it was 45+ minutes late but otherwise fine - for a bus. I am glad I had the FlixBus app on my phone to get notifications from them that the bus was late but indeed coming - after 30 minutes you kind of start to wonder...
Booking this far ahead? I'd almost certainly take the train if I could get a decent price - probably can - on the train, even if it costs more than the FlixBus. But I do prefer trains, as I said above.
