Big Green Coach Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.4

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Looking at 358 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Many customers found the booking process straightforward, appreciating convenient pick-up and drop-off locations and timely event arrivals. People frequently praised friendly, helpful drivers and staff, noting comfortable coaches and smooth journeys. Responsive customer service for amendments or queries was also highlighted by several consumers. However, some customers noted significant logistical problems, including coaches not arriving or leaving late, being left stranded, or given incorrect information. Others felt customer service was unhelpful or unresponsive, particularly when issues arose. Uncomfortable coach conditions, such as lack of air conditioning or excessive heat, were also experienced by some reviewers.

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Location

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Booking process

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I booked the BGC company for take that in Coventry, booking it was easy and i was happy with the price. The pick up location and times were very convenient. The only negative things were the fact tha... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I used BGC to travel from Swansea to Cardiff for Metallica. Plenty of coaches supplied for departure, and all but one seemed modern (one looked very old, was rusty, I was pleased not to be on that one... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy to book on-line. Very happy to be on air conditioned coach on this really hot day with no hassle drop-off and pick-up close to Blackweir Fields venue, didn't take much longer or cost more than dr... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This was my second year using Big Green Coach to travel to Tomorrowland, both the reps and drivers made the journey such an enjoyable part of the experience. A 16 hour coach journey can seem like the... See more

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  1. Bus and Coach Company

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The UK's largest and most trusted travel supplier to the Events Industry. We transport over 100,000 customers to music and sporting events every year and we're proud to be carbon neutral!


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Really poor experience at R1 Big…

Really poor experience at R1 Big Weekend, waited well over an hour for a "shuttle bus" from Heworth Metro station on the Friday meaning I missed a number of artists I had planned on seeing. Nowhere near enough busses were in service for the amount of people. They also weren't making sure the busses were completely full before leaving each time, we seen busses leaving with space on them. Very poorly ran.

22 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Steven, we're sorry to hear about this.

We always prioritise providing a safe journey to the dedicated location for the event. With events of this size, some wait times are always to be anticipated, particularly during peak operational hours. This is due to the volume of people that are being transported to and from the site.

However, our team worked closely with the event, and other contractors, to ensure that the shuttle service ran as smoothly as possible.

We appreciate you taking the time to provide your feedback on the service and will pass this on to the relevant teams.

It is always our priority to improve our future services and your feedback is crucial in making this happen.

Please feel free to reach out to customerservice@biggreencoach.co.uk for more information.

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Coach did not arrive or was there any…

Coach did not arrive or was there any communication to myself regarding rearranging transport to our music event.. I had to arrange a different transport to and from the event as we had lost trust in the company to provide for the service we had paid for.. Poor effort

30 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Sean, we're sorry to hear about this.

If you're able to provide more information on the event and date of travel, we'd like to look further into this asap.

Please reach out to customerservice@biggreencoach.co.uk for more information.

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't trust this company

Don't trust this company! Big Green Coach ig Green Coach you are an absolute disgrace. My daughter and friends were on the coach to festival in Chester, having paid £40 each for the ticket on your coach. The driver stopped at services for toilet break, and left before they got back to the coach before the arranged time, leaving them in a service station in the middle of nowhere!! Luckily she took her belongings with her but some other parties had left their property on the coach! Do not use this company!!

30 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Lindsey, we're sorry to hear about this.

Please be assured we are looking into this and have reached out to the relevant operator of this coach service.

Feel free to get in touch with customerservice@biggreencoach.co.uk for more information.

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No show lost the lottery

Me and my mum where supposed to be attending the lottery winners in Leigh and had paid for a package including the coach travel from Liverpool.

The coach never turned up and after about 30 minutes we had a phone call to say it wasn’t coming and taxis were ordered.

When taxis eventually arrived we where told three where ordered two turned up but we where not notified and they drove off with spare seats in them. A group ordered their own uber. The third taxi never appeared.
We were told that we’d be emailed the taxis booking details.

We rang the hot line to a man who said the third was waiting but then changed this to that we’d have to make our own way there and be reimbursed. When we said that we shouldn’t be out of pocket for something we had already paid for. We asked to talk to someone else but he went a way and pretended to be someone else.

I don’t believe that we’d be reimbursed and don’t have any trust that if we had gotten our own way to the concert that we’d have gotten home.

30 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Isabelle,

We're sorry to hear about this.

We can see you have reached out to our customer service team, who have provided a full response to your complaint.

We would like to clarify that when we were made aware of the issues with this pick-up, our team quickly arranged alternative transport for customers, with two taxis picking up less than an hour after the scheduled departure time and one following shortly, approximately 10 minutes later, from the designated pick-up location.

The return journey from Leigh Sports Village ran as scheduled.

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Booking issue

Booked coach place for this year's download festival last June, for my daughter. Subsequently she discovered she had a college exam on the day due to travel there. Upon emailing customer services the issue was dealt with within a day by James & she's now booked to travel the following morning and her anxiety levels have dropped significantly as a result.Thank you James at BGC

28 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks for the 5-stars, PJ! We'll be sure to pass on your kind words to James. See you on board very soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Booking Change

Had a query about my booking and the customer service team were great. Made the change I requested very quickly with no issues. Overall a very good service.

28 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks for the great review, Wallis!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helpful and Efficient

Used them for Green Day and was happy with service. Booked for my Chemical Romance but needed to amend our pick up point due to moving. Layla sorted this for me very efficiently

28 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Glad to hear you'll be joining us again this summer, Emma! Thanks for the 5-stars.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

9 hours to get to The Bearded Theory Festival form Liverpool

First and last time using Big Green Coaches .

Booked coach travel for the Bearded Theory festival and what a mistake that was . Pick up point was Liverpool at 9.30am so assumed a 2,50 hour journey should cover it.

Nowhere on the booking page did it mention that multiple pick ups would be involved . So , started in Liverpool , then on to Manchester followed by Sheffield and Nottingham . Arrived at the festival at 6.30pm .

9 hours to travel a distance of 100 miles ! Could have travelled to Glastonbury and back in that time .

Other things that went wrong - The toilet on the coach was out of use for part of the journey.It seems that the coach company did not provide the driver with the proper travel route to the Festival - neared the festival around 4.30pm and took a further 2 hours due to be stopped from accessing on particular route .

Update 28/5/26 ;

Further to the reply below , sorry but it it really doesn't rub . 9 hours for a journey that should take 2.50 hours is not an efficient route .

I suspect that the multiple pick ups is more to do with cost savings than any sustainability pretence ( in my opinion ).

21 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Pete,

We are sorry to hear that our service did not operate as you expected.

We never provide information of confirmed routes in advance of an event as all of our routes are dynamic and can be subject to change until the day of travel.

At Big Green Coach, we work hard to maintain our commitment to provide sustainable transport. This might mean journeys are combined where possible in order to reduce the number of vehicles on the road.

Please be assured, our operations team always work to plan our routes as efficiently as possible, accommodating for our pick-up requirements.

We appreciate your feedback and will pass this on to the wider team – it is always our priority to improve our future services and your feedback is a crucial aspect of doing so.

Please get in contact with customerservice@biggreencoach.co.uk if you haven't already!

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Irritated and tired

We saw the amount of queues and crowds in previous nights at big weekender, so decided to leave OLIVIA DEAN early. We were the first people to get in the queue, but ended up getting on the fourth bus. We’d asked multiple staff members if we were allowed to just go down the straight path instead of going through the maze of fences, they said no. But allowed people to start unlocking fences and push directly in front of us.

24 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Anon,

We are sorry to hear that our shuttle service did not operate as you expected.

Please be assured that our team worked closely with the event, and other contactors, to ensure that the shuttle service ran as smoothly as possible throughout the day.

We appreciate your feedback and will pass this on to the wider team – it is always our priority to improve our future services and your feedback is a crucial aspect of doing so.

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Ticket change

Really helpful and prompt with dealing with my issue and found a suitable solution.

24 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

We're glad we could help with your query, Penelope!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My tickets for the big green coach…

My tickets for the big green coach wouldn’t work so I got in touch within a few minutes they got back to me and helped me make my journey so stress free and easy thanks you again

23 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Chloe, thanks for the 5-stars! We really appreciate it and hope to have you on board again soon.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

terrible

terrible, shambles, rip off, waste of time don't bother, waited And 1,5 hours to get sunderland radio one weekend, then 1.5 to get back to sunderland paid 12 quid for a crap service,

22 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Nicola,

We are sorry to hear that our shuttle service did not operate as you expected.

With events of this size, some wait times are always to be anticipated, particularly during peak operational hours.

This is due to the volume of people that are being transported to and from the site. However, our team worked closely with the event, and other contactors, to ensure that the shuttle service ran as smoothly as
possible.

We appreciate your feedback and will pass this on to the wider team – it is always our priority to improve our future services and your feedback is a crucial aspect of doing so.

Please contact customerservice@biggreencoach.co.uk if you haven't already.

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Been waiting 2 hours for shuttle to…

Been waiting 2 hours for shuttle to radio 1 weekend and the queue in front is at least another 2. Going to miss half the acts. Why aren’t more buses on??

22 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Joanne,

We're sorry to hear about your experience. Please contact customerservice@biggreencoach.co.uk if you haven't already - we'd like to look into this!

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great CS team

I have only had experience of their customer service team so far and haven't yet used the coach service itself. The CS team was excellent and responded relatively quickly to provide clarity on something which Ticketmaster was just not able to do.

21 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks for the 5-stars! We look forward to having you on board very soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent customer service

Excellent customer service. I accidentally entered the wrong email address when booking and didn’t receive my confirmation or e-ticket. I contacted them via Instagram messages and got a reply the next morning — Layla was incredibly helpful and resolved the issue immediately. My tickets were resent straight away. Really impressed by how efficient and professional the service was.

19 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Jasmine, thanks for the kind review! Layla is a superstar and we're glad she could help with your enquiry. We look forward to having you on board with us soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helpful customer service

Helpful customer service, they helped me move my coach time with minimal hassle. Friendly team!

16 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks for the 5-stars, Harley! We really appreciate it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service first class got…

Excellent service first class got back to me straight away. And sorted out my inquiry. Customer service excellent.

12 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks for the kind review, Robin! We're glad our customer service team was able to help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really fast customer service

My daughter booked a shuttle bus but entered the wrong email address, but couldn't change it on the website; I contacted and within 3 minutes I had received a reply, the address had been changed and the booking confirmation reset - absolutely brilliant service!

15 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks for the 5-stars, Stephen! We really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Booking process was super easy, and when I needed to make changes the team were so responsive and helpful and helped me get everything sorted. Thank you!

15 May 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Emily, that's great to hear! We look forward to having you on board.

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