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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Evaluating 389 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Many customers found the booking process straightforward and appreciated the friendly, helpful staff and drivers. People frequently noted comfortable journeys, good communication, and convenient pick-up/drop-off locations. Many expressed satisfaction and willingness to use the service again for future events. However, some customers noted issues with customer service, reporting difficulties getting responses or support. A few experienced uncomfortable coach conditions, such as non-working air conditioning or toilets, particularly in hot weather. There were also instances of significant delays, confusion regarding pick-up points, and concerns about being left behind after events, with some reviewers also mentioning unprofessional driver behavior.

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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 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 5 out of 5 stars

Travelling with BGC took all the stress out of our Harry @ Wembley experience. Easy to book, efficient service, comfortable coach, brilliant parking close to venue. I will certainly use them again... 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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  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

2.5hr wait for 6 mile journey!!!

We paid £11 each for a 6 mile journey to our concert. We waited for 2.5 hours!!!! Coaches came once every 25 minutes and the queue turned into chaos.

I contacted their customer service and was told twice that they were happy with the service provided and I couldnt get compensation.

RUBBISH - AVOID FOR ANY TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS!!! You're better walking!

May 22, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi there,

We're sorry to hear about this.

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 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 1 out of 5 stars

Charged money for a journey that was free to other people.

This company charged me £28 for a ride to the Radio 1 festival but when we got on the bus nobody asked for the ticket to see i had paid, on the way back it was the same and the majority of people on that bus told me they had not paid for their journey, when I inquired about it to the company and asked for a refund as I felt it was not fair that I had to pay but other people didn't they basically said no refund and they will look into the reason why no one checked, fair enough it is not their fault the staff didn't check but that does not mean it's fair that some people had to pay a lot of money for a 10 minute journey and most people got it for free, disgusting in my opinion.
I would advise being very careful booking with this company.

May 23, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Sharon,

We're sorry to hear about this.

Please be reassured, all staff are instructed to check all tickets at the time of boarding shuttles to ensure passengers are travelling to the correct event.

We’re glad that you were still able to board your service to BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend. As mentioned by our customer service team, we have logged this information with the relevant team to ensure we continue to conduct proper ticket checks.

We appreciate your feedback and will use this to improve our future services.

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Coach turned up late to start with

Coach turned up late to leave.
Got to London ok but on return to the coach driver informed us we couldn’t leave for 2 hrs eventually got back to Cardiff at 4.30am .

June 5, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

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

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

Please reach out to customerservice@biggreencoach.co.uk if you haven't already.

Many thanks, BGC

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely comfortable coach

Lovely comfortable coach, phone chargers, toilet. Reece was an excellent driver, also very considerate and helpful.
Enjoyable journey thank you.

June 6, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks for the 5-stars, Pamela! We're glad to hear your journey with us was smooth and enjoyable.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

quick customer service

I was impressed with the quick customer service- I contacted BGB twice to ask questions via Facebook and email. Each time they came back to me within an hour and sorted my query.

June 6, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks for the great review, Nicola! We really appreciate it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Perfect customer service

Perfect customer service - resolved very quickly.

Shame I can’t attend and experience the coach.

Layla was fab! :)

June 4, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks, Beth! We would love to have you on board in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Assisting with change needed for booking

I booked with the Company and needed to cancel and they could not of been more helpful, and assisted me within a few minutes so would recommend working with this company.

June 4, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Steve, we appreciate you taking the time to leave such a great review. Look forward to having you on board very soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Customer service was great

Customer service was great, quick response clear on instructions and done what I asked with no complications! Great company

June 3, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Erin, thanks for the 5-stars! We really appreciate it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had read on social media that people…

I had read on social media that people had received their BGc tickets for download festival already but I hadn't at the time so just needed to check if there was something wrong with my booking.. got a very rapid response to my email from Layla, who reassured me that all was ok & my eticket arrived within 24 hours..which was one less but big thing to worry about for me..thank you!

June 1, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hi Martin, thanks for your 5-stars! We look forward to having you on board for DLXXIII next week. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Accidentally booked a coach with my…

Accidentally booked a coach with my concert tickets. Layla was super understanding, nice and helpful and cancelled the booking efficiently at no extra cost. Great customer service.

June 3, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Hey Ellie, thanks for the great review! We're glad to hear Layla was able to assist so promptly. Look forward to having you on board very soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ideal

Based on my dealings with the company I would say the communication on emails ect was clear and quick and easy to move forward with, thanks Layla

June 3, 2026
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Reply from Big Green Coach

Thanks, Kieran! We're glad to hear your email was responded to efficiently. Layla is a superstar!

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.

May 22, 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

May 30, 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!!

May 30, 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.

May 30, 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

May 28, 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.

May 28, 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

May 28, 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 ).

May 21, 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.

May 24, 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

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