1 € for a Barcelona-Toulouse! Taking the Megabus fare, the low-cost bus. Despite the 5h30 drive. The English company Stagecoach, owner of Megabus, is a regular of the promotional rates. By deciding to serve France, in April 2012, the low-cost bus company already offered Paris-London at 9 euros ... But for what price, what can we really expect from these Megabus? Nuria, 22, and Carla, 21, two Spaniards, traveled Barcelona-Paris in mid-August. Their opinions.

• The price : "Can not get the price at 1 € to Toulouse but the Barcelona-Paris has returned less than 60 euros the return trip".

Our opinion : the rates at 1 € are promotional and in limited quantities but at 30 € one way, Megabus tariffs remain very attractive insofar as the tickets were taken at the last minute (one can have the same rates by airplane low cost provided to reserve very in advance).

• The journey : "The journey lasted 15 hours and the return 14 hours, which was planned, but it is still very long".

Our opinion : We are not really used to such long transports. But on shorter distances with a transport time not exceeding 5 hours, coach trips (also offered by Eurolines or ID Bus of the SNCF) are really interesting.

• Comfort : "Let's say it was not a luxury, and the chairs were tight enough ... Also, on the way, the Wifi did not work and on the way back we only had on the French territory, otherwise there was air conditioning and it was quite appreciable, but the driver made all his announcements in English. in French or Spanish. "

Our opinion : At the cost of low cost, there is no need to hope for better ...

• Safety : "It was a night trip to and from Barcelona, ​​the bus stopped 5 times for 20 minutes, but it was not always clear whether the passengers could get off or not ... and at mid-way there was a change of driver.On return he stopped 2 times 50 minutes and a third time to change drivers (without the travelers can not descend). that on this return trip, the driver was wrong on the road: he backed off for several minutes on a two-way street ... "

Our opinion : difficult to hold on with as little stop when driving. In the case of Nuria and Carla, the driver changed midway. A week earlier, on Sunday, August 10th, 60 passengers traveling with Megabus lived a real night of galley. At 80 km from the French border, the Spanish police arrested the Megabus bus to verify the identity of the driver driving under the identity of another and who alone was responsible for the Barcelona-London link via Toulouse and Paris. Two young Parisian women, Karina Aitaissa and Océane Merabti, decided to file a complaint.

The overall opinion of 2 travelers on low cost bus Megabus :

- Nuria: "I will not take back Megabus. It's way too many hours in a car not comfortable."

- Carla: "I'm not very happy but with a shorter trip, considering the price, I could try again."