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Today is a good day. After many months of building, testing, arguing about button colours and riding a great many coaches ourselves, BusMagus is open to everyone. If you are reading this, you are among the very first people to use it, and we would like to start by saying thank you and welcome aboard. Why we built this Anyone who has travelled by bu  Прочитај повеќе

Ask anyone who grew up in Albania, Kosovo or North Macedonia how they got to the coast, to university, to a cousin's wedding two countries away, and the answer is almost always the same. They took the bus. Not because it was the romantic choice, but because it was the only one that actually went there, at a time that made sense, for money that made  Прочитај повеќе

Some routes come up in our searches every single day, in every season, in every language we serve. They are the corridors that hold the region together, and if you are planning a first trip here there is a good chance one of them is yours. Here is what they are actually like. Tirana to Thessaloniki This is the classic. Albania's capital to Greece's  Прочитај повеќе

If you have never crossed a land border on a coach, the first time can feel slightly mysterious. The bus slows, pulls into a lane, the driver collects something from everyone, and then there is a wait of unknown length while nothing visibly happens. Here is what is actually going on, and how to make it painless. The routine Most crossings in the re  Прочитај повеќе

The overnight coach is one of the region's best kept travel habits. You board in the evening, you sleep or half sleep through the dark stretch, and you step off in another country as the cafes are opening. You have saved a night in a hotel and gained a whole day at your destination. The only catch is that a timetable which crosses midnight is genui  Прочитај повеќе

People ask us two questions about prices more than any others. Why does the same coach cost a different amount on different days, and when should I book to pay the least? Both have straightforward answers once you know how a fare is actually put together. The fare is the operator's Every price you see on our site is set by the company running the c  Прочитај повеќе

The moment after you pay is the moment most people feel a small flutter of doubt. Did it work? Where is the ticket? What do I actually show on the day? Let us walk through it, because the answers are reassuring and the whole thing is simpler than it feels the first time. Where the ticket goes As soon as your payment is confirmed we email you the ti  Прочитај повеќе

Most coach fares in the region are final. You buy a seat on a specific departure and that is the seat you have. Operators price this way because a coach that leaves with an empty seat has lost that fare for good, and the low prices you see on the results depend on it. It is fair, and it is also, occasionally, a problem, because plans change. Flexib  Прочитај повеќе

A six hour coach ride is either a pleasant stretch of reading and scenery or a long afternoon of small discomforts, and the difference is mostly decided before you board. Here are the choices that matter, and how to make them when you book with us. Where you sit On many routes the operator assigns seats automatically and that is perfectly fine, you  Прочитај повеќе

Reviews are only useful if you can trust where they came from, and on much of the internet you cannot. A rating can be written by anyone about anything, including by the company being rated and by its competitors. We built ours differently, and the difference is worth explaining, because it changes what a four point three out of five actually means  Прочитај повеќе

When you tap a seat on our site and pay for it, a small chain of organisations has just agreed on something. The company that owns the coach has sold a seat. We have recorded it, taken the payment and issued the ticket. Perhaps a travel agency or a partner website was where you actually started. It is worth understanding how these pieces fit, partl  Прочитај повеќе