If you want to save serious dough, a coach is your new best friend. National Express and FlixBus run from all over the UK to Gatwick, and tickets can drop as low as £2-£5 if you book way ahead. Yes, you read that right—less than a sad sandwich in a station café.
It’s not glamorous. You’ll share a seat with someone’s emotional support backpack and watch the M25 crawl by like a slow-motion nature documentary. But hey, you can nap, read, or play games on your phone, and you’ll arrive directly at the terminal—no train changes, no existential crises over platform numbers.
A word of warning: book online early. Last-minute coach prices can sting like a wasp at a picnic. Set a reminder on your phone, or name your alarm “DON’T BE DAFT, BOOK THE BUS.”
