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Spooky half-term travel without a scary price tag

22 Oct 2009

National Express is helping to make Halloween days out less scary for parents with a range of inexpensive ‘2 for 1’ offers at the UK’s most frightening attractions.

Passengers travelling to London, Bristol and Birmingham this half term can gain 2 for 1 entry at some of the UK’s scariest venues with their National Express coach ticket.

Customers simply collect a voucher from their nearest coach station or download one from www.nationalexpress.com to save money at Halloween attractions including London Dungeons, Dudley Castle and the SS Great Britain.

Spooky special offers by coach include:

• Visit Britain’s most haunted ship for ghoulish ghost stories at the SS Great Britain:
  http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/HauntedShip.aspx
  £10.95 for two with National Express voucher
• Visit the world’s scariest Halloween event at the London Dungeons; they’ve teamed up with the Guinness Book of Records to create the creepiest attraction ever.
  www.thedungeons.com
  £21.95  for two with National Express voucher
• It’s ‘Boo at the Zoo’ at Dudley Zoo and Castle. Take a spooky Halloween trail at the Midlands’ most haunted house:
  http://www.dudleyzoo.org.uk/home.htm
  Child goes free with full price adult with National Express voucher
• The London Bridge Experience, Winner of the UK's Scariest Attraction.  definitely worth a visit this Halloween: 
  www.thelondonbridgeexperience.com  
  £21.95  for two with National Express voucher
• Enjoy a gruesome ghostly banquet at Cadbury’s World:
  www.cadburyworld.co.uk
  30% off admission with National Express voucher

To make half term travel more affordable National Express has launched 300K coach seats priced at £5 or under across 135 routes nationwide. The low cost seats are available throughout October and November and can be used in conjunction with the 2 for 1 attraction offer.

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National Express is Britain’s only nationwide, scheduled coach operator, serving over 1,700 destinations throughout the UK with approximately 18.5 million passenger journeys every year. National Express also operates a high frequency service to all major UK airports.

For further information, please contact:
Carly O'Donnell, Media Executive, National Express
D: 0121 460 8867 Carly.O'Donnell@nationalexpress.com  www.nationalexpress.com