Book Ferries, Trains and Buses Online

Train Line
Buy train tickets in advance and save £££'s at QJump. They offer great savings on GNER, Midland Mainline and Virgin trains. This has got to be better than phoning or leaving buying train tickets on the day.

Virgin Trains
The bearded wonder's mob use the trainline.com's service for train ticket reservations, so you can buy tickets for all the train companies, not just Virgin.

Train Direct
Website of the Great Western Line, you can book Great Western, North Western and First Great Eastern Season tickets. The site design is basic, but it does the business. You can reserve seats, so you know if you're facing the front or the back of the train.

Busabout
A good place for the independent traveller who wants to do Europe by bus. The Busabout pass allows travel throughout 14 countries in a specified time. A good idea and a nice site.

National Express
Book your coach ticket online from National Express and save upto 30%. You can book coach travel throughout the UK and 1200 destinations in 25 countries. They offer a list of alternatives so that you can hone your travel details to your exact requirements.

Stena Line
Straightforward site enabling you to book your Stena Ferries to Ireland and Holland. They also organise car imports, too.

P&O Stena
An excellent site offering easy booking on P&O Ferries as well as a host of related information. As added enticements they have special offers and a £2 discount for online bookers. They are talking about car imports coming soon, too.

Irish Ferries
Voted best Travel Website and best Ferry Company at the Irish Travel Awards, you can book Ferries to and from Ireland at their nicely designed and easy to use site. You can also book accommodation and combined ferry/accommodation packages.

Sea France
Book your ferry to France from this busy, but easy to navigate site. There's lots of information available, and they have a price guarantee, which says that they will match lower fares you may find elsewhere.

Brittany Ferries
Clear site where you can book your ferry tickets or just check times and prices. Look out for special offers available on crossings, free nights in hotels and the like.

Red Funnel

Ferries between Southampton and the Isle of Wight are bookable online at Red Funnel. Special deals on travel and accommodation available.