Greyhound cuts cost of Airlie Beach travel pass

Greyhound Australia is cutting the price of its Airlie Beach Mini Traveller pass by 15 per cent, offering passengers a 45-day hop-on hop-off bus pass starting from $185.  

Backpackers can use the pass from three departure points – Sydney, Byron Bay or Brisbane – stopping at locations between Sydney and Airlie Beach including Coffs Harbour, the Sunshine Coast, Hervey Bay, Rockhampton and Mackay.

For more information visit greyhound.com.au or call 1300 473 946.

By Martin Lane  ·  February 11th, 2010 at 4:06 pm

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Comments


  1. Brett Claxton
    16 Feb 10
    2:20 pm

    2. That’s just great… Wherlie Beach? There’s this wonderful place called Cairns north of there… maybe you should consider it as a destination for you cutting costs…

  2. Jeff Hausler
    16 Feb 10
    6:12 pm

    3. Airlie is only half way- Cairns is the Jewel in the Crown??

  3. greg cole
    16 Feb 10
    9:16 pm

    4. Don’t worry, Cairns. It’s all spin and puff. Try and find a $185 pass on Greyhounds website that gets you from any major starting point to Airlie. Even Brisbane to Airlie is $240.

    Anyone who buys a pass to Airlie can travel the rest of the way to Cairns with us for $40.00.

    We’ll look after you.

  4. Keith Roberts
    18 Feb 10
    8:14 am

    5. To Help the traffic route between Cairns and Airlie, what the industry really needs is airline support between Cairns and the the Whitsundays. Airlie beach has daily direct connecting flights to all east coast Capitals, Melbourne , Sydney and Brisbane. Its the Airlines we need to convince to replace the Hamo-Cairns Turbo prop. With Cairns as an international Airport I do not understand the lack of foresight for no one servicing this potentially huge link. Cairns and Airlie marketeers need to work together to make this happen…It takes a team to kick a goal….

  5. Brett Claxton
    18 Feb 10
    9:47 am

    6. Yes indeed Mr Roberts. However, the onus relies perhaps on the agents in Airlie to respect Cairns as a destination and to accept the idea of selling travel in and around the wonderful far north. As it stands Cairns has always been the brunt of bad publicity from ill informed ‘agents’ from the one horse town. Our travellers that make it here are too very often told that they have seen the rainforest and the Reef from Airlie and there is no need to go to Cairns… if you were to weigh up the amount of travel that is sold into Airlie verses the amount of travel that is sold from Airlie into Cairns I am sure you would find a startling imbalance. Cairns in fact is a great supporter of the Whitsundaze, if only Airlie would be so appreciative to reciprocate… We here have for the past 4 years, 3 times a year cordially invited ‘agents’ from Airlie to join us on our all expenses paid famils, but yet have 1 agent accept…
    I agree, we are one Queensland, work together… can you spread the word down there mate?

  6. greg cole
    18 Feb 10
    2:32 pm

    7. Planes? Well I’m sure Greyhound will join us here at Oz Experience in celebrating air travel between Airlie and Cairns. And the Ayr, Bowen, Townsville, Magnetic Island Cardwell, Ingham, Innisfail, and Mission Beach crew will certainly be waving rapturously at the planes of backpackers flying past while the life is sucked out of their businesses.

    You could call it The Republic of Whitsundays Airlines. Useful when the roads are closed.

  7. Keith Roberts
    19 Feb 10
    9:28 am

    8. I have should have qualified my first statement by saying Tourism industry, the Backpackers will always prefer travel at ground level as they came to see the country not fly over it. The Bligh Government yesterday announced a 7 million dollar upgrade to our old Airport so obviously they agree with the need. I believe in cooperative marketing not destination marketing.

  8. greg cole
    19 Feb 10
    11:27 am

    9. Perhaps you could assist us with asking the council where we can legally and for free park coaches. The airports a little too far away.

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