How I’m Getting 4 People From Heathrow to Southampton for About $73
When I started planning our first trip to Europe, getting the flights and cruise booked felt like the biggest part of the job. Then I realized something: We still had to get four people from Heathrow Airport to Southampton. Our cruise leaves from Southampton, England, but our overnight flight from the U.S. arrives at London Heathrow at 9:40 a.m. on Thursday, December 3 . Our cruise doesn’t leave until the next day, December 4. That meant I needed to figure out the easiest—and hopefully reasonably priced—way to get four people and all of our luggage from Heathrow to Southampton. And this is exactly the kind of little travel expense that can quietly make a “cheap” trip much more expensive. The option I found: National Express After looking at transportation options, I found a direct coach from Heathrow Airport Terminals 2 & 3 to Southampton Coach Station at Harbour Parade . The price that caught my attention was: £53.60 total for all four passengers. At the current exchange...