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01242 257 714

UK & CONTINENTAL COACH TRAVEL

Visit us at 61 Clarence Street, Cheltenham, open Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4.30pm

Welcome to Marchants Coaches...

 

Established in 1948, Marchants is a family owned bus & coach company based in the Regency Spa town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

 

We're passionate about our clients & delivering the highest levels of customer service with a team of dedicated, friendly & committed professional drivers, operations staff, engineers & cleaners.

 

Our uniformed drivers have enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) certificates, receive ongoing training in customer service, vehicle safety & driving standards. They are highly experienced & friendly, making your trip a memorable experience for all the right reasons.

 

We operate a modern & stylish fleet which includes 7 to 57 seat coaches in both standard & executive specification & 31 to 74 seat wheelchair accessible single & double deck buses.

 

Most importantly, our fleet undergo rigorous 6 weekly inspections to ensure they are at MOT standards at all times at our Prestbury Road Depot by IRTEC trained & experienced engineers.

 

Through our fleet replacement programme we are constantly renewing & refurbishing our vehicles, which boast prestigious models from Mercedes-Benz, Scania & Volvo.

 

Bus & coach private hire

 

We'd love to quote for your private hire requirements & can provide quotes for:

 

  • Airport & seaport transfers

  • Corporate travel

  • Educational trips & tours

  • European tours

  • Historical venues, museums & gardens days out etc.

  • Local transfers

  • Sporting events & concerts

  • Theatre & shopping trips

  • UK coach tours

  • Weddings & funerals

 

To contact us to discuss your private hire requirements, please Click Here.

 

 

Great days out with Marchants

 

We’ve a great selection of day excursion to choose from including air festivals & displays, Coronation Street Tour, historic houses & cities, Harry Potter Studio Tour, musicals, shopping & everyone’s favourite a day out at the seaside .

 

You can board your Marchants day excursion from convenient boarding points located in:

 

  • Bishops Cleeve

  • Cheltenham

  • Churchdown

  • Cirencester*

  • Gloucester

  • Tewkesbury*

  • Quedgeley*

 

*These bus stops are only available on selected Day Excursions.

 

Reserved seating is provided on all day trips – we find most people generally like to be near the front, so the earlier you book the better choice of seats you have!

 

It's easy to to book, either online now or by any of the the following ways:

 

  • Call: 01242 257714 & speak to our friendly travel advisors 

  • Visit: Marchants Travel Shop located at 61 Clarence Street, Cheltenham

  • Visit: Tourist Information Centres in Cirencester, Gloucester & Tewkesbury

 

 

It's easy to book National Express tickets, just pop in & see us!

 

Whether it's fun with the family, memory-making with mates or visiting somewhere new, travelling with National Express means you'll always get great value as well as first-class quality. National Express takes you to the heart of London & every major UK city, as well as a huge range of over 900 other destinations & transfer services to major UK airports including Birmingham, Bristol, Gatwick, Heathrow, Manchester & Stansted, you can get to the departure lounge in comfort.

 

Coach tickets are available from our travel shop at 61 Clarence Street, Cheltenham, just a short 3 minute walk from the coach stop at the Royal Well Bus Station. Click here for details. 

 

 

Looking for a job that really is going places?

 

 

We're passionate about our clients & delivering the highest levels of customer service with a team of dedicated, friendly & committed professional drivers. We're recruiting experienced coach drivers for full time, part time & casual positions.

 

If you think you have what it takes to be a Marchant’s driver, please click here for further information & to apply today!

 

 

We're on social media....

 

For service information plus weather related travel updates for our bus services,

news & offers on our day excursions, theatre trips & coach holidays

 

 

We're proud members of ....

 

 

The Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) is the national trade association representing professional operators of buses, coaches and light rail systems. Visit: www.cpt-uk.org for further information.

 

 

The Cheltenham Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit organisation run by volunteers with strong track records in business. They have been the voice of the town's business community for over a centuary. For further information visit: www.cheltenhamchamber.org.uk

 

Marchants are a Joint Approvals Unit for Periodic Training (JAUPT) approved centre for delivering Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC). 

 

For further information and to book your course, click here.

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Top Shows

Top Shows

Pretty Woman the Musical, Bristol Hippodrome
Departure Date: 01/11/2023
Disney On Ice, Birmingham
Departure Date: 04/11/2023
Annie The Musical, Brisol Hippodrome
Departure Date: 25/11/2023
The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan, Bristol Hip
Departure Date: 17/12/2023
The Drifters Girl, Bristol Hippodrome
Departure Date: 13/01/2024
Strictly Come Dancing, Birmingham
Departure Date: 20/01/2024
Strictly Come Dancing, Birmingham
Departure Date: 21/01/2024
Cirque du Soleil, London
Departure Date: 04/02/2024
Wicked, Birmingham Hippodrome
Departure Date: 29/03/2024
Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Bristol Hippodrom
Departure Date: 30/03/2024
The Wizard of Oz, Bristol Hippodrome
Departure Date: 03/04/2024
The Lion King, London
Departure Date: 17/04/2024
Hamilton, Bristol Hippodrome
Departure Date: 29/05/2024
Come From Away Musical, Bristol Hippodrome
Departure Date: 24/08/2024
An Officer & A Gentleman Musical, Bristol Hippordr
Departure Date: 04/09/2024
Grease, Bristol Hippodrome
Departure Date: 21/09/2024
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, New Theatre Oxford
Departure Date: 05/10/2024

Top Trips

Top Trips

Tower Of London
Departure Date: 07/10/2023
Port Isaac & Boscastle
Departure Date: 08/10/2023
Short tour with Lunch
Departure Date: 10/10/2023
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Departure Date: 11/10/2023
Arundel Castle & Arundel
Departure Date: 14/10/2023
Chichester (Cathedral, shops & sights)
Departure Date: 14/10/2023
Tour via Exmoor National Park, Lynton & Lynmouth
Departure Date: 15/10/2023
Winchester (Cathedral, museums, shops & sights)
Departure Date: 18/10/2023
Hay on Wye & the Black Mountains
Departure Date: 19/10/2023
Wellesbourne Market and/or Stratford-upon-Avon
Departure Date: 21/10/2023
Chatsworth House via the Peak District
Departure Date: 22/10/2023
Abergavenny Market
Departure Date: 24/10/2023
Cribbs Causeway Shopping Mall
Departure Date: 25/10/2023
Glastonbury & Wells
Departure Date: 26/10/2023
Kensington Palace
Departure Date: 27/10/2023
Blackpool Illuminations
Departure Date: 28/10/2023
Portsmouth (Cathedral,Gunwharf Quays,Museums)
Departure Date: 29/10/2023
Harry Potter - Studio Tour
Departure Date: 31/10/2023
London - Museums & Shops
Departure Date: 01/11/2023
Bicester Shopping Outlet
Departure Date: 02/11/2023
Simply Christmas Craft Shows, NEC
Departure Date: 02/11/2023
Westonbirt Arboretum
Departure Date: 03/11/2023
Simply Christmas Craft Shows, NEC
Departure Date: 04/11/2023
Liverpool - Albert Docks
Departure Date: 05/11/2023
Forest Of Dean & Wye Valley Tour stop Monmouth
Departure Date: 08/11/2023
Weston-Super-Mare Carnival
Departure Date: 10/11/2023
ITV Coronation Street Experience & Lowry Outlet
Departure Date: 11/11/2023
NMA (National Memorial Arboretum)
Departure Date: 11/11/2023
Blackpool Illuminations
Departure Date: 18/11/2023
Worcester Victorian Christmas Fayre
Departure Date: 01/12/2023
Exeter Canal Cruise & Exeter Xmas Market
Departure Date: 07/12/2023
Strictly Come Dancing, Birmingham
Departure Date: 20/01/2024
Strictly Come Dancing, Birmingham
Departure Date: 21/01/2024
Cirque du Soleil, London
Departure Date: 04/02/2024
Sewing & Creative Craft, NEC
Departure Date: 16/03/2024
Wonderwool, Royal Welsh Showground
Departure Date: 27/04/2024
Malvern Spring Show
Departure Date: 12/05/2024
Chelsea Flower Show
Departure Date: 23/05/2024
Blenheim Palace - Flower Show
Departure Date: 22/06/2024
Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Departure Date: 06/07/2024

Top Christmas Outings

Christmas Days Out

Simply Christmas Craft Shows, NEC
Departure Date: 02/11/2023
Disney On Ice, Birmingham
Departure Date: 04/11/2023
Simply Christmas Craft Shows, NEC
Departure Date: 04/11/2023
Worcester Victorian Christmas Fayre
Departure Date: 01/12/2023
Exeter Canal Cruise & Exeter Xmas Market
Departure Date: 07/12/2023
The Pantomime Adventures of Peter Pan, Bristol Hip
Departure Date: 17/12/2023

Flower Shows

Flower Shows

Malvern Spring Show
Departure Date: 12/05/2024
Chelsea Flower Show
Departure Date: 23/05/2024
Blenheim Palace - Flower Show
Departure Date: 22/06/2024
Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Departure Date: 06/07/2024

Top Holidays

Holidays

Belfast - Dunadry Hotel & Gardens
Duration: 5 Days
Departure Date: 09/10/2023
Eastbourne - Queens Hotel
Duration: 5 Days
Departure Date: 23/10/2023
Babbacombe (Turkey & Tinsel) - Babbacombe Hotel
Duration: 4 Days
Departure Date: 03/11/2023
Cromer - Thursford Christmas Spectacular
Duration: 4 Days
Departure Date: 07/12/2023
Torquay Christmas - Toorak Hotel
Duration: 5 Days
Departure Date: 23/12/2023
Looe New Year - Portbyhan Hotel
Duration: 5 Days
Departure Date: 29/12/2023

 

In accordance with the UK Package Travel & Linked Travel Regulations 2018 all passengers booking with Marchants Coaches Ltd are fully protected for the initial deposit and subsequently the balance of all monies received by us, including repatriation costs and arrangements, arising from cancellation or curtailment of your travel arrangements due to the insolvency of Marchants Coaches Ltd. Marchants Coaches Ltd has taken out an insurance provided by International Passenger Protection Ltd (IPP) with Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE (LMIE) trading as Liberty Specialty Markets, a member of the Liberty Mutual Insurance Group. LMIE's registered office: 5-7 rue Leon Laval, L-3372, Leudelange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Registered Number B232280 (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés).  LMIE is a European public limited liability company and is supervised by the Commissariat aux Assurances and licensed by the Luxembourg Minister of Finance as an insurance and reinsurance company. This insurance is only valid for passengers who book and pay directly with/to Marchants Coaches Ltd. In the event of our insolvency please make contact as soon as practically possible giving full details of what has happened quoting the name of your Travel Operator: IPP Claims at Sedgwick. Telephone: +44 (0)345 266 1872. Email: Insolvency-claims@ipplondon.co.uk or online at http://www.ipplondon.co.uk/claims.asp

Marchants Coaches Ltd, 61 Clarence Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3LB
Tel No: 01242 257714
Company No: 2877739
VAT No: 618 4128 45

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