I'd love to go but will be away in France.

It's be a shame if the WUSA coach service is scrapped but if that is the case then it may be worth promoting travel packages available via the WUSA spend and raise link.

www.spendandraise.com/wellingutd/

I know the Trainline and other operators do deals on there, and at least then WUSA would be guaranteed a profit.

As an example, there are return tickets for the 28th from Welling to Macclesfield for £80. If booked via the WUSA link this would raise couple of quid for WUSA per person. Group bookings should be cheaper however.

http://www.spendandraise.com/wellingutd/shop/goto.php?rb=3-2984

We shouldn't have a situation where WUSA risks making a loss from kindly offering to book a coach, with WUSA members worried about booking a coach seat for fear of the price going up due to drop outs.

Is there any possibility of charging people a non-returnable, nominal deposit (possibly via paypal), when they book a coach seat?  Obviously, there may be valid reasons for people pulling out of booking commitments, but WUSA and people who do travel should not have to pay their costs.  It would be a terrible shame if WUSA stopped running coaches to the longer-distance games. Also, is there any prospect of raising money for WUSA and the Club by allowing supporters to travel with the team for certain games at a cost which reflects that privilege?

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My point is though Kevin, is that if people couldn't commit then they shouldn't of said they wanted to go! That way we could of decided not to run the coach, put the prices up or as you've said try to get a minibus. But as we had over 40 people willing to go, i booked a coach based on that interest. However, then people decided not to go which puts us in this situation. I can understand a few people pulling out but over 30% of people is crazy.

Regarding mini-buses, the cost funnily enough doesn't differ that much from coaches. You've also got the problem of being a bit more cramped on a mini bus and no toilet which might put more people off.

That's why if coaches run I will ask for a deposit. That will sort out who seriously wants to go and if there isn't the interest then i won't book it, much easier that way!

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Oh I agree ... 30% dropout is a joke. And obviously running the coach at a loss doesn't make sense. Taking a deposit from now on makes perfect sense.

I, like many others I suspect, am keen to go to as many games as possible, but as I work many Saturday's, I often can't commit to trips the length of the country until a few days before, and long after the train discounts are done, and the coaches are booked/not booked. Getting as many Wings fans as possible to away games will help the team.

Polo wrote:

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 That's why if coaches run I will ask for a deposit. That will sort out who seriously wants to go and if there isn't the interest then i won't book it, much easier that way!

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 It will be a real shame if what has happened this time causes the coaches to be stopped.  I booked by train to Southport as soon as the fixtures were released and got a very large discount and am intending to go to Macclesfield for the weekend.  However there will be games, the first of which is probably Braintree, where I would definitely go on the coach if one is running.

I think that the non-refundable deposit idea is a very good one as people would be much less likely to drop out if they had paid a considerable part of the fare and, even if they did, the money they had paid would keep the cost down for others or stop the coach being run at a loss.  I do think however that there are occasions when people are unable to make a decision on whether to travel until very late, sometimes after the last home match before the game.  Would there be any chance of a pay-on-the-day facility being introduced perhaps including a small surcharge to prevent people doing it as a routine in order to take in possible extra money when there are spare seats available?  Perhaps any such payments could be taken into the club offices before the coach departs.  Just an idea.  As others have said, every Wings fan helps.