- the largest British owned luxury sleeper coach operator in Europe.

Sleeper Bus Charter (Nightliners) covering the UK and Europe from Newport by one of the larger quality sleeper coach companies in Britain

"It is unwise to pay too much, but it is unwise to pay too little.
When you pay too much, you lose a little money; that is all.
When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything.
Because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot.
It cannot be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better." - John Ruskin

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Accomodation Trailers

On site crew Dormitory Trailers with toilet and shower provide accomodation at Festivals etc. Can also be converted to provide an en-suite Production Office with 4 beds, toilet and shower.

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of this typical interior

Jumbocruiser provide two Megaloader coaches with giant walk-in loading bays for T-Mobile to transport competition winners to the World Cup series in Germany

Photo reproduced with kind permission of T-Mobile(UK) Ltd.

We provide Unique Sleeper Coaches and Nightliners for use throughout the UK and Mainland Europe

We have some of the nicest coaches on the circuit

Except for our "Economy" coaches, our double deck coaches are modern.

Memory foam mattresses on all bunks - the newer buses have wider and longer bunks than before.
All to give a great night's sleep. Some coaches have 7 foot long bunks

We now change the bedding twice a year with mainly new bedding. Winter duvets in winter and summer duvets in summer. What other sleeper coach company does that ?

Usually 3G/GPRS/WiFi internet access is available. Please read mor ein the right hand column on this page.

Various entertainment systems. Most buses have Playstations (some have them in most bunks), multimedia video players with a large selection of licensed movies and music, Guitar Hero.

We try hard to avoid overworking our drivers and risking accidents. We operate within the law for
your safety.

We believe you will find you are dealing with a human but professional company. Most of our drivers have 35 hours of training to achieve their Certificate of professional Competence. We have just started a scheme to have all our coaches inspected by the UK's leading third party inspection organisation on a regular basis as pert of our preventive maintenance policy.

Option to convert the back lounges or the front of the double deckers to double bedrooms on many coaches.

No cash per diems required to be paid to drivers thus reducing the amount of cash handled. Nearly all costs are "all-in" on the quotation and then on the invoice.

Look at these "firsts". Jumbocruiser were the first in Europe to provide:

Memory foam mattreses
31" wide bunks (on most, but not all, newer coaches)
Bean to Cup coffee machines
Playstations in most bunks of most (but not all) coaches
3G Internet via WiFi pan-Europe.
Multimedia player in the lounges.
"All-in" quotations
Landline air compressors to keep the doors and bays working while parked up

A unique Megaloader plus trailer can carry a massive 20 cubic metres avoiding the need for trucks sometimes. The luggage lockers also open to provide more storage.

These Jumbocruiser coaches are the
world's largest coaches - NOW SOLD !!!!

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Click hereto see a simulation by Todd Kumpf in the Grand Theft Auto computer game.

October 2012: Jumbocruiser achieves perfect OCRS scores.

OCRS is a traffic light scoring system used by the UK transport department to ascertain the historic level of competence in both maintenance and record keeping. When doing roadside checks these scores will automatically appear on their computers when vehicles pass and the officers will then determine which vehicles have a higher risk of problems if stopped.

Jumbocruiser has achieved the best green ratings G00 for both road worthiness and the overall traffic score (drivers hours and documentation).

Safe Driving Campaign - Jumbocruiser are pioneers in the UK Government's Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving campaign for coach operators. Please read more.

Drivers hours rules - (simplified) - click here to read in more detail

Looking for a driving job ?

Unless we already know you then the only way to get on our books is to do double drives. In effect that means you will need to be a casual driver for a while until a position becomes available. Unfortunately positions are rare and timing is crucial. In the first instance please click here to let us know your details. Priority is given to drivers with trailer licenses who live near Bristol. We are also interested in drivers who live abroad for double drives if they have right hand drive experience. Meanwhile please click here to make sure you really want the job !

Unique Megaloader™ coaches

The Megaloader®* is a 14 or 16 bed double deck coach with a huge unique walk in loading bay thus avoiding the need for a trailer. This will save money on ferries, tolls, and driver allowances. Please see the coach above as well as clicking here.

Anthony Meade of MUTEC, who help us keep our coaches in shape in Ireland, learning what must be native American sign language from Chuck Billy of Testament outside a venue in Dublin

Now double beds

We are starting to fit double beds in the rear lounges of some of our coaches (or the front upstairs on some double deckers). These beds need to be booked in advance and will reduce the number of passengers allowed on the bus.

Some of our client base - repeat clients (in alphabetical order).

A Day To Remember, Alexandra Burke. Alexisonfire, Ataris, Automatic, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Boyzone, Brainiac, Bring Me The Horizon, Buckcherry, Capitalize, Carl Cox, Creamfields, Dave Matthews Band, Delirious, Dizzee Rascal, Enemy, Enter Shikari, Fall Out Boy, Feeder, Florence & The Machine , Finley Quaye, Fratellis, Foals, From First to Last, Friendly Fires, Girls Aloud, Goldfrapp, Gossip, Hawkwind, In Flames, Isle of Wight Festivals, Jack Penate, Jamie Lidell, Jamie T, Jason Donovan, JLS, Kate Nash, Leila, Little Boots, Martha Wainwright, McFly, Motorhead, MTV Clubland, My Bloody Valentine, N-Dubz, Noah & The Whale, Paloma Faith, Panic at the Disco, Plain White T, Queensryche, Reading Festival, Reel Big Fish, Roots, Santigold, Saturdays, Saw Doctors, SSE, Snoop Dogg, Taking Back Sunday, Testament, T In The Park (Organisers), Twisted Angels, UB40, Westlife, Wildhearts, X-Factor

Internet access

Each coach now carries two 3G routers. One is for T-Mobile in the UK and is available to you free of charge where signal and equipment can provide. it is for emails and basic web pages access, not for streaming.

The other 3G router supports Vodafone outside the UK. The first person to try to access the internet each day is presented with a Vodafone web page demanding a credit card or Vodafone phone number for payment. The cost is €5 a day in Germany (1 GB per 24 hrs) or €15 in most other Europen countries (50 MB for 24 hrs). If you hit the limit then you are asked to pay more. If one person pays, all others who can access the router can share.

Ways to save money

Often when booking a coach for a long European tour, bands only look at the actual price quoted but do not consider other issues.

One thing we have noticed is that American bands often negotiate their appearance fees in dollars and yet pay us in pounds or Euros which really makes no sense.

The problem is that by the time you have done your deal and converted to US dollars, then converted back to either Euros or Pounds to pay us, you have probably lost around 8% of the value of the money concerned.Â Why not do the gig for Euros and have a Euro bank account to receive the money.

Pay your suppliers in the Euros you have earned then any excess cash can be converted to dollars by your own bank as and when required.

We also have other techniques to save you money including circumventing withholding taxes.

Please feel free to call to discuss these issues. If you do not expect to make a profit in the current tax year or simply have cash flow issues, even allowing for bilateral tax agreements what we propose may save you all your back holding tax liabilities. Feel free to discuss with us once you have booked a bus what we can do for you.

Trailer sizes

Trailer sizes are width 1.73m (5ft 8 in) and length 3.03m (10 ft) and height 2.14m (7 ft) with a maximum payload of 1.5 tonnes. = 11 cubic metres = 385 cubic feet. Megaloaders are around 9 cubic metres.

We have a couple of trailers that are 12 ft long.

Talking about trailers...

Insurance

Please remember that you will be responsible for insuring your own equipment or merchandise carried by Jumbocruiser. It is not possible for us to get "Goods In Transit" insurance and we only carry on condition that you accept that we can not take liability for any losses other than where we have been negligent according to the law.

Many general insurance policies have loopholes that are not discovered until its too late. The team at Apex Insurance Services have over 30 years experience working solely with the music industry so their policies are tried, tested and recommended by their clients - from young bands starting out to international stadium tours.

Jumbo Cruiser cannot re-iterate strongly enough that you check any current policy you have, or contact Apex who will happily offer advice on your current arrangements, or quotes if you do not have insurance.

Please contact Martin Goebbels on +44 207 384 9222 and ask for a quote based on your needs. It could be much cheaper than you think.

Venues with no or poor parking

The following venues have no parking so cross-loading may need to be organised

Brighton - Komedia (over 12m)

Exeter - Phoenix (any size)

Leeds - Rio's, The Cockpit (over 12m or with a trailer)

London - Shepherds Bush Empire, Islington Academy, Jazz, Koko, Underworld, The Forum (no trailers, no 14m coaches).

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*European Registered Design
000326939 for Megaloader passed December
2005

Jumbocruiser Ltd.
Registered office: Sigma House, Oak View Close, Edginswell Park, Torquay, TQ2 7F Registered in England #5256810