Just recently an easy way to travel occured in Germany and luckily Deutsche Bahn is confronted with some serious competition. Well equiped coaches for long distance travels appeal with a cheap price and reasonable comfort (free internet, 230V electricity on board, low prices for drinks…). To give an example: Cologne – Mannheim for 11 Euro takes you 3 hours with “meinfernbus” and the bus was brand new & people were kind.

Common providers are:

https://www.flixbus.de

http://meinfernbus.de

https://www.berlinlinienbus.de

https://secure.derticketservice.de/aldi/

https://www.deinbus.de

EUROPE: For Trips in Europe search via http://www.eurolines.de!

Enjoy!