Steady Eddie Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Strange that. I’ve done a lot of cruising and I’ve never been picked up by a bus anywhere else in the world. Usually it’s a luxury coach with a high floor so you can see the scenery. The exact type of vehicle that doesn’t seem to be able to operate in the IOM for some made up reason. This is just a made up load of rubbish. Honestly Tim Crookall why do you allow these people to just talk out of their arses to justify their own incompetence. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: Longworth is blocking any agreement with private operators, he needs to step down! 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) The buses are being used for what the coaches should be doing.... So then BV tell the coach operator that coaches can't be used to backfill in for the buses? Is this world going mad or do we just need to execute Longworth? Edited May 24, 2022 by Non-Believer typo 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Funny that Bus Vannin is happy to steal business from private operators though. And then block any FOI asking for details. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 If DfE, CanCom, Tynwald and the rest of our motley public sector crew are serious about building a tourism sector that attracts 500,000 visitors a year, then they need to start developing an ecosystem in which private tourism companies can prosper. The current taxpayer-subsidised model of 'tourism' is totally unsustainable and cannot continue. A blanket ban on Bus Vannin touting for private hire work is needed. Then help Tours (and any other private company that wants to) in any sensible way they need. Somebody needs to ask a question in Tynwald as to what the net contribution was to Bus Vannin from private hire work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 I don't think they're only talking about the cruise trade. The DOI response mentions ticketing, which wouldn't be a factor if it was just cruises. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 17 minutes ago, Declan said: I don't think they're only talking about the cruise trade. The DOI response mentions ticketing, which wouldn't be a factor if it was just cruises. But nobody has asked for Tours to fill in the bus service. The suggestions have all been to let Bus Vannnin do bus work and Tours to do coach work - like they would almost anywhere else in the world. Bus Vannin don't have the resources to provide the cruise excursion work anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steady Eddie Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 50 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: The buses are being used for what the coaches should be doing.... So then BV tell the coach operator that coaches can't be used to backfill in for the buses? Is this world going mad or do we just need to execute Longworth? Cruising is generally a luxury experience. Most cruise excursions I’ve ever done have been by coach. That is what coaches are for. To give you an elevated view of the countryside you are touring through. Except on the IOM where you get to travel on a bus for that real low budget experience you should have when visiting a low budget tourist destination like the IOM. Also there aren’t many cruise ships which are disable adapted and in general here you have to come across by launch which I can’t imagine is very wheelchair friendly bobbing around in a small boat and then getting up those harbour steps in Peel or Douglas. So I would guess the whole disabled argument is actually rubbish and the DOI might want to confirm exactly how many disabled cruise passengers they carried. They shouldn’t even be arguing about this. They should just be giving Longworth the contents of his desk in a bin bag. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Banker said: Longworth is blocking any agreement with private operators, he needs to step down! Longtail should move to Ramsey, he'd fit in nicely with the backward thinking commissioners ETA - Longworth is a twunt... Edited May 24, 2022 by Passing Time 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: Is this world going mad or do we just need to execute Longworth? The latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Steady on. Tad over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebushy Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 If you think it is a tad over the top, one has to question if you really are a ManxTaxPayer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, littlebushy said: one has to question if you really are a ManxTaxPayer. Oh. Perhaps I should be summarily executed as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 This has shades of Stu Peters and his wet ops team comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 4 hours ago, 0bserver said: But nobody has asked for Tours to fill in the bus service. The suggestions have all been to let Bus Vannnin do bus work and Tours to do coach work - like they would almost anywhere else in the world. Bus Vannin don't have the resources to provide the cruise excursion work anyway. But why would Tours not having the ticketing capability be used to justify turning down their offer to help on the cruise contract? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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