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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. People express significant dissatisfaction with the service provided, citing issues such as delays and disorganization. Consumers report instances of buses arriving late, sometimes without prior notice, causing missed connections and considerable inconvenience. The behavior of staff members is a recurring concern, with reviewers describing instances of rudeness, unhelpfulness, and a general lack of professionalism. The opinions about the location are mixed, with some people struggling to find the correct departure points due to inadequate signage. Some consumers mention unexpected stops and transfers, leading to further delays and confusion. While opinions on pricing are varied, the booking process is generally perceived as problematic, with some reviewers highlighting issues such as misleading information and unexpected requirements after booking.

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Almost 30°C on the bus. Airconditioning not working. Wifi not working. Charging is possible but only via USB and very slow. If i had another choice, i wouldn't be on this bus. In the end, we also arri... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Rude, grump driver . Not allowed to sit together....despite pre booking seat numbers days earlier, it was a free for all. Terribly cramped and uncomfortable seating, drop tray didn't work..felt like... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Horrible customer service! The first bus arrived in Brussel (from Paris) 1 hour late which led me to miss the connection to reach Maastricht, my final destination. It was almost 10pm and I checked t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would give no starts if possible. We are now in the bus from Antwerpen to Amsterdam which was supposed to be at 7 pm on 29 December but only came at 8:04 . I can understand the traffic but the bus d... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Okay, here is THE guideline that will help you survive a flixbus trip. 1. Buy your tickets AT LEAST a month early, it's way cheaper than last minute (and cheaper outside holiday periods) bec... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They cancelled my trip last ( less than 24 hours before) minute giving me alternatives that totally did not suit me and they did not compensate me the car that I rent in order to catch my scheduled a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrific experience with FlixBus. We were left stranded at a gas station in a foreign country by the drivers, who didn’t check if everyone was back on the bus. All our belongings – clothes, foo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We bought a ticket from Amsterdam to Paris, but unfortunately there were no signs at the Amsterdam sloterdijk station indicating where the buses depart from. On top of that, they sent me an email only... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

On August 17, 2025, at 12:15 PM (Flixbus bus Eindhoven-Antwerp) A Flixbus bus damaged the front of my parked car while reversing and then just drove away without paying any attention After the... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

On a bus trip from Frankfurt to Amsterdam on July 2nd 2025 I was abandoned by FlixBus on a toilet break in Cologne,Germany. The bus drive away with 4 bags of mine with items containing more than €... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never book a trip where you need multiple flixbuses to connect. Odds are large that if you have connections of less than 4 hours you will be left somewhere halfway. I experienced a total 43 hour delay... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The driving was alright but the service very poor and the staff very rude. They barely answer a question as a tourist and they even threw our backpacks carelessly on the ground while they had fragile... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My bus at 1:30am got cancelled and the only other option offered was to take the next one at 4:30am (no possibility of alternative route) or ask for a refund. The refund of course did not cover the co... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have travelled several times with Flixbus, there was always a little bit of delay but it didn't matter since we were just travelling to a different country. This time I decided to book the Flixbus t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Booked a return ride with Flixbus. Flixbus just before departure cancelled the go ticket, but not the return ticket and said it's not their problem. They refused to provide any solution except for reb... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

FlixBus m'a abandonnée en pleine nuit sur le trajet Liège-Paris, une honte Le chauffeur a quitté une aire de repos avant les 10 minutes annoncées, sans vérifier ma présence. Je me suis retrouvée s... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This year I've taken a flixbus twice. Both times the same thing happened where the bus stops in some random parking lot to kick everyone out and tells them to wait for another bus. This process takes... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We booked economic tickets Lisbon to Porto, reach on time, just to find the bus not on given platform and misguided by an angry driver to miss our bus..then we had no option but to buy expensive ticke... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Using it for the first time from The Hague to Antwerp. I truly wished it was not the last time … 1) ventilation is far suboptimal!! 2) the drivers made a stop 1h before arrival. They announced i... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Bought ticket in Nederland for a stop. Turn out that day that stop was not in the route and I could get off in Amsterdam. Took me hours to get where my stop was after bus. As their driver confirmed th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

That was my fast travel with flixbus but unfortunately it didn’t go really well. I had to go to France for family emergency and needed to be there next day so I thought flixbus will be better... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never, i say never use this company. Due to the strikes in NL there were no trains and i had to book the only available option to get back home to my kids - the stupid flixbus. I waited entire day... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They seem cheap buy they carge extra for everything like changing times better to pay double somewhere else. No empathy or help from helpdesk Esau didn't help and was nasty about it

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The bus was an hour late with no notice. The app said the bus was on time even at the hour late mark. No one at the bus station had any information. When I called FlixBus the agent just said the bus w... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Morning bus to Amsterdam cancelled two days in a row without any warning and only an hour before planned departure. Very unreliable service, avoid if you have any plans are require to arrive on time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had a disappointing experience with the Flixbus service. During my trip from Amsterdam to Germany, the bus left me at a station with all my belongings on board, forcing me to travel alone. On the r... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve taken Flixbus many times, and the toilets are almost always locked. Drivers are often unfriendly and refuse short stops for really long stretches. This keeps happening, and the company simply doe... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I had one of the worst travel experiences of my life with FlixBus. During my trip, the bus driver was smoking inside the bus while driving. The smell of cigarette smoke filled the air, and there w... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wrong name on ticket - their mistake but they ask me to pay! I booked retour tickets in my own Name for me to travel on, I double checked all the info before I continued and paid. Suddenly on the tick... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The bus was delayed and they informed after 10min of departure time when we already at bus station and also very no professional attitude of the guy who was standing at antwerpen station and last bus... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst company ever in Belgium. I was at the busstop at least 20 min before departure. Waited more than 1.5 hours in total, in the rain and cold, mid winter for a bus that never showed up. They lie... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I arrived at Conradstraat Rdam way before the 1:35pm bus time. The bus kept being delayed. When I saw one to Sloterdijk arrive around 2:25pm I went to the driver to confirm that he was going to Sc... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lack of information, no bay/gate displayed for transfers, no heating in minus degrees, no stops, the drivers smoking while the passengers can't breathe.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don't book the tickets with Flixbus they will allow you to book and let you know the terms after the booking. I book the bus with kids and they haven't mentioned anything at the time of booking. After... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The bus driver was smoking inside the bus, contacted the support and they sorry its not what we usally do, but you stepped on the bus so we cant refund anything???

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The bus was broken , drivers didn’t have any tools to fix it and we waited for more than an hour until they found tools … Also, the bus was late and arrived more than 5 hours later than it is stated... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never ever travel with the company. They cancel the bus with no update and refused to refund me. They state that they will refund if the bus departed more than 2 hours. Byt if the bus was cancelled, a... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The bus was so dirty! Clean your buses more often no hygene broken AC The driver didn't know language had to talk like a gorrila! No chargers in a 9 hour ride!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We booked a ticket from Brussels to Maastricht and our bus was delayed for 3 hours in total. It was supposed to leave at 9.30am, then got delayed to 11.40 am. In the end we waited for an additional ho... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WORST COMPANY EVER! 2 times in one trip! From Netherlands to Brussels and back! I arrived on time, the bus driver told me “this is not the bus, take the one after” After he left I waited... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give zero, I would give zero.. Rude drivers and people who control tickets in bus, ofcourse they are Polish.. Somebody should teach them some manners..

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Delay 1,5 hours! No update, no customer service! Wow, I guess customers are of no importance to Flixbus!


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  1. Bus and Coach Company

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FlixBus is een Europese intercitybusdienst die elke dag grote en middelgrote steden met elkaar verbindt. Sinds het einde van het spoorwegmonopolie en de privatisering van de intercitybusmarkt biedt FlixBus moderne mobiliteitsmogelijkheden aan tegen scherpe prijzen. De FlixBus dienstverlening is van start gegaan op 13 februari 2013 in Duitsland. Met meer dan 10.000 dagelijkse busreizen door 15 europese landen, een sterk partnernetwerk en een innovatief boekingssysteem heeft FlixBus het tot een van de meest toonaangevende intercitybusmaatschappijen van Europa geschopt.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not nice

Bad experience,11 hours journey and the bus don't stop on any petrol station or restaurant, it stops 3 times for 10 minutes to leave and pick up more people and that's it, they don't have water, what for me is very weird because i am from Brasil and there, any bus company that does long journey travels have water, i also traveled around Spain and there they have at least one stop for half an hour somewhere on the way to eat something

26 January 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

€10,000+ Stolen by FlixBus

On a bus trip from Frankfurt to Amsterdam on July 2nd 2025 I was abandoned by FlixBus on a toilet break in Cologne,Germany. The bus drive away with 4 bags of mine with items containing more than €10,000 in worth.

Even after filling in their lost and found form TWICE I have got no response and no call back after 6 months have passed.

If by any chance I do get my stolen goods back I will adjust this post. Until then I strongly believe FLIXBUS is not a company that can be trusted.

2 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst bus company. Dont use their service

Worst company ever in Belgium.
I was at the busstop at least 20 min before departure.
Waited more than 1.5 hours in total, in the rain and cold, mid winter for a bus that never showed up. They lie on the monitors saying the bus was on time, while there were at least 10, 15 other people waiting for it. And then they refuse to give you a refund.
It's not the first time it happened but it def will be the last. NEVER USING FLIXBUS AGAIN!!!!

9 January 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would give no starts if possible

I would give no starts if possible. We are now in the bus from Antwerpen to Amsterdam which was supposed to be at 7 pm on 29 December but only came at 8:04 . I can understand the traffic but the bus driver was watching football from his phone during driving, to the point where he announced the match score on speakers putting everyone’s life in danger by watching video while driving. He is extremely rude and while we were lined up to get in the bus, he said ‘wait’ rudely and then took some other people first whom appareantly spoke his language and from his nationality. I am also going to file a complaint about the driver.

29 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never again

They cancelled my trip last ( less than 24 hours before) minute giving me alternatives that totally did not suit me and they did not compensate me the car that I rent in order to catch my scheduled appointments. Btw the price of the car was not much more expensive than their bus. Thy kept on lying to me by saying that the bus was cancelled due to bad weather, but there was no bad weather at all that day and their busses of 1 hour later operated normally...NEVER AGAIN!!

2 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Unexpected behavior!!

That was my fast travel with flixbus but unfortunately it didn’t go really well.
I had to go to France for family emergency and needed to be there next day so I thought flixbus will be better choice so I reserved two ticket just for myself. When i go to the staion I saw the bus next to the stop and it is not even 50 staps away from the stop and there wasn’t much time left so i thought bus is waiting there and I thought it’s good to ask anyone, i went next to the bus but before i said anything the driver roll down the window and started shouting at me. And he was so rude to me i didn’t even ask anything!! There wasn’t even anything saying " Not in service".

This unexpected behavior not only pissed me off but also ruined my journey!

This can’t be a professional manner!!

12 December 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Driver Smoking Inside the Bus – Company Shows Zero Care

I had one of the worst travel experiences of my life with FlixBus. During my trip, the bus driver was smoking inside the bus while driving. The smell of cigarette smoke filled the air, and there was no real way to escape it. I was forced to sit there and inhale it, feeling trapped and worried about my health the entire time. This is not just unprofessional – it’s dangerous and completely unacceptable.

When I contacted FlixBus customer service about it, hoping at least for a serious response or some kind of compensation, I received only cold, generic replies. There was no real sense of responsibility, no empathy, and no attempt to make things right. Refusing even a small refund after something this serious shows how little the company cares about passenger well-being, especially when people clearly suffered during the ride.

A company that tolerates drivers smoking in a closed bus and then hides behind “policy” instead of taking real responsibility is not a company I can trust. I will avoid FlixBus in the future and recommend others think twice before booking with them.

29 November 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Almost 30°C on the bus, no AC

Almost 30°C on the bus. Airconditioning not working. Wifi not working. Charging is possible but only via USB and very slow. If i had another choice, i wouldn't be on this bus. In the end, we also arrived 40min too late... Shit experience. Only reason for 2 stars instead of 1 is because it's cheaper than the train

24 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Their system sell wrong tickets for stops (Scam stops)

Bought ticket in Nederland for a stop. Turn out that day that stop was not in the route and I could get off in Amsterdam. Took me hours to get where my stop was after bus. As their driver confirmed their system sales tickets for wrong stops or for wrong bus rides. They ignored my feedback requests. Forget about paying for my public transport to back home, They did not even confirmed they read and fixed their problem in the system .

13 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Not good

Rude, grump driver . Not allowed to sit together....despite pre booking seat numbers days earlier, it was a free for all. Terribly cramped and uncomfortable seating, drop tray didn't work..felt like I just spent 1.5 hours in a straight jacket. Two stars because it arrived on time and we got to our destination but very stressful.

5 October 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The bus was delayed and they informed…

The bus was delayed and they informed after 10min of departure time when we already at bus station and also very no professional attitude of the guy who was standing at antwerpen station and last bus was not comfortable at all for long trip.... Very disappointing

27 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never ever travel with the company

Never ever travel with the company. They cancel the bus with no update and refused to refund me. They state that they will refund if the bus departed more than 2 hours. Byt if the bus was cancelled, and the next one is in 4 hours (so you paid to go and take the bus and they make you wait on the street for 4 hours) they say "Oh no, the bus you took was not delayed, it departed on time". Yeah, but you delayed me 4 hours. The worst company ever.

17 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The driving was alright but the service…

The driving was alright but the service very poor and the staff very rude. They barely answer a question as a tourist and they even threw our backpacks carelessly on the ground while they had fragile things inside. And after complaining to the staff , they said they don't take responsibility about luggage and were very rude while speaking to us for no reason!!!!

20 September 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Accident

On August 17, 2025, at 12:15 PM (Flixbus bus Eindhoven-Antwerp)

A Flixbus bus damaged the front of my parked car while reversing and then just drove away without paying any attention

After the accident, I filled out the form many times, unfortunately There was no return call and no one cared.

17 August 2025
Unprompted review

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