Arthur Figgis wrote:

I'm sure an awful lot of people - like, say, my mum when she comes
down from oop north - would consider a bus driver to be the obvious
point of contact. Why find out about the interweb when you can ask
someone, and surely bus drivers will sell you the best ticket...?

maybe so the rest of us are not stuck on the bus waiting while your mum
goes through all the options with the bus driver about where she is
going and what ticket she should get?