Paul Corfield wrote:

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:51:16 +0200, lid
(iMark) wrote:

It also compares very well to travelling in other parts of the UK. We
occasionally use the bus in Bournemouth. There are two operators there
and tickets between Yellow Buses and Wilts and Dorset are not
interchangeble. Even in a city where there is a decent network, the
non-interchangebilty of tickets is extremely annoying and expensive. Not
everyone has an OAP bus pass. :-)

You can buy a "Get Around" ticket which does cover all operators in
Bournemouth and Poole. Unfortunately it is not very well promoted.

http://www.gettingabout.info/GettingAboutTicket.php

Thanks for that. Never heard of that ticket.

But the following quote from the website is bewildering.
"The exact area of validity is shown on the local 'Area Bus Map'
available from the Information Office at Bournemouth Rail and Coach
Station - underneath Asda."
Is it too much trouble in 2012 to turn that map into a pdf and make it
available from the website?

It's also bewildering that the bus companies don't mention this ticket
on their websites (or have hidden the info somewhere I couldnt find it).