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You Can Now Buy Your Child's Bus Ticket Via The Southern Vectis App

Thanks to a new addition on the Southern Vectis App you can now purchase your child's tickets on it.

The move is in response to strong customer feedback, with those travelling by bus across the Isle of Wight asking for easy and instant access to child tickets through their mobile devices.  

Before activating their first child ticket through the app, customers can verify a child’s identification using a screenshot of a passport or birth certificate and a selfie of the youngster concerned. 

The certification only needs to be done once and is required because each ticket features a photo of its holder.

After that, adults can either continue to buy the tickets on their own app and gift them to a child’s phone - or youngsters can buy directly from their own app. 

Southern Vectis head of communications, Nikki Honer said:

“The new system makes travelling by bus across the island easier than ever...Adults have been able to buy their tickets through our app for some time, but we know they’ve also been keen to use the same method to pay child fares.

“They may be travelling with a child - or wish to gift a ticket straight from their phone to a youngster. Now they can do either in an instant, thanks to this new addition.”

Child tickets are available to all those aged between 5 and 16 inclusive.

Southern Vectis’ new app is available to download on iOS or Android devices. For information, please visit islandbuses.info

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