I did the bus trip to a craft & quilt show a few years back and vowed never again. Large bus and the other passengers were great company, but it was the bus company who ran it, not a shop or guild.
We left the depot at 7am, and after picking up others at several stops in town it was 8.30 when finally on our way - so we were 1 ½ hours late for opening time. The venue was a huge building as there were several conference rooms so had to walk a loooong way from the bus stop to get in. Although the doors closed at 4.30 we had to leave at 3pm so didn’t see averything - I guess so the driver could finish work at 5, and on the verge of needing hip surgery getting all that way back to the bus in a hurry was painful and exhausting. Would have been better off driving myself.