She said that when the date of Polling Day was announced, she rushed to get her coach ticket online. She managed to get a ticket, but they were sold out soon after.
“At that point in time, the seats were still available. But for my friends, it’s quite difficult to get a seat right now,” said Ms Ng.
She added that those who did not manage to get a coach ticket will have to consider alternatives, such as carpooling or making their way across the Causeway to Johor Bahru first before hopping on a domestic coach back to Malacca.
Some have also registered themselves as postal voters, said Ms Ng. Other Malaysians are choosing to fly home, with the price of plane tickets rising with demand for that weekend.
The Singapore Airlines website shows that tickets to Kuala Lumpur – at about S$500 each – are 10 per cent more expensive during the polling weekend compared to a typical weekend during the year-end holidays.