Tourism companies have been making changes to cope with rising fuel costs and difficult economic conditions.
The Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat company in South Devon said it had swapped its ageing heritage buses for new electric vehicles operated by Stagecoach.
Plymouth Boat Trips said it was trying to avoid putting prices up as the cost of fuel has escalated.
Both companies also said they were hoping this could be a “staycation” summer, where local people chose to take their holidays locally rather than abroad.
The Dartmouth Steam Railway operates a “Round Robin” journey which involves a steam train from Paignton to Kingswear, boats from Kingswear and Dartmouth to Totnes and then a bus from Totnes to Paignton.
Its fleet of four heritage buses was becoming too expensive to maintain and fuel costs were rising so much that it as gone into partnership with Stagecoach, which will provide that part of the journey in newer, electric buses