Markuss
Traveller
6 comments
Posted 10 years ago
Hi to all,
We are 3 students living in Ghent and we'd like to go to Budapest by train. I've seen there's a combination from Brussels to there and it lasts almost a day, and taking 3 different trains. The point is that we don't exactly know how much it costs because it says like 3,5€ each train transfer but this it seems impossible. Can anybody help us??? Greetins in advance to all of you!
Marc
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi Marcus,
you are probably referring to this connection: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/brussels-to-budapest[/u]
The 4,50€/3,50€ are the fares for a seat reservation on each of these trains, not actual ticket prices!
For ticket prices, click on the shopping cart to the right and you can choose from websites where you can buy train tickets for each leg.
Flo 8)
Markuss
Traveller
6 comments
I see, thank you very much Flo! We'll keep looking! :)
Markuss
Traveller
6 comments
Hello, I reopen this!
Can anyone help us how to find the cheapest way to travel from Ghent (or Brussels) to Budapest or nearby cities? We don't want this to be more expensive than taking a plane! Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
The planned route would be something like:
Brussels - Frankfurt - Munich - Vienna - Budapest :)
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Do you want to stop in each city?
Markuss
Traveller
6 comments
Hello Flo,
Yes, it's the idea, to spend at least 1 day on each city, so it'll be almost a week travel. I've been looking and the cheapest trains I think are ICE and Eurocity and InterCity. Thanks for your help again!
Marc
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Well, the 5in10 InterRail Global Pass would be 184 plus a ticket for the part within Belgium. You would still have one travel day left to return back home from Budapest.
You have to check if regular tickets bought in advance would be cheaper for you. This mainly depends on how far in advance you book the tickets. Remember that this will come at the loss of flexibility since you will then have booked a certain train on a certain date.
Bruxelles - Frankfurt: [ux]https://rail.shop/beurope[/ux]
Frankfurt - München - Wien - Budapest can be bought as a single ticket on [ux]https://rail.shop/bahn[/ux] - to get this, fill in München and Wien as stopovers (up to 48 hours possible in each city) and you will get one ticket for the whole trip (important: enter WIEN, not Wien Hbf!).
How do you want to return?
Markuss
Traveller
6 comments
Ok, I will check the prices then! To come back to Ghent, either train or plane I think...Thanks!:)
Markuss
Traveller
6 comments
We are thinking to buy an INTERRAIL GLOBAL YOUTH FLEXIPASS-PROMO because it may be cheaper than buying tickets one by one. Can anybody explain us a little bit further how does it work? If we take a 5 travel days in 10 days means that we can take 5 trains at least, in a time of 10 days?
Thanks in advance to all of you! Best regards!
Marc
Flo
Traveller
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Hej Marc!
The Promo pass definitey is a good offer! Dont forget that the Promo offer is only avilable until end of March. Thank you To support the free information and the forum on railcc, please be fair and buy your official Interrail pass via our railcc partner link: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Thank you! :)
The 5in10 works like this: You have five travel days within a 10 day period. You have to enter each travel day manually on your pass while travelling, before you board the first train on each day.
On a single travel day you can travel as much as you want with as many trains as you want from 0000 until 2400. Additionally you can make use of the 1900 rule for night trains which is explained here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train[/u]
Flo 8)
Markuss
Traveller
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Hello again Flo,
Okey, thanks a lot for your information. We will definetely buy an Interrail Pass, and before the end of this month sure! (thanks for this too). Once I buy this, what I've to do? Only print the recipt and that's it? And also, the first day of travelling it's the first day I take a train, right? And I can take any train of any company?
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it.
Marc
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hej Marc,
the IR pass is a good choice. :)
When you order the pass, you have to select the first day of validity of the pass, from that day the pass will be valid 10 consecutive days, for instance from 26 March 0000 until 4 April 2359. The pass will then be shipped to your home adress.
The pass consists of the IR ticket and a cover attached to it, included the travel report. You have to enter each of your trips with departure and arrival station into that travel report - conductors may check it and you have to fill it out prior to boarding each train (in practice I always do it after I took my seat on each train).
You can then travel on five days within the 10 day validity period - you do not have to select these days when purchasing the pass, instead you mark each day in the pass with a biro prior to boarding the first train on each travel day.
You can take any trains of the participating companies; on your route this means just hop on any train you like.
However, avoid the Thalys trains from Bruxelles to Köln as these require an expensive extra reservation. Instead, use an ICE service or travel with IC and IR trains to Aachen and continue from there.
Flo 8)