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    Train Hotel from Madrid to Sarria

    My card is Visa Verified, I talked to my bank about it and they asked me to change the password, still no luck. I have used that card before and have gone through the Visa Verified system many times without any problems. I tried another Visa card that I have without any luck. Petrabax total...
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    Train Hotel from Madrid to Sarria

    That may be the solution, I finally got hold of someone knowledgable and he told me that unless you have a Spanish Credit Card your chances to book a reservation are almost nill. And that includes trying to book it via the phone, which is not what someone else said. ARGHH!! The problem is that...
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    Train Hotel from Madrid to Sarria

    My wife's college roommate lives in Madrid, she is picking us up at the airport and taking us to Chamartin to take the train. We'll leave the suitcases at her apartment and we are staying there for a couple of days after the Camino.
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    Buying Rail Tickets on RENFE

    I tried petrabax but the RENFE online rates for the Double Compartment is $276 while petrabax is quoting $342 RENFE applies a couple of discounts while petrabax does not
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    Train Hotel from Madrid to Sarria

    Hello I was at the RENFE site and according to their site you only have a choice of beds. Regarding the bed accomodations I read that the only way for my wife and I to stay together is to get the Double Family room upgrade, otherwise we need to split or have 4 people in one compartment. Is...
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    Buying Rail Tickets on RENFE

    The RENFE site will make you jump off a cliff. I am a native spanish speaker (but not spaniard) and was able to get an account, everything was fine until the time to pay. I use a Visa and I use their SecurePay (or whatever) often for online purchases, but the RENFE site kicks it back. I spoke...
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    Travelling arrangements help

    Hello We have started to look at the air travelling arrangements from Sacramento, California to Madrid. We plan to leave April 20th and returning May 4th We have used TripAdvisor in the past and the last search for air travel dumped several pages of airfares, connections, airlines, etc...

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