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Where do you want to travel to and from? Perhaps we could help if you tell us. It's always best to book directly with the train company for the best prices.Hi all
Does anyone know how the trains work in Europe? I'm a little confused. It seems the train I wanted to book suddenly 'booked out' and then I went back on and the price had gone up $200 AUD but still the exact same trains. So obviously it wasn't booked out at all!. Does it do this if there's sudden high demand? Or is there low demand now due to people perhaps travelling less and the price is going up as a consequence? This is for May this year. Do I risk it and wait to book closer and hope the price goes back down to a more reasonable price or is it likely to sell out completely?
I hear all these great things about European trains and how cheap it is but I am yet to see this myself!
Where, as in which website, were you trying to book on? Which route & when would be useful information too.
You might find this guy useful: https://www.seat61.com/
I wouldn't use the Trainline to book European train tickets. Find out the company running the trains, look up their website and try again. And yes, that seems like an awful lot!I will check out the link, thanks. I’m Travelling on 21st of May from Amsterdam to SJPDP. The whole trip was about $770 for 2. Then it came up with an error saying it was sold out. Tried again and it is now priced at $899! This seems a ridiculous amount! This was through thetrainline.com. Same issue with Europe Trains. The silly thing is that the day before and the day after are still around $700, so I’m not sure what is so special about the 21st
Hi all
Does anyone know how the trains work in Europe? I'm a little confused. It seems the train I wanted to book suddenly 'booked out' and then I went back on and the price had gone up $200 AUD but still the exact same trains. So obviously it wasn't booked out at all!. Does it do this if there's sudden high demand? Or is there low demand now due to people perhaps travelling less and the price is going up as a consequence? This is for May this year. Do I risk it and wait to book closer and hope the price goes back down to a more reasonable price or is it likely to sell out completely?
I hear all these great things about European trains and how cheap it is but I am yet to see this myself!
Where do you want to travel to and from? Perhaps we could help if you tell us. It's always best to book directly with the train company for the best prices.
I'm finding tickets on RailEurope.com for 2 people for $518 USD. I think that works out to about $785 Australian dollars.
I'm travelling from Amsterdam to SJPDP. I have just input all the same dates into the Thalys website for Amsterdam to Paris and then into Oui.sncf for Paris-Bayonne-SJPDP and it seems to be pretty much the same price as using Trainline. For some reason the 21st of May might be booking out
Thank you for the suggestion, however I'm already locked into starting the walk on Saturday, so have allowed Thursday and Friday for travel. The easy jet flight from Amsterdam to Bordeaux is an option, but I'd need to do it on the Thursday and that is currently $300AUD per person. Even the train from Amsterdam to Bordeaux is $869.28 for 2. Airfrance seems to be anything from 585 euro to 1000 euro to fly Amsterdam to Biarritz on the thursday. Absolutely crazy!Lady K , treat yourself to this little holiday before you get the blisters etc
Fly Easy Jet from Amsterdam to Bordeaux on a Friday or Sunday [ currently ] @ 9.00am or 1pm
90 minutes flight.
We love Bordeaux for a stop over however if you wish you can get the train there to Bayonne , 90 minutes .
We always stay there 2 nights , it's a great town.
The next morning or whenever get the early train to STJPP , 1 hour
The flight should be less than $100 AU , book business...thats the front row and its great.
Air France will be $260 each for the flight to Biarritz if you wish , and that's daily.
Have a great trip
Thank you for the suggestion, however I'm already locked into starting the walk on Saturday, so have allowed Thursday and Friday for travel. The easy jet flight from Amsterdam to Bordeaux is an option, but I'd need to do it on the Thursday and that is currently $300AUD per person. Even the train from Amsterdam to Bordeaux is $869.28 for 2. Airfrance seems to be anything from 585 euro to 1000 euro to fly Amsterdam to Biarritz on the thursday. Absolutely crazy!
Wow, the Easy Jet flight from Amsterdam to Bordeaux on the Thursday takes 6 hours 20 minutes and stops in Bristol! What the. I feel like I am missing something here! I thought Easy Jet was supposed to be Easy
Yes that does seem to work, $776 AUD. However this is second class tickets. I was getting $700 tickets for premium class before it advised me that 'ticket cannot be confirmed' The second class tickets were only about $500 when I first looked today. So they have jumped up about $200 as well. Worst case scenario, I will pay this for the second class. The exact same train on the 22nd of May for second class is currently $460 for 2! I am trying to work out why the 22nd is way cheaper than the 21st
I just checked Expedia.com, AMS-BOD, $175 US on May 21. Spend the night, Train from Bordeaux to SJPP, €27.41 the next morning, in SJPP by 13:04. You’ll have to do the currency conversion. Good luckHi all
Does anyone know how the trains work in Europe? I'm a little confused. It seems the train I wanted to book suddenly 'booked out' and then I went back on and the price had gone up $200 AUD but still the exact same trains. So obviously it wasn't booked out at all!. Does it do this if there's sudden high demand? Or is there low demand now due to people perhaps travelling less and the price is going up as a consequence? This is for May this year. Do I risk it and wait to book closer and hope the price goes back down to a more reasonable price or is it likely to sell out completely?
I hear all these great things about European trains and how cheap it is but I am yet to see this myself!
There is a holiday in May. If your travel dates are in the holiday window you'll have trouble.Hi all
Does anyone know how the trains work in Europe? I'm a little confused. It seems the train I wanted to book suddenly 'booked out' and then I went back on and the price had gone up $200 AUD but still the exact same trains. So obviously it wasn't booked out at all!. Does it do this if there's sudden high demand? Or is there low demand now due to people perhaps travelling less and the price is going up as a consequence? This is for May this year. Do I risk it and wait to book closer and hope the price goes back down to a more reasonable price or is it likely to sell out completely?
I hear all these great things about European trains and how cheap it is but I am yet to see this myself!
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