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IC Bus from Prague to Nuremberg using a the 4-day twin pass

Posted by (Ocala, Florida ) on

I saw another post that made me want to rethink buying a 4-day twin pass when we get to Stuttgart, Germany at the end of May. This is a 3 week trip. Our dates are fixed and we have all our hotels.
Our trip consists of
1. Stuttgart to Berlin
2. **Berlin to Prague- we need to purchase separately (PRE-PURCHASE ahead)
3. Prague to Nuremburg via the IC Bus (also covered by the twin pass)
4. Nuremburg to Boppard
5. Boppard to Stuttgart

I am worried about needing a reservation for the IC Bus, as we need to take it on 6/6/16 (Monday). Sounds like it will be crowded and may be hard to get the reservation using the flexi twin pass. Should we instead just get a 3 day twin pass? Then we could buy the IC Bus ticket from Prague to Nuremberg and the train ticket from Berlin to Prague in the states via the internet.

Posted by
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See my response to your PM of this question.

Posted by
19091 posts

If you can commit to a specific bus (day and time) and you book now, you might get a Savings Fare of 14€, or $15.61, per person at today's rate (with reservation) for the IC bus to Nürnberg.

I'm not sure about this, maybe Laura can enlighten us, but I think a reservation for the bus costs 4,50€/seat or $5/seat, same as for a train. Or is there a supplement because part of the route is outside Germany? Since the difference in cost for a 3 day twin pass vs 4 day is $24, or $12/P, if the passholder reservation is $5.00, the cost of the bus using a pass would be $17.00/P. That's almost a wash, but with the advance purchase, you wouldn't have to worry about the bus being full.

So if you can get that 14€/P fare for the bus, I would get it now.

Posted by
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Actually we did get the IC bus ticket from Prague to Nuremberg a few days ago. Better to get the IC bus ticket now since it would come with a reservation automatically. So I think for the 2 of us it cost 28 Euros. We will get a 3 day GRP Flexi pass once we get to Stuttgart. Thanks for all the help!

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