Hi all,
We are planning on taking an overnight train from Budapest to Prague this November. However, www.raileurope.com shows that all the trains that are on sale right now are SOLD OUT (until mid-October), except 1st class which we can't afford. All overnight trains after mid-October are shown as unavailable (not on sale yet). Any idea if the SOLD OUT is accurate? Will we have trouble finding a train between those two cities?
Thanks.
Many railways will only allow you to purchase tickets 60 or 90 days in advance...this may be one where the 60 day rule is in effect. You may want to call RailEurope to confirm this, find out when your specific days will be released for sale, then hop on the internet right after their release time (say midnight eastern time) and book them.
Thanks for the advice.
Raileurope is famous for selling tickets at inflated prices, but they have an edge because so many of us want to nail things down in advance. I was just in Budapest, and found it easy to buy train tickets for the trip to Prague while there. Our hotel sent us to the Carlson Wagons Lit travel agency (near the Intercontinental near the Danube) and about six train choices were available to us for the following day. I could have purchased at the train station, but this was far easier, and didn't seem to be any more expensive. It was about $80 per person for the one-way trip with reserved seats. A night train would require a sleeper supplement of about $20. We opted for the 6.5 hour day trip instead of the 10+ hour overnight trip - mainly because my family saw a Soviet era sleeper train in the Vienna train station, and said "no way!" I couldn't convince them that it would be a worthwhile experience :)
Kathy
