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Spent 2 years buying overnight trains in Europe before a ticket agent in Prague told me I could book them for half the price on the local railway site
I was using those big comparison sites like a chump, paying $60 for a bunk from Vienna to Krakow when the local Czech site had the same ticket for $28. Has anyone else found a bunch of savings by just switching to the country's own train website?
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brians271d ago
Oh give me a break. Those local sites are a nightmare to navigate half the time, especially if you don't speak the language. I tried booking on the Hungarian site for a trip from Budapest to Vienna and ended up with a ticket that was only valid for a local commuter train, not the express. Had to buy another ticket at the station anyway. So much for saving money. Plus you lose the buyer protection and customer service you get with the big sites. I'd rather pay an extra $20 and know I'm getting the right train in English than gamble on a foreign website that might not even accept my credit card.
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jake_kelly241d agoTop Commenter
Did you use Google Translate or just wing it?
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