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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Help/advice for family train trip this summer
« on: January 25, 2012, 04:21:46 pm »
Thank you very much for the information, this is extremely helpful! I will start to look at prices now.
(Our itinerary is actually fixed as we are visiting friends at specific times in both Nimes and Arnheim -- so we will need to stick with it even though, I agree, it is somewhat awkward.)
Just a few other questions in the meantime:
-- for the domestic train tickets you're suggesting (Amsterdam-Arnheim, Kolding Copenhagen), I am assuming it is not possible or worthwhile to purchase these in advance (I would have preferred to have all tickets in advance). Would there ever be a risk that we can't get on the train that we need to catch, or is that risk minimal? should I make that judgement based on how frequent the connecting domestic train is?
-- for booking tickets in general, for a baby who is under a year old, will he need a ticket or does he travel free? also for the overnights, he will not need his own bed so do we still book a 4-person sleeper, even though we are only 2 adults and one 5-year old who need beds? (if not, it may be worth paying extra to get the privacy)
-- for the Nimes/Hamburg trip -- If we decide not to travel overnight, I was thinking it would be beautiful to ttravel through the Alps (rather than through Paris) as I think my son would love it - do you think it would be possible to do this without making it a very inconvenient trip with too many changes?
thank you again!
(Our itinerary is actually fixed as we are visiting friends at specific times in both Nimes and Arnheim -- so we will need to stick with it even though, I agree, it is somewhat awkward.)
Just a few other questions in the meantime:
-- for the domestic train tickets you're suggesting (Amsterdam-Arnheim, Kolding Copenhagen), I am assuming it is not possible or worthwhile to purchase these in advance (I would have preferred to have all tickets in advance). Would there ever be a risk that we can't get on the train that we need to catch, or is that risk minimal? should I make that judgement based on how frequent the connecting domestic train is?
-- for booking tickets in general, for a baby who is under a year old, will he need a ticket or does he travel free? also for the overnights, he will not need his own bed so do we still book a 4-person sleeper, even though we are only 2 adults and one 5-year old who need beds? (if not, it may be worth paying extra to get the privacy)
-- for the Nimes/Hamburg trip -- If we decide not to travel overnight, I was thinking it would be beautiful to ttravel through the Alps (rather than through Paris) as I think my son would love it - do you think it would be possible to do this without making it a very inconvenient trip with too many changes?
thank you again!