Category: Transportation
Tips for traveling on French trains.
Our recent experience with French trains was mixed. We traveled from Gare de Lyon in Paris to
Avignon in first class and everything was great. But the return trip
in 2nd class was really stressful.
Since we were visiting the
Riviera during the Cannes
Film Festival, we made reservations and purchased our tickets
about six weeks in
advance. By then, many of the least expensive advance-purchase fares
for the TGV were already sold out.
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Britrail Pass sale starts March 15, 2010.
If you’re traveling to Great Britain this summer, a Britrail pass can save you a lot of time and money. The British Rail system goes virtually everywhere in the British Isles, the trains are modern and comfortable, and traveling by train is an enjoyable, hassle-free way to see the country.
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Cheap airfares to Europe with British Airways fare sale.
British Airways announced a fare sale yesterday that cuts the cost of international airfare in half. Fares from Los Angeles are as low as $219 each way to Barcelona and Madrid. Non stop service from Los Angeles to London is $249 each way. And Rome and Amsterdam are both $269 each way.
Fares from New York are about $20 less each way.
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