Trains vs Flights within Europe I’ve received a lot of advice to take trains instead of flights for my European itinerary (Amsterdam -> Munich -> Lucerne -> Paris -> Amsterdam). Using the Amsterdam to Munich leg as an example, the train journey takes 7.5 hours with a transfer in Cologne and costs €98-140, while a direct flight is just 1 hour 25 minutes and costs only $50. Even…

Trains out of Amsterdam I’m visiting Amsterdam from the U.S. in a couple weeks and planning to do a day trip or two, within the Netherlands and possibly over to Belgium. Wondering if the train ticket prices tend to increase closer to the date of the actual trip – this happened to us in Spain a couple years ago, and we had to pay 3x the price we had seen a month in adva…

Are trains in Vietnam generally on time? I’m planning to book a trip from Sapa to Ninh Binh via Hanoi. Lao Cai to Hanoi reaches at 5:25 am Hanoi to Ninh Binh starts at 6:10 am. So totalling 45 min layover. Is this a safe layover to change trains? Please advise. TIA. submitted by /u/chingchongboyfriend

Weekend trains from Cadiz to Jerez? Hi, I’m planning to visit Cadiz in late October. I want to visit Jerez as well so then maybe fly out from there to Barcelona. I was just wondering if there are consistent trains from Cadiz to Jerez on Friday afternoons/ evening or morning of Saturdays? I just don’t want to book any flights before I know definitively if I can make it to Jerez. Th…