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Bus, Train, Plane in Europe??
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From Aug 6 – 26, we traveled from Frankfurt – Prague – Vienna – Venice – Rome – Paris – Frankfurt – Manila. We have tried all the possible modes of transportation there is to go around Europe – we tried the bus (Eurolines), train (TrenItalia and DB Bahn), plane (EasyJet) and even the water boat in Venice. So if I were to rate these transportation methods:
1. Eurolines. They are the cheapest compared to plane and train. They are coach buses so it is bigger compared to the buses that we have here in the Philippines so it is pretty comfortable. Most of their schedule is at night so we save one night on hotels as we spend in traveling. Their buses are always on time also. One thing that I like about taking coach buses is we get to enjoy the scenery on our way to our destination. My favorite is our bus ride from Vienna as we really had an amazing view during our ride.
2. TrenItalia. We booked a second class ticket and we are to stay in a small cabin that seats 6 people so there is really no leg room. The travel time is longer since they stop in all train stations. Also, there is no aircon so it was really hot inside the cabin. They also accept passengers even if there are no more seats available so there are passengers standing along the corridgor of the train and since they have no seat and they can’t sleep while the train is moving, they are chatting loudly and goofing around so we did not really had a good night sleep during the entire duration of our trip. I will not use TrenItalia again if ever I will be traveling back to Italy.
3. DB Bahn. Their trains are the best. We also booked a second class ticket but their trains are clean, there is a good leg room, they are on time and they only stop at major train stops so our travel time was faster.
4. Easy Jet. They are one of the budget airlines in Europe. They are strict when it comes to number of hand carry luggage (they only allow one per passenger) so we have to pay Euro 22 since we have one extra bag. They also don’t have seat assignments so we have to outrun the other passengers to get good seats.
1. Eurolines. They are the cheapest compared to plane and train. They are coach buses so it is bigger compared to the buses that we have here in the Philippines so it is pretty comfortable. Most of their schedule is at night so we save one night on hotels as we spend in traveling. Their buses are always on time also. One thing that I like about taking coach buses is we get to enjoy the scenery on our way to our destination. My favorite is our bus ride from Vienna as we really had an amazing view during our ride.
2. TrenItalia. We booked a second class ticket and we are to stay in a small cabin that seats 6 people so there is really no leg room. The travel time is longer since they stop in all train stations. Also, there is no aircon so it was really hot inside the cabin. They also accept passengers even if there are no more seats available so there are passengers standing along the corridgor of the train and since they have no seat and they can’t sleep while the train is moving, they are chatting loudly and goofing around so we did not really had a good night sleep during the entire duration of our trip. I will not use TrenItalia again if ever I will be traveling back to Italy.
3. DB Bahn. Their trains are the best. We also booked a second class ticket but their trains are clean, there is a good leg room, they are on time and they only stop at major train stops so our travel time was faster.
4. Easy Jet. They are one of the budget airlines in Europe. They are strict when it comes to number of hand carry luggage (they only allow one per passenger) so we have to pay Euro 22 since we have one extra bag. They also don’t have seat assignments so we have to outrun the other passengers to get good seats.
