Golf Clubs on Europe Trains
Aug 22nd, 2005, 12:56 PM
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Golf Clubs on Europe Trains
I will be travelling from Paris to Zurich on Rail Europe in October. I will have my golf clubs with me and would like to know if anyone has travelled on the Europe trains with golf clubs and where would the golf clubs be stored on the trains. I don't think they would fit in the passenger cars, right? Also, do I need to worry about the golf clubs being stolen on the trains? Thanks for any help.
Aug 22nd, 2005, 01:01 PM
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Are you carrying them in one of those hardside cases with wheels? That's what my husband uses...
There are storage areas at the ends of the cars - you can stand your case upright..if you want, you can get a retractable cable lock to thread through the case's handle and a rack or something at the storage area. You won't be able to take them up/down any aisles - those are very narrow, and crowded with the other passengers trying to find their seats.
Cable locks can be found at www.magellans.com, or other sites for even less. Hard-side golf cases can be found for $30-70 at various stores...
Are you golfing around Paris at all? I have tips for you if you want to golf but don't know where to go, or don't have a car (hubby goes on the train/RER, and gets a taxi to the golf courses from the nearest station).
He has played at:
Golf National
Golf St Quentin-en-Yvelines (Trappes)
Disneyland-Paris
Perigeux
Monaco
Amsterdam
Next month, we're planning on:
Golf de Bussy-St Georges
Golf de St Aubin
Golf de Gif-Chevry (maybe)
There are storage areas at the ends of the cars - you can stand your case upright..if you want, you can get a retractable cable lock to thread through the case's handle and a rack or something at the storage area. You won't be able to take them up/down any aisles - those are very narrow, and crowded with the other passengers trying to find their seats.
Cable locks can be found at www.magellans.com, or other sites for even less. Hard-side golf cases can be found for $30-70 at various stores...
Are you golfing around Paris at all? I have tips for you if you want to golf but don't know where to go, or don't have a car (hubby goes on the train/RER, and gets a taxi to the golf courses from the nearest station).
He has played at:
Golf National
Golf St Quentin-en-Yvelines (Trappes)
Disneyland-Paris
Perigeux
Monaco
Amsterdam
Next month, we're planning on:
Golf de Bussy-St Georges
Golf de St Aubin
Golf de Gif-Chevry (maybe)
Aug 22nd, 2005, 01:01 PM
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You'd put them in the large luggage racks at the ends of each car - it's virtually impossible to check luggage on French trains - you'd have to send it via FedEx, UPS, Sernam (sp?), etc. But you shouldn't have a problem - i've seen many folks carry on kitchen sinks (not literally) pretty much anything you can carry on will work - luggage carts are available trackside - have a euro coin to disengage them upon arrival in Paris (can get in change from bar car on train even if have Swiss francs) - you get the coin(s) back if you return the cart to the rack. But with no coin you'll have no cart - don't expect porters - rarely might find one. In Switzerland you can check luggage on trains (for about $10 a bag) so maybe you could check it on this train to Paris but i doubt it.
Aug 22nd, 2005, 01:45 PM
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Actually your golf clubs probably WILL fit in some of the overhead racks on European trains. The only problem is that after that nothing else will probably fit.
However, "I got mine up there first" seems to be some sort of understood "law" when riding some of those trains.
Somehow I don't think theft is going to be a big issue when there are probably much easier, and smaller items readily available...but I've never had a theft problem on any European train I've ever been on but perhaps I've been just lucky.
However, "I got mine up there first" seems to be some sort of understood "law" when riding some of those trains.
Somehow I don't think theft is going to be a big issue when there are probably much easier, and smaller items readily available...but I've never had a theft problem on any European train I've ever been on but perhaps I've been just lucky.
