Train Prague to Budapest - Dangerous?
 

Hello,<BR>I intend to take a night train from Prague to Budapest. Have one of you hade this experience ? Is it ok to travel with my wife ? Any idea about the <BR>Thank you !

<BR>No. I have used this train a few times. You can book a 2-berth compartment, with a door that locks from inside and a fixed door-chain, so you are quite safe. Prague Hlavni station has pickpockets who work in gangs of three, so before you leave your Prague hotel you should put your railway tickets and a little money in a trouser pocket (not in a wallet), and put your and your wife's wallet, bag, credit cards, passports, and spare money and tickets in a package inside your biggest bag. You take out the passport, your pyjamas, your toilet things and your bedtime reading once you are inside your compartment, with the door closed.<BR><BR>For a full night you should board about 2300.<BR><BR>There is a note on getting the best from sleepers and couchettes at http://www.twenj.com/tipsnighttrains.htm.<BR><BR>ben.haines@:btinternet .com<BR>

Hi Chrisitian,<BR> Under 'Train Prague to Budapest - Dangerous?', you ask &quot;Is it ok to travel with my wife&quot;? <BR> Have you found it to be dangerous travelling with your wife before?

I am planning this trip in reverse, Budapest to Prague.<BR>Are you making the reservations on line? do you have an address? What kind of accomodations are you considering?<BR>Thanks

Hello Everybody,<BR>Thanks for the tips, certainly they will be very usefull during my trip. <BR>In fact I haven´t book the train, but done a pre-booking via www.idoz.cz, but I really don´t know if there are some way to buy them righ t now.<BR>I have put this question, because I got some readings that saying we can get some troubles, mainly with the conductors, during night trains in western europe. <BR>Cheers !

did you try calling raileurope (877)257-2887 to ask about safety measures? I'd be interested to find out as well<BR>Sarah

<BR>For the journey from Prague, you can e-mail Cedok Travel, www.cedok.cz, who charge to credit card via internet, and the tickets are at your hotel upon arrival in Prague<BR>From Budapest: http://www.aeroviva.com, then Europe, then rail and bus. Fares to Western Europe and Athens, so they may fasil you to Prsgue.<BR>If eitherfails, Euraide, offices in Florida and Germany: http://www.euraide.de/. Telephone in USA 1 941-480-1555. Fax 1 941-480-1522. E-mail [email protected]<BR><BR>Travelling as a single man I have never hasd trouble with conductors, nor with frontier officials.<BR><BR>Ben Haines<BR>

Boarding the train in Prague, my husband found a man's hand (attached to the rest of the man) in my husband's pants pocket. My husband smacked the arm and the man ran away. Lots of pickpockets, but they don't seem violent. Also our friend had his wallet stolen on the subway. Usual scam...he was circled by a group of well dressed men as he was entering the door, as I yelled, watch out, the men left with his wallet. Be careful. Put nothing you want stolen in your pockets. This is one place to use a moneybelt or neck hanging wallet under your clothes. Let them pick on somebody else.