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Post by stearnz33 on May 28, 2006 13:28:29 GMT -5
when you are trying to travel around once you are in town are busses the same as in the US? i.e. when you get on you pay the fare into the coin machine, or do you buy tickets for the day somewhere for it? i heard about time stamping you bus ticket and I got a little confused, some please help explain.
also if you are in a city for two to three days, is a bus pass worth it and where would you get one?
cities I'll be in
Cork
London
Paris
Nice
Rome
Florence
Venice
Milan
Gimmelwald
Munich
Bruges
Amsterdam
Dublin
Obviously some of those I won't have to worry about busses, i.e venice and gimmelwald. but please help me out!!
Thanks a bunch
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Post by MuvverRussia on May 28, 2006 17:07:11 GMT -5
Depends on the city. Also, it can depend on where in the city (e.g. London - in the centre you buy tickets from machines before you board, on the outskirts you pay the driver). Time stamping is validating tickets btw - some cities let you buy tickets in advance, then you have to validate them. If you fail to do this, it's the same as travelling without a ticket.
To be honest, I'm not sure about using the bus in many of those cities. If you're pushed for time the underground is often a better way of getting around, certainly you're less likely to get lost going this way.
Most of the time you can get underground/bus passes from local shops, or from machines in stations. A lot of these are multi lingual though, which is great.
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Post by rchua on May 28, 2006 17:48:42 GMT -5
from my trip (paris and rome) i found that walking was the best way to get around. it's the cheapest form of transport. hehe!! also for paris, i'd take the metro (underground). they are dependable and the wait is not long. also, you usually have to purchase tickets to ride their public transportation. one ticket in the metro(underground) can be used in multiple transfer, meaning do whatever you have to do to get from point a to point b without leaving the metro system. hope this was of help....
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Post by me on May 28, 2006 17:52:22 GMT -5
the time stamp especially applies to muli-trip pack, where each ticket is generally valid for a limited time after stamped (90 min?). or you can often buy a pass with 24, 48 or, even, 72 hour validity. [which may, or may not, need a time stamp to start validity] London & Rome are the places i've been on your list that would need a pass. Munich, too, probably. Florence & Amsterdam are more compact so i didn't use more than my legs, Venice might require some Vaporetto (water bus) tix, but i had no time. in many cities, one can buy tix/pass at tobacco stands. which was a little offensive, as i've had friends & relatives who've died as a result of smoking. when you are trying to travel around once you are in town are busses the same as in the US? i.e. when you get on you pay the fare into the coin machine, or do you buy tickets for the day somewhere for it? i heard about time stamping you bus ticket and I got a little confused, some please help explain. |
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Post by herrbert on Jun 2, 2006 16:24:43 GMT -5
In Amsterdam, you can use a 'strippenkaart' (it's a card on which you can use 15 zones on one card), paying when you board the bus is much more expensive, so don't.
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