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Driving from Berlin to Prague
I'm meeting a friend in Heidelberg in late August. My plan is then to take a
train to Berlin, spend a few days, rent a car and drive to Prague, drop the car off, spend a few days and then take a train to Frankfurt to fly home. Any problems with renting in Berlin and dropping off a car in Prague? Any interesting diversions along the way? Cheers |
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Driving from Berlin to Prague
"Daves" wrote in message ... I'm meeting a friend in Heidelberg in late August. My plan is then to take a train to Berlin, spend a few days, rent a car and drive to Prague, drop the car off, spend a few days and then take a train to Frankfurt to fly home. Any problems with renting in Berlin and dropping off a car in Prague? Apart from the fact that you will pay as much in 'foreign' country drop-off fee as you will on the rest of your trip (car hire, petrol, overnight hotel, air fares) put together, no. Any interesting diversions along the way? Dresden. There's no reason not to take the train for this journey, it's easy and it will save you several hundred dollars. tim Cheers |
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Driving from Berlin to Prague
"Daves" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
... I'm meeting a friend in Heidelberg in late August. My plan is then to take a train to Berlin, spend a few days, rent a car and drive to Prague, drop the car off, spend a few days and then take a train to Frankfurt to fly home. Any problems with renting in Berlin and dropping off a car in Prague? a) You cannot take all type of cars to Prague. And you have to ask in advance. Czech Republic is normally not included in the countries you allowed to drive to with your rental car. b) International drop off fees are mostly expensive There are direct EC trains from Berlin to Prague. Single ticket 2nd class is EUR 50,-. Departures at Berlin Ostbahnhof at 07:49, 09:49, 13:49, 15:49 and 17:49. Travel time is 4,5 hours Any interesting diversions along the way? http://www.dresden.de/index.html?node=12248 http://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/ http://www.saechsische-dampfschifffa.../index_en.html You can interrupt your journey at Dresden with the above mentioned train ticket. For a few hours and even for a few days. |
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Driving from Berlin to Prague
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"Martin Stock" wrote: "Daves" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... I'm meeting a friend in Heidelberg in late August. My plan is then to take a train to Berlin, spend a few days, rent a car and drive to Prague, drop the car off, spend a few days and then take a train to Frankfurt to fly home. Any problems with renting in Berlin and dropping off a car in Prague? a) You cannot take all type of cars to Prague. And you have to ask in advance. Czech Republic is normally not included in the countries you allowed to drive to with your rental car. This may be changing now that the Czech Republic is in the EU. Ivan The Czech Republic FAQ: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepage.html A Unique Internet Resourcem older than Google, Java and Amazon |
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Driving from Berlin to Prague
The reason for the train-drive option is that I can get a rail-drive pass (2
days car rental, 2 days train pass) for about $400 Canadian (240 Euros) for two people. I thought that was a better deal than paying for trains the whole route. I think I need to research this a bit more. "Ivan Sever" wrote in message ... In article , "Martin Stock" wrote: "Daves" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... I'm meeting a friend in Heidelberg in late August. My plan is then to take a train to Berlin, spend a few days, rent a car and drive to Prague, drop the car off, spend a few days and then take a train to Frankfurt to fly home. Any problems with renting in Berlin and dropping off a car in Prague? a) You cannot take all type of cars to Prague. And you have to ask in advance. Czech Republic is normally not included in the countries you allowed to drive to with your rental car. This may be changing now that the Czech Republic is in the EU. Ivan The Czech Republic FAQ: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/Czech.homepage.html A Unique Internet Resourcem older than Google, Java and Amazon |
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Driving from Berlin to Prague
"Daves" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... The reason for the train-drive option is that I can get a rail-drive pass (2 days car rental, 2 days train pass) for about $400 Canadian (240 Euros) for two people. I thought that was a better deal than paying for trains the whole route. I think I need to research this a bit more. Price for a single ticket 2nd class Berlin - Prague for 2 persons is EUR 78,25 (not 2 x 50,- !). http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/english.html For cheap car rentals see: http://www.sixti.com (a Smart from EUR 5,00 per day) http://www.interrent.de (a VW Golf from EUR 8,99 per day) |
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