Booking holidays online

Today the Monday Podcast discusses how to book holidays – in particular online. Maria has just booked flights to Japan and Graham has just come back from holiday in Lanzarote.

Find out how we booked and whether online was the best option by listening to the podcast:

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Das Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket

The Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket is an offer from Deutsche Bahn that allows you to travel anywhere within Germany for a whole day on certain types of trains. Currently these are the RegionalExpress, Regionalbahn, InterRegioExpress and S-Bahn.

The ticket is valid for up to 5 adults or for parents with all their own children, or for grand-parents with all their own grand-children.

For the exact details and current pricing and conditions please refer to the Deutsche Bahn homepage.

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ICE: Der Intercity-Express

ICE is the abbreviation for Intercity-Express, the high-speed trains that run between the major cities in Germany.

To use the ICE you need a ticket that entitles you to do so, stating that a particular part of your journey is using such a train.

Visitors to Germany may prefer avoid using ICE trains, in order to travel the older, more scenic routes.

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