Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

booshruth

Hello
My husband and I are planning on visiting friends on the Isle of Wiht on Easter Weekend 21/3 - 24/3.
Can anyone recommend the best way to do this - splitting the journey, mega train etc.
We won't fly as we're trying to keep our carbon footprint to a minimum this year.
Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
Best regards
Ruth

booshruth

Sorry, on previous post typo - it should read Isle of Wight.
Thanks
Ruth

dzug

booshruth wrote: »

Sorry, on previous post typo - it should read Isle of Wight.
Thanks
Ruth

Where you are starting FROM will have a major impact on the answer.

pompeyrich

dzug wrote: »

Where you are starting FROM will have a major impact on the answer.

LOL Dzug, I posted that too the read the subject line and quickly deleted !! Manchester seems to be a clue !!

dzug

pompeyrich wrote: »

LOL Dzug, I posted that too the read the subject line and quickly deleted !! Manchester seems to be a clue !!

oops - only properly read the second post which had a different title!!! Never mind.

Train (some with no changes) from Manchester to Southampton using advance purchase singles would my first guess, then ferry. Or change at Southampton for a train to Portsmouth and ferry from there. Or stay on the train to Brockenhurst where you change for Lymington and yet another ferry. Depends on where in the Isle you want to be.

Advance singles to Lymington Pier or Portsmouth start at £16 - to Southampton £15. As that's Easter weekend availability (when released - not yet) could be poor, and engineering work disrupt the services......

Megatrain isn't much help - unless you travel via London

Chalky87

I'm trying to book a month in advance for some tickets from Nottingham to Sheffield, for some reason there are no cheap advance tickets...? Can anyone shed some light, I don't understand, before I used to get tickets for around £6 if booked in advance...

kindalen

hi,have to get 3 people from glasgow to liverpool on feb 13th.am from ireland so not really sure how to book tickets cheapest online,have set up an account on thetrainline, so can use this.
any tips on routes?
any promo codes?
are we best to split our journey or book straight through?
cheers.

kindalen

found a fare,some type of mistake...it is on feb 13,but it takes -4.21?????

any help?

KeithP

First tip is...
do not use trainline
they charge extra for credit card and extra to post, and probably other extras too.

Glasgow to Liverpool can be done on that date for £15.50 each using Value Advance C single tickets. Maybe you can get it cheaper by splitting, so give it a try.

See also this post ===>>>
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=7820533&postcount=549
but maybe no use for Liverpool.

dzug

Chalky87 wrote: »

I'm trying to book a month in advance for some tickets from Nottingham to Sheffield, for some reason there are no cheap advance tickets...? Can anyone shed some light, I don't understand, before I used to get tickets for around £6 if booked in advance...

They would appear to be none any more - they are not in the list of possible fares, let alone available