I NEED to get to Hamburg

pjjafc

Hi

Long and short of it I NEED to get to Hamburg on the July the 2nd and am looking to do it the cheapest way poss. Anyone know of the best websites for booking trains in europe??

richardw

Lots of information on https://www.seat61.com re trains.

BTW easyJet fly to Hamburg HAM and Ryanair to Lubeck LBC.

Where are you in the UK?

moneymayweather

i assume you're going too, pjjafc

I need the same information!!!!!! gonna be a great night

moonrakerz

I used to fly to Hamburg a lot. Always used BA, always reliable.
A single at the moment is £87 (from LHR), that includes everything - no baggage surcharge, no charge for using the loo, no charge for picking your seat - or picking your nose !
You used to get a free drink and a bag of [STRIKE]nuts[/STRIKE] pretezels !

The "headline" price on Easyjet (from LGW) is £193.99 !!!!!
The "total" price on Ryanair is £164.06 (From STN)!!! (Lubeck is half way to Sweden as well !) PS: 0625 departure too !!

These so-called budget airlines are such good value, aren't they ?

pjjafc

moneymayweather wrote: »

i assume you're going too, pjjafc

I need the same information!!!!!! gonna be a great night

ha ha yeah! Just looking into flights, trains, ferries, damn I will walk!!

pjjafc

Thanks for the replies! I am based in Luton but flights for that weekend are huge!! Going to look into flying to somewhere else in Germany and driving

richardw

Ryanair to Bremen

Going Out: 02/07/2011 14:55hrs
London-Stansted - Bremen
1 x Adult 36.99 GBP
Taxes/Fees 0.00 GBP
Delay/Cancel Levy 2.00 GBP
1 x Web Check in 6.00 GBP
Total
Total Cost 44.99 GB

and then a train from there, might be a bit late though

moneymayweather

hmm this is going to be quite expensive it seems

i wouldve thought flights 2 months before the date would be quite cheap..

stoneman

You could look at the ferry from Harwich, but it is a 24 hour trip just to get there. Hey, make a mini cruise out of it!

s_f_j

just finished booking my trip, same situation as you

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3222156

i've gone with the following for two of us.

flight from east midlands to amsterdam = fri - sun = £163
train from amsterdam to Hamburg = sat - sun=approx £155 (176euros)

works out roughly £160 each but the bonus of a night out in amsterdam but obviously a 6 hour train journey isnt ideal but it beats driving

poe.tuesday

have a look at air berlin and look at going to rostock, bremen or hanover