Plans for Borefts 2013

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Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 03:42 Fri 6/14/2013 Originally posted by Borresteijn Also, if you have a maestro or V Pay card you should be able to buy tickets at the vending machines. Good luck! Nice try but, unfortunately nearly all (if not all) the major UK banks have phased out Maestro for their debit cards and switched to Visa! I think that was because Maestro still retained a non chip & pin capability (presumably for the US market) and banks in the UK are not keen on that at all. I think there may be some prepaid cards that use Maestro but I haven’t checked - might look into that because prepaid cards can be the cheapest way for Brits to get cash out of ATMs overseas at the moment. I’ve never seen a V Pay card. I know it’s a Europe-only system owned/operated by Visa but pretty much all UK debit cards are "straight" Visa cards. I have no idea what the difference between them is.
Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40515 º places 1239 º 05:06 Fri 6/14/2013 I’ve just done my Eurostar Booking for this. Will be heading out on Thursday 26 Sep : 1258 St Pancras - Brussels. Coach 15 Seat 43. Returning on Sunday 29 Sep : 1756 Brussels - St Pancras. Coach 4 Seat 42.
Message tdtm82 beers 1704 º places 138 º 08:47 Fri 6/14/2013 If we all get the same train don’t get a discount?

Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40515 º places 1239 º 08:51 Fri 6/14/2013 Originally posted by tdtm82 If we all get the same train don’t get a discount? You ’might’ if you booked under group travel conditions but that would be 10+ persons I imagine, or more.
Message harrisoni P beers 25357 º places 68 º 09:47 Fri 6/14/2013 Ok booked mine on the disasterously poor E? site. Honestly no trains to Ashford on a Sunday. Why doesn’t everyone want to come to trAshfor... ,,,
Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40515 º places 1239 º 09:52 Fri 6/14/2013 Originally posted by harrisoni Ok booked mine on the disasterously poor E? site. Honestly no trains to Ashford on a Sunday. Why doesn’t everyone want to come to trAshfor... ,,, Their website is bollocks I had to enter the date manually to get through the screen when looking at train options
Message harrisoni P beers 25357 º places 68 º 08:32 Tue 8/27/2013 Bloody trains. Now that Eurostar don’t do the Any Dutch Station, it’s just cost me an extra €60 for a return from any Belgian station to Bodegraven. Trains from Rotterdam to Brussels looked dodgy on the Sunday so I booked the Thalys to make sure. Anyone else have a problem? Or how did you get round it?

Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40515 º places 1239 º 08:36 Tue 8/27/2013 booked 2 single tickets essen - bodegraven and back for €11.50 each. forces me via antwerp but no great shakes.
Message chriso P beers 7540 º places 736 º 08:54 Tue 8/27/2013 Originally posted by harrisoni Or how did you get round it? Taking the car!
Message Fin P beers 17272 º places 1653 º 09:09 Tue 8/27/2013 Originally posted by chriso Originally posted by harrisoni Or how did you get round it? Taking the car! Taking the camper, Harwich-Hook of Holland this time.