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From: Martin on 8 Aug 2010 05:37
On 08/08/10 05:11, CamperVanner wrote:

> Perhaps hiring a car woul be much cheaper for two people travelling
> together, as the one way fare from Amsterdam to Sneek quoted on RailEurope
> website was A$56, so A$112 for two, and you can hire a car for several days
> for less than that. I have driven a lot (50,000Kms) in Europe so experience
> is not an issue.

If you are looking at/for boats in NL, I think you need a car.Many of
the harbours are a long way from the nearest station.

This website is useful fir finding second hand boats http://www.botenbank.nl

It was even more useful when the website was multilingual.



From: Runge 124 on 8 Aug 2010 15:04
for apatrids incapable of understanding the language in the country they've
been living in for the last 20 years


"Martin" <martin(a)invalid.invalid> a �crit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : 8c7c4lFn7nU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> On 08/08/10 05:11, CamperVanner wrote:
>
>> Perhaps hiring a car woul be much cheaper for two people travelling
>> together, as the one way fare from Amsterdam to Sneek quoted on
>> RailEurope
>> website was A$56, so A$112 for two, and you can hire a car for several
>> days
>> for less than that. I have driven a lot (50,000Kms) in Europe so
>> experience
>> is not an issue.
>
> If you are looking at/for boats in NL, I think you need a car.Many of the
> harbours are a long way from the nearest station.
>
> This website is useful fir finding second hand boats
> http://www.botenbank.nl
>
> It was even more useful when the website was multilingual.
>
>
>
From: Hatunen on 9 Aug 2010 15:27
On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 13:11:57 +1000, "CamperVanner"
<lli90ffr7(a)hw44serttmsail.com> wrote:

>Is there any price advantage in advance purchase of train fares in the
>Netherlands, or is it simply better to buy a ticket at a station and go
>immediatly seeing that to most destinations trains run about every hour?
>The various internet sites flogging tickets seem to suggest that advance
>purchase is cheaper, and there are so many "resellers" taht it seems hard to
>find the "real" Dutch rail fares amongst all the commercial ticket reseller
>hype like RailEurope trying to sell tickets to tourists.

Websites like RailEurope are generally much more expensive than
buying tickets on the ground when you get there. And they never
mention the many discounts offered by by the rail lines.

I suggest going to the offial Netherlands rail site at
http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers

I haven't looked too deeply into the site, but it may be possible
to order your tickets and pick them up when you arrive in the
Netherlands. Still, I've never had a problem buying rail tickets
at the station on the day of departure. Major events and local
holidays could make it hard to get tickets, though.


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From: Gerrit on 9 Aug 2010 22:42

"Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:20:13 +0200, Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote:
>
SNIP
>>
>>Well, the driving might be faster if the Netherlands didn't have such a
>>lot of traffic on the motorways.
>
> Yes, they are saturated in some places.
> --
>
> Martin
>

We were in the Netherlands in April and June (with a car trip to Scandinavia
in between) and had no saturation problems at all. But then we picked our
travel times. :-)
The only time we had a problem was near Hamburg on the way to Denmark.

But you are right about the railway stations being (mostly) a long way from
the boatyards. I would not hesitate to rent a car.

Gerrit - in sunny Albany Western Australia


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From: Martin on 10 Aug 2010 04:41
On 10/08/10 04:42, Gerrit wrote:
>
> "Martin" <me(a)address.invalid> wrote in message
> news:9i80665o305gdo8lgcfb5564ej89r5ml4u(a)4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:20:13 +0200, Tom P <werotizy(a)freent.dd> wrote:
>>
> SNIP
>>>
>>> Well, the driving might be faster if the Netherlands didn't have such a
>>> lot of traffic on the motorways.
>>
>> Yes, they are saturated in some places.
>> --
>>
>> Martin
>>
>
> We were in the Netherlands in April and June (with a car trip to
> Scandinavia in between) and had no saturation problems at all. But then
> we picked our travel times. :-)

:o)

The A4 near Leiden locks up every day. There is section that is still
only two lanes each way.
The A44 from Leiden to Wassenaar locks up every day.
....
The Rotterdam ring seems to have improved, maybe there is less traffic.

> The only time we had a problem was near Hamburg on the way to Denmark.
>
> But you are right about the railway stations being (mostly) a long way
> from the boatyards. I would not hesitate to rent a car.
>
> Gerrit - in sunny Albany Western Australia
>
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Nice to hear from you again, Gerrit.
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