[TravelAndTourism] suggestions from anyone with more experience traveling in england

[Edward Green]

Hi Dawn,

Which site are you using to book your train tickets? A site like 
thetrainline.com will I’m pretty sure let you book with an overseas address 
and should offer e-tickets.

I’m from the UK BTW.

Cheers,

Ed


On 3 May 2023 14:46:39 Dawn Stumpner via TravelAndTourism 
<travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi
>      We are traveling in France and England near the end of the month, and 
>      although we have gotten most of our plans and reservations arranged, we are 
>      running into difficulties with one of them. My adult son is a history buff 
>      and is interested in World War II. We hope to visit the Tank Museum in 
>      Dorset near Wool. It is a little convoluted going there from London and 
>      necessitates 2 trains, a bus, and a 40-minute walk each way, but he so 
>      determined, and I am willing, so we started to get the train ticket 
>      reservations. However, the web site wouldn't allow us to complete our train 
>      ticket purchases in advance without us having an address in the UK. We are 
>      nervous about waiting until the last minute and just trying to purchase the 
>      tickets from the window at the train station, as if we miss any 
>      connections, things will fall apart. We contacted the rail line to see what 
>      to do, but we just got an automated response that replies can take up to 
>      two weeks, and that is almost when we will be leaving.
>
> We have thought about renting a car, but that is also not a clear-cut 
> thing. First, there is just the lack of experience of my son (I can't 
> drive, of course) driving on the other side of the road, England's types of 
> round-abouts, some differences in traffic rules and symbols on signs, and 
> all of that, but it is also harder to get an automatic car, and he has no 
> experience with manual transmissions / stick shift. Finally, he will not be 
> 25 until the fall, so there would also be a surcharge because of his age.
>
> We looked into finding a driver to take us there, but we only saw day trips 
> to places like Stonehenge, and while this is very !interesting and we might 
> do it on another day, it doesn't help for getting to the museum near Wool.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions about how to purchase tickets in advance 
> without a UK address, or alternatively, does anyone have tips for finding 
> other ways of getting there? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>
>                    Dawn Stumpner
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