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    Posted: 06 Dec 2011 at 1:08pm
Saw this on the Uefa website. Had a sconse and although i've accom booked up, might forgoe the deposit on the hostels i've sourced if the hotels they have are available at the prices they say.....

The Polish Guide website – www.polishguide2012.pl – offers those planning trips detailed information about Poland and its four UEFA EURO 2012 host cities, Gdansk, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw. Besides information about the stadiums, fan zones, team base camps, and security and safety, the website also offers a transport guide.
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Ha you beat me to it TFP, I've just put a page up on my blog about this,
there's plusses and minuses to this new promotion, but if any of you folks find a good deal on it, please let me know and I can spread the word.
 
 


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why have they got three rugger posh tarts in the picture for the irish flag?
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Originally posted by Saint Tom Saint Tom wrote:

why have they got three rugger posh tarts in the picture for the irish flag?

 Thats is Gick  Angry what the Fcuk were Uefa at here ? something to do with sponsor ?
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Originally posted by Saint Tom Saint Tom wrote:

why have they got three rugger posh tarts in the picture for the irish flag?
 
 
Haha good spot, I shall point this out to the authorities concerned, and of course on my blog
 
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I think this is the term my younger students use these days LOL
 
Actually Saint Tom it gives me an idea.
 
We should offer an alternative picture?  What do you have in your archives?
 
That is presentable LOLWink
 
 
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Anybody going to use this to book anything?
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Originally posted by The Vodka Yeti The Vodka Yeti wrote:

Originally posted by Saint Tom Saint Tom wrote:

why have they got three rugger posh tarts in the picture for the irish flag?
 
 
Haha good spot, I shall point this out to the authorities concerned, and of course on my blog
 
MASSIVE FAIL
 
I think this is the term my younger students use these days LOL
 
Actually Saint Tom it gives me an idea.
 
We should offer an alternative picture?  What do you have in your archives?
 
That is presentable LOLWink
 
 
 
 
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there are some great ones of Tom in the YBIG archive   Wink
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Might for Poznan if my booking for 'Frolic Goats Hostel' falls through. Havent heard back from them after someone told me they had taken more bookings than they had beds....

This looks like a good resource on the face of it,
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Mr Yeti, does the 7 day inter city train ticket seem value to you or would individual tickets likely work out cheaper ? Thinking of heading Poznan-Torun-Gdansk-Poznan
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Originally posted by Borussia Borussia wrote:

Mr Yeti, does the 7 day inter city train ticket seem value to you or would individual tickets likely work out cheaper ? Thinking of heading Poznan-Torun-Gdansk-Poznan


it is more expensive than the cheapest individual tickets would be for the slowest trains (TLK), but for making those trips, it would probably be cheaper than individual tickets on the faster (EC and EIC) trains. That said, most of the journeys involve TLK trains at some stage so individual tickets may be better.
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Originally posted by The Vodka Yeti The Vodka Yeti wrote:

Originally posted by Saint Tom Saint Tom wrote:

why have they got three rugger posh tarts in the picture for the irish flag?
 
 
Haha good spot, I shall point this out to the authorities concerned, and of course on my blog
 
MASSIVE FAIL
 
I think this is the term my younger students use these days LOL
 
Actually Saint Tom it gives me an idea.
 
We should offer an alternative picture?  What do you have in your archives?
 
That is presentable LOLWink
 
 



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Originally posted by SuperDave84 SuperDave84 wrote:

Originally posted by Borussia Borussia wrote:

Mr Yeti, does the 7 day inter city train ticket seem value to you or would individual tickets likely work out cheaper ? Thinking of heading Poznan-Torun-Gdansk-Poznan


it is more expensive than the cheapest individual tickets would be for the slowest trains (TLK), but for making those trips, it would probably be cheaper than individual tickets on the faster (EC and EIC) trains. That said, most of the journeys involve TLK trains at some stage so individual tickets may be better.
 
 
Could I have that again, but in English Dave?  LOL
 
The feedback I'm getting, the Polish Pass deal is good for the Regional Railways (Przewozy Regionalne ) tickets, you'll save 33%, but when I check the same routes on the Inter City train routes, the 3 day pass prices seem the same as buying individually at the station.
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by deisedevil deisedevil wrote:



 
LOL I think the idea is NOT to scare the yokels! Wink
 
 
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Originally posted by The Vodka Yeti The Vodka Yeti wrote:

Originally posted by SuperDave84 SuperDave84 wrote:

Originally posted by Borussia Borussia wrote:

Mr Yeti, does the 7 day inter city train ticket seem value to you or would individual tickets likely work out cheaper ? Thinking of heading Poznan-Torun-Gdansk-Poznan


it is more expensive than the cheapest individual tickets would be for the slowest trains (TLK), but for making those trips, it would probably be cheaper than individual tickets on the faster (EC and EIC) trains. That said, most of the journeys involve TLK trains at some stage so individual tickets may be better.
 
 
Could I have that again, but in English Dave?  LOL
 
The feedback I'm getting, the Polish Pass deal is good for the Regional Railways (Przewozy Regionalne ) tickets, you'll save 33%, but when I check the same routes on the Inter City train routes, the 3 day pass prices seem the same as buying individually at the station.
 


Okay, a few standalone statements.

1) Polish trains have numerous categories (TLK, EC, EIC).

2) Most of the trips we will need to make (Poznan - Torun, Torun - Gdansk, etc) will be on slower TLK trains.

3) Tickets for TLK trains are cheaper than tickets on EC and EIC trains.

4) The total cost of the TLK tickets we would need to buy would appear to be less than the cost of the Polish pass.

Individual tickets seem to be about €15 each, so Poznan - Torun, Torun - Gdansk, Gdansk - Torun, Torun - Poznan inside 7 days would probably be under €75 and certainly not much more. By way of example, the cost on www.polrail.com (a polish travel agency selling tickets), the cost of a Poznan to Gdansk ticket on a TLK train taking round about 4 hours is 73 zloty, about €16.

In short, there doesn't seem to be a need to buy the pass.
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Originally posted by SuperDave84 SuperDave84 wrote:


In short, there doesn't seem to be a need to buy the pass.
 
 
I concur.
 
I’ve just done a quick scout around the site and at first glance it seems to me you’re better off doing your flights, accommodation and inter-city train tickets yourself via other means/sites, I can’t see you saving much, if anything, going through this site.
 
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