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Omio's Journey to Connect Europe
- Gys 7y agoSo I tried Omio to find a connection between two European cities and it reported 'Your city has no airport' and continues with a nearby airport. Like any other airfare website. Then I selected 'Buses' (I know a combination of buses that works) which resulted in 'No bus connection available'. Same for trains. So they landed an investment of USD300M plus an article in Forbes for something that many, many others are doing. Respect for their pitching! I expected something like rome2rio.com which for many years already does what these guys are promising but not doing.
- Invictus0 7y agoI have been traveling in Europe for the last month. It is madness. I'm currently waiting to buy a seat reservation for my eurail pass in Paris Gare du Lyon because Paris Gare du nord could not sell the reservation (it's the same damn company). With the eurail pass, you can get on trains for free, but for some trains you need a reservation, and it is impossible to buy the reservation online or even at kiosks, and there is no way to know which trains require reservations. Additionally, some trains sell reservations but they are not required. And this is nuts: some trains allow you to board even when seats are not available, and you just stand in the hall for the duration of the ride or until a seat frees up. And of course there is no way to know how many free seats are available on the train. Sometimes there may be available seats on trains that require reservations, but the train company only allots so many seats for eurail passholders and you are out of luck. So this is how I am spending my time in Paris.