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One thing I particularly enjoy traveling by public transport within European countries is the use of a "travel card" - Rejsekort in Denmark and OV Chipkaard in

One thing I particularly enjoy traveling by public transport within European countries is the use of a "travel card" - Rejsekort in Denmark and OV Chipkaard in Netherlands. They work as a simple card that you can "beep beep" whenever you use public transport and it works out the payment from attached bank account/card. It makes travel by public transport hassle-free. I only wish in this digital age, all EU countries co-operate and make these systems inter-operate so that for example, one can have a Danish Rejsekort, and travel to Netherlands by train, and go around the town in public transport using the same "beep beep". Now, make that acceptable in long distance trains as well, and imagine how convenient that would be!! EU can clearly make a nice case for this because it will improve efficiency and usage (thereby netting profit) for member countries. There needs to be leadership and will to make it happen!!!

Freak_NL 5y ago
These cards are useful for commuting and local transport (OV-Chipkaart, by the way), but when travelling for leisure you do miss out on useful deals that way. In the summer season there are lots of discounts to be had on the Dutch train network, with savings up to 80% of the regular price depending on destination and availability of special discounts. For international travel planning and booking ahead of time usually means you can get very large discounts as well that would not be possible with a check-in-whenever-you-travel type of card.
soco 5y ago
There's a thing in Switzerland called "EasyRide" where you checkin at the start of your journey and check-out at the end, and it will calculate you the cheapest option for what it registered as movement - day cards included. And even if you check-in again later the same day it will just calculate the difference for the entire daytrip.

Freak_NL 5y ago

These cards are useful for commuting and local transport (OV-Chipkaart, by the way), but when travelling for leisure you do miss out on useful deals that way. In the summer season there are lots of discounts to be had on the Dutch train network, with savings up to 80% of the regular price depending on destination and availability of special discounts. For international travel planning and booking ahead of time usually means you can get very large discounts as well that would not be possible with a check-in-whenever-you-travel type of card.

soco 5y ago

There's a thing in Switzerland called "EasyRide" where you checkin at the start of your journey and check-out at the end, and it will calculate you the cheapest option for what it registered as movement - day cards included. And even if you check-in again later the same day it will just calculate the difference for the entire daytrip.