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It's a super idée. Très luxe. I hope they provide an appropriate murder on each journey, to be solved by a famous Belgian detective.

by dash2 4y ago

jayzalowitz 4y ago
Are there moustaches?
- khazhoux 4y ago
  Oh yes, there are moustaches.
robin_reala 4y ago
You don’t need this to take the real thing: https://www.belmond.com/trains/europe/venice-simplon-orient-express/ https://www.belmond.com/trains/europe/venice-simplon-orient-... But it’s potentially not quite as luxe as you’re imagining; for example, nearly all of the carriages are original 20s stock which means no showers.
- rob74 4y ago
  However, they certainly like to keep up appearances: > What do I wear on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train? You can never be overdressed on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train! For dinner, we ask for formal evening attire and many guests like to don black tie and wear their most glamorous finery for the occasion. Smart daywear is appropriate during the day. At lunch, for example, a jacket/tie or equivalent is suitable. Jeans are not acceptable at any time. Mustaches, monocles and pocket watches are probably desirable too, although I'm not sure you would get a rebate if you have one...
  - mcv 4y ago
    I discovered this some time ago, and I hope to take this trip with my wife some day. I'm certainly planning to go all out on top hats and everything.
  - dagw 4y ago
    It's effectively an upper class LARP, so of course you have to show up in costume. Would still love to do it though, costume and all.
- kiliantics 4y ago
  wow, truly exorbitant
- devit 4y ago
  I'm surprised they can find enough people willing to pay 3000 gbp per night for that to stay in business.
  - NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
    The vast majority of the people that we met on the train were retirement-age people from the working- or middle-classes; and the journey was the centerpiece of a special celebration for them. It's very different from the typical international business/first-class flight crowd, for example.
- brnt 4y ago
  > no showers Bathtubs?
- NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
  London to Venice is only one night on the train. Although a lot of Americans would seem to disagree, there is really no need to shower every single day... The carriages are more of an old-world luxury experience: the cabin that my spouse and I stayed in had incredibly intricate, hand-inlayed wood and lacquer decoration, for example. If you're expecting a shower and a high-def LCD television etc. then no, that is not what you're getting. The service, which is the item that really is the distinguishing factor in luxury travel, was superior. The one part that was a let-down on the journey is that you have to switch to a coach (admittedly a nice one) for the actual crossing of the English Channel via the tunnel.

It's a super idée. Très luxe. I hope they provide an appropriate murder on each journey, to be solved by a famous Belgian detective.

by dash2 4y ago

It's a super idée. Très luxe. I hope they provide an appropriate murder on each journey, to be solved by a famous Belgian detective.

jayzalowitz 4y ago

Are there moustaches?

khazhoux 4y ago
Oh yes, there are moustaches.

robin_reala 4y ago

You don’t need this to take the real thing: https://www.belmond.com/trains/europe/venice-simplon-orient-express/ https://www.belmond.com/trains/europe/venice-simplon-orient-... But it’s potentially not quite as luxe as you’re imagining; for example, nearly all of the carriages are original 20s stock which means no showers.

rob74 4y ago
However, they certainly like to keep up appearances: > What do I wear on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train? You can never be overdressed on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express train! For dinner, we ask for formal evening attire and many guests like to don black tie and wear their most glamorous finery for the occasion. Smart daywear is appropriate during the day. At lunch, for example, a jacket/tie or equivalent is suitable. Jeans are not acceptable at any time. Mustaches, monocles and pocket watches are probably desirable too, although I'm not sure you would get a rebate if you have one...
- mcv 4y ago
  I discovered this some time ago, and I hope to take this trip with my wife some day. I'm certainly planning to go all out on top hats and everything.
- dagw 4y ago
  It's effectively an upper class LARP, so of course you have to show up in costume. Would still love to do it though, costume and all.
kiliantics 4y ago
wow, truly exorbitant
devit 4y ago
I'm surprised they can find enough people willing to pay 3000 gbp per night for that to stay in business.
- NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
  The vast majority of the people that we met on the train were retirement-age people from the working- or middle-classes; and the journey was the centerpiece of a special celebration for them. It's very different from the typical international business/first-class flight crowd, for example.
brnt 4y ago
> no showers Bathtubs?
NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
London to Venice is only one night on the train. Although a lot of Americans would seem to disagree, there is really no need to shower every single day... The carriages are more of an old-world luxury experience: the cabin that my spouse and I stayed in had incredibly intricate, hand-inlayed wood and lacquer decoration, for example. If you're expecting a shower and a high-def LCD television etc. then no, that is not what you're getting. The service, which is the item that really is the distinguishing factor in luxury travel, was superior. The one part that was a let-down on the journey is that you have to switch to a coach (admittedly a nice one) for the actual crossing of the English Channel via the tunnel.