With the Easter holidays fast approaching we just wanted to share our experience of using a friends and family rail card. These cards reduce the price of train tickets by around 33% allowing for some fantastic deals.
Our recent trip to Edinburgh cost just under £40 for our family of 4, which we thought was great value. You can also get discounted bus travel at your chosen destination with the plus bus option, which we made very good use of.
The family and friends rail card lasts a full year and costs £30 (can use Tesco clubcard points if you have them) so after a couple of trips it pays for itself. You can travel to any destination and if you play about with the dates and times you can find some excellent deals.
We also use the LNER app as you can get lots of discounts and cashback to spend on future travel making it even cheaper.
We really do love train journeys, it always feels more of an adventure than going by car and it's nice to just sit back and relax while traveling. We personally enjoy a good old fashioned game of cards and snacks on our journeys. We have to say the Lumo and Azuma trains we travelled on were fantastic, on time, no issues, very clean with friendly staff. We couldn't fault them.
*Photo of a trip for a family of 4 to York from Newcastle with and without a rail card as an example of savings*
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