Travel Budget Friendly with Split Train Tickets

If you are a UK resident or a tourist who has to travel a lot by train and you feel the train travel, UK is very expensive, then this is the blog where you will get the solution to your problem.

If you feel that traveling in the UK is expensive it might be because of the complex ticket pricing system in the UK. There are many booking sites, and they charge different fares, adding to this the price of tickets keeps increasing with the increase in their demand making the last-minute booking very costly. These factors contribute to the high cost of train travel and make your journey expensive.

To save on your train fares in the UK, you just need to be a bit attentive to the booking process and once you are familiar enough with it you can save a lot on your ticket bookings. The most preferred and useful method is split tickets.

In the booking system, the tickets are priced based on distance and demand. The shorter distance fares are very low and if you split your long journey in small parts and book ticket according to that it will cost you much less than the ordinary direct ticket. Also, there is always more than one route between two distant stations, before booking a ticket you should check all the available routes and choose the one that is shorter in length. Then to ensure more discount split your journey into small parts and book separate tickets from the stations falling in route, the only condition being the train must stop at those stations. This method of split ticketing ensures cheaper train travel.

Split train tickets in the UK allow travelers to travel at a very low cost. Although if you want to avail more discounts there are some other tips that you can combine with split train tickets and save additional money. Those steps are listed below and will help you reduce your rail cost:

•           Book advance train few days before your date of train tickets.

•           Avoid booking in peak hours to not get charged extra due to a surge in the ticket prices because of high demand.

•           Compare the prices on different booking sites and try different combinations to pay less.

•           Make sure that the booking site is not charging you any extra booking or credit card fee.