Technical Forum

Hi
I'm trying to find a bus to travel from barcelona to madrid on Oct. 13,2008
when I go on the bus site I get-"no buses on that date".
Does anyone know best fare and day (available) for this trip-what site on web?

I also am searching for cheapest travel from Rome to Barcelona on Sept. 24/25.Can't get the rail route or fare straight. Hope there are good options to flying!

All help would be MUCH appreciated.
pkucey

1. You should post these questions in the appropriate Travel Forums (Barcelona and Rome, or even Spain and Italy), because most VTers don't read the Technical Forum, as it is dedicated to questions about using the VT website, not travel questions.

2. The rail website for Spain is www.renfe.es . Look for "Seleccione su idoma" on the lower left for English. Note that this is not the most user-friendly website, but you will be able to answer the Barcelona to Madrid question there.

3. The rail website for Italy is www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html (this is in English). So far as I know, there is no longer a direct train from Rome to Barcelona, but the trip will require 2 or 3 changes. Because of this (and the duration of the journey), flying is normally the preferred way to go for such a long distance.

4. When you use websites to price things, choose a date in the next week or so that is the same day of the week as the date you plan to go in October. Rail websites in particular are not accurate more than 60 days out, and often won't show you any solutions at all. Although schedules can change over the year, they don't change all that much, nor do the fares.

Bill

You are looking too far in advance, basically.

You are much too early to book for the 13th October. www.alsa.es is the site for buses throughout Spain. I've just had a look and it refuses to show me the timetable.
Best of luck