Residents plan to celebrate the upcoming holidays abroad. Some go on long trips, others choose neighboring Poland. Train tickets to Warsaw are already sold out right before the New Year. The representative of "Lietuvos geležinkėlių" assures that this direction is one of the most popular, where Lithuanians vacation both in summer and in winter.
Rasa, a reader of the tv3.lt portal, said that she and her husband planned to welcome the New Year in Poland. But there are no train tickets left.
"I checked the website and saw that the tickets were no longer available. However, we have already booked the hotel, so we will have to go by bus or car. However, it would have been much simpler and more comfortable by train. And the ticket price is not high, from Vilnius to Warsaw - 25 euros per person.
A bus ticket will cost about 30 euros per person. The price is almost the same. However, it is more convenient to travel by train," the woman assured.
She said that New Year's entertainment is cheaper in Warsaw.
"It's cheaper in Poland hotels, festive dinners and other entertainment. In addition, it is much more interesting to go abroad, even if it is not far away, than to stay in Lithuania. With us, during the holidays, you have to pay double or triple everywhere. It's simply not worth going to a festive dinner when two or three of the same dinners come out for the same price after the New Year," said Rasa about the prices.
She also assured that it would be interesting to try the new route to Riga.
"It promises that tickets will be available at the end of December. But for now - silence. That's why we didn't risk it and postponed our trip to Latvia until after the New Year," said the woman.
He bought the tickets to Poland
Kotryna Dzikaraitė, communication partner of Lietuvos Geležinkėlių, said that she will provide more information about the planned Vilnius-Riga route as soon as the remaining preparatory work is completed.
However, when talking about trips to Warsaw, she noticed that this destination attracts a lot of interest from customers, especially when the most beautiful winter holidays are approaching.
"Trains to Warsaw and Krakow run daily. In addition, on December 10 after the new annual train schedule came into force, traveling on this route became more convenient - the journey time was reduced from 12 to 27 minutes, depending on the direction.
At the moment, passengers still have time to buy trips to Poland during the Christmas period. At that time, people who want to welcome the New Year in the neighboring country should hurry - all tickets to Warsaw on December 29. are sold out, there are only 30 tickets left for December 31-30. If you celebrate the New Year in Poland, you can still return to Lithuania on January 1. or 3 d. by train, and the train tickets for the second day of the year are already sold out", commented the representative of "Lietuvos geležinkeliai".
You are invited to ride the Christmas trains
K. Dzikaraitė said that, as always, it is most convenient to purchase tickets online or via a mobile app.
"Besides, this year, the territory of Lithuania, that is, the section Vilnius-Moscow, runs a festive train. In creating a winter tradition, ancient-inspired patterns and lighting were revived in the middle car of the train, in thrift stores and other story-telling objects,” she said.
According to K. Dzikaraitė, a total of over 36 people took this route during the year. passengers.
Holidays will be celebrated abroad
Travel organizer's "Tez Tour"Inga Aukštuolytė, the head of the public relations and marketing department, calculated that this year a considerable number of Lithuanians will celebrate the big holidays abroad.
"We estimate that even 70 percent will travel with us during the festive period this year. more travelers than a year ago, which is even 2 thousand. more people. During the holidays, people like to travel with their families or friends, relatives who come from different countries celebrate the holidays together in a foreign country.
The desire of residents to celebrate holidays abroad is also confirmed by statistical data. The results of the population survey conducted in October of this year show that even 36 percent Lithuanians would like to celebrate the New Year abroad, Christmas - one in eight surveyed", commented the representative of the travel organizer.
Travel organizer's "NewsCommunication manager Miglė Bielinytė noticed that the most popular travel periods usually coincide with children's vacations, summer months, and especially the major holidays of the year. According to her, the interest in travel increases even several times during these periods, this is quite common and a trend that is observed every year.
Author: Vilija Mačiulskytė, TV3.lt
