I just returned from a trip to Rome & Florence. I wish I would have seen your video before the trip. We took this train, executive level but did not know about the lounge. Thanks for sharing!
Rule for changing money in Europe: just don't do it, it's always a bad deal in train stations, airports or on the street. We always use an online bank debit card that does not charge fees for overseas withdrawals. You just find a local bank and go to the ATM, select English from the list of languages, and it's just like any bank anywhere, even your home town. Why carry American cash which is an expensive hassle to change into local currency when an ATM at a European bank works just like ours? The debit cards we carry are not linked to our main accounts but rather to an account we only use for travel so that if it gets lost or stolen we just call our bank's international number and they shut down the card. We then use our other card, mine or my wife's, depending on who lost their card and carry on. Another tip is to get a few hundred euros, some in smaller denominations, from your hometown bank before we leave so that when we arrive we are ready to go without the hassle of changing money to take a taxi, buy some munchies, or buy a ticket on the Leonardo Express to go from the airport in Rome to Termini train station in the center of the city, etc.
Going to sit in executive class just for the food menu alone! 😋😄😃😍 We are headed there in the fall so thank you for this video!! Although it may be a little too quiet for a Puerto Rican! 🤣 Great video! 🙏🙏
Did you have to validate your ticket before boarding the train? We had to validate ours on a time stamp machine when we took the Italo high speed train from Milan to Rome.
In Italy you usually have to validate your ticket before going on the train if you bought a stamped ticket at the train station. If you buy it online, you just have to show the qr code to the inspector when you are on the train
Thanks for the video,i am planing to do the same trip in January …i found interesting that almost all men you see on the video don’t use shorts for such a nice day…can you use an American credit card in those trains?
Well I used the exchange because I had other currency from previous places that needed to be exchanged as it had not value to me anymore. But turns out euronet atms charge up to 20 percent on a transaction at an atm
haven't been to rome in 15 years.............wow...............it has changed alot....the termini station didn't have a lower floor. it had an upper, but i don't remember the lower, and no mcdonalds..... cafeteria changed spots too
Nice train, but, why go to money exchange = big rip off - always use atm instead, also, regular train tickets are just fine and comfortable for just a short trip like this. Must be made of money !!
Here is the high speed train from Paris to the South of France ua-cam.com/video/IeUW444e0n8/v-deo.html
I just returned from a trip to Rome & Florence. I wish I would have seen your video before the trip. We took this train, executive level but did not know about the lounge. Thanks for sharing!
So nice🤩, state-of-the-art high speed trains in Italy. So much better than the old and slow intercity trains in Denmark.
Rule for changing money in Europe: just don't do it, it's always a bad deal in train stations, airports or on the street. We always use an online bank debit card that does not charge fees for overseas withdrawals. You just find a local bank and go to the ATM, select English from the list of languages, and it's just like any bank anywhere, even your home town. Why carry American cash which is an expensive hassle to change into local currency when an ATM at a European bank works just like ours? The debit cards we carry are not linked to our main accounts but rather to an account we only use for travel so that if it gets lost or stolen we just call our bank's international number and they shut down the card. We then use our other card, mine or my wife's, depending on who lost their card and carry on.
Another tip is to get a few hundred euros, some in smaller denominations, from your hometown bank before we leave so that when we arrive we are ready to go without the hassle of changing money to take a taxi, buy some munchies, or buy a ticket on the Leonardo Express to go from the airport in Rome to Termini train station in the center of the city, etc.
Did you use Wise or?
Going to sit in executive class just for the food menu alone! 😋😄😃😍 We are headed there in the fall so thank you for this video!! Although it may be a little too quiet for a Puerto Rican! 🤣 Great video! 🙏🙏
Great video
Perfect video, heading there in a few months. Good preview
he is completely clueless
There is a first class and and executive class. Is there mich of a difference? As the price varies a lot.
Never use a money exchange! Simply use your regular bank debit card at any ATM.
A bit more commentary on what the train was like would have been welcome. Camera panning was too fast!
Did you have to validate your ticket before boarding the train? We had to validate ours on a time stamp machine when we took the Italo high speed train from Milan to Rome.
I don’t remember having to validate it at a machine just on the train
In Italy you usually have to validate your ticket before going on the train if you bought a stamped ticket at the train station. If you buy it online, you just have to show the qr code to the inspector when you are on the train
Thanks for the video,i am planing to do the same trip in January …i found interesting that almost all men you see on the video don’t use shorts for such a nice day…can you use an American credit card in those trains?
It was a bit chilly and yes most trains accept card.
@@VirtCam thanks for the response
Normally in Europe they accept all cards, except American Express (at the restaurant, bar, supermarket etc)
Wow, so you used the currency exchange to illustrate a point? I do not understand how those exchanges can get away with that in this information age.
Well I used the exchange because I had other currency from previous places that needed to be exchanged as it had not value to me anymore. But turns out euronet atms charge up to 20 percent on a transaction at an atm
@@VirtCam Oh yes, Euronet...I got bit by that when I used an ATM to get cash in Florence. Grazie for the video!
Crazy chaos
What chaos?? LOL Where do you live in the desert?? LOL
NEVER, EVER use money exchange in Florence or any other Italian city.
Always withdraw euros from an ATM or from a teller in a Bank.
haven't been to rome in 15 years.............wow...............it has changed alot....the termini station didn't have a lower floor. it had an upper, but i don't remember the lower, and no mcdonalds..... cafeteria changed spots too
Nice train, but, why go to money exchange = big rip off - always use atm instead, also, regular train tickets are just fine and comfortable for just a short trip like this. Must be made of money !!
he seems clueless
If you are making travel videos, try harder to pronounce place names properly.
You click bait title states High-Speed Train. half the video is not even the train. 7 Minutes in and I am still waiting for "The High-Speed Train".
This is the process of riding the high speed train. Yes