From booking the right ticket to riding in optimum fort

3RD Planet has developed a CGI tool that lets you take a realistic walk through the streets of a city.Disney's REVEL gives tactile feedback through vibrations from virtual 3D objects.Tech firm Affectiva is creating a facial coding algorithm that will enable travel search sites to read your expression.Said Dr. Ian Yoeman, a travel futurologist, in the report: "Our young children will think that it is pletely natural to talk to a machine that understands them without tapping a keyboard or touching a screen."You get to the station on time, find your platform, and hop on the train, right? Not so fast. When it es to European rail travel, the decisions that will shape your trip start long before you step foot on the train. And while a train journey can be enjoyable and relaxing with unmatched scenery to boot there are plenty of pitfalls along the way that can easily derail your trip.

From booking the right ticket to riding in optimum fort, here are 10 tried-and-tested tips that will help you avoid mon mishaps and travel successfully.Like a choose your own adventure novel, booking a train journey is a series of decisions that lead to even more choices. With a little patience and planning, however, your ending is likely to be a happy one. First, you'll need to choose between city-to-city tickets and rail passes. Your best choice depends on how much you want to travel and how flexible your plans are. Second, each option es in two forms. If you're just traveling point-to-point, you can either purchase an open ticket, good for one month from the date of issue, or a ticket with a reservation, which is only good for a specific train at a specific time. Rail passes, best if you're traveling within a country or several countries and planning on a lot of travel, can be either consecutive valid for unlimited train travel or flexi valid for a fixed number of travel days.

Choose the right bination and you'll maximize your journey while minimizing your cost.Ticket or pass? Continuous or flexible? First class or second? Senior/youth or adult? Is rail-travel shopping giving you vertigo? If so, don't worry. Distributers like North American-based Rail Europe will help you find your center by sorting out all the options and helping you save money through booking tools and customer service.