Travel and safety advice

unchanged valid since 3 September 2023

You are taking part in an excursion with me as a private individual of your own free will and understand that this is neither a commercial offer nor a package tour. You are responsible for all your actions, in particular for your insurance cover, the travel and entertainment costs you incur (unless these are already covered by the advance payment) and also for all other obligations that you have been aware of since you turned 18.

I'll be happy to help you get the tickets you need and of course you can follow my suggestions for the trip, just as if I were your tour guide. There is one condition on my part: for safety reasons, the publication of the exact date, meeting point and the itinerary of the excursion is not permitted before the start of the trip. The "gag" of my trips is a certain element of surprise. This means that I will take care of everything necessary and you can just enjoy the trip. Publishing the exact itinerary in advance with departure times, train numbers and the expected lunch alternatives would thus counteract my idea to a certain extent. But yes: if it really is a problem, I'm happy to give a little spoiler. I also ask you not to publish any detailed information after the trip, as researching, preparing and organizing the tours means a lot of work in my free time.

Please refrain from talking on the phone loudly or playing videos/music loudly on the trains (this will anger the tour guide). Note for allergy sufferers: my trips may, in individual, unavoidable cases, contain traces of trams, buses and ferries.

There are no rail journeys to the following countries: Russia, Switzerland, Türkiye, Hungary.



If you think that the Corona vaccination was a plan by Bill Gates to secretly implant microchips in people; if you are of the opinion that life was good in the GDR because people only had to adapt accordingly; if you are convinced that the public media are not allowed to broadcast certain programs that could show "the truth" because state authorities prohibit them from doing so, and if you believe that the Russian attack on Ukraine was provoked by NATO and the EU and that both sides must therefore be willing to compromise because President Putin must also be understood, then please buy a Germany ticket and set off alone, but please do not request one of my tours.

Partial travel warning for Lusatia (valid since February 5, 2023)

Based on the circumstances reported in the local press, train journeys between Dresden and Zittau and between Dresden and Görlitz are strongly discouraged. There is an acute and realistic risk of being thrown out of the train at remote stations along the way. In individual cases in the past, inconsistent decisions in the application of the fare that are incomprehensible to customers and can be made arbitrarily by the train staff have led to sudden exclusion from the journey despite the presence of valid tickets, even with the involvement of the regional security authorities. In such cases, Schienenstrang-Reisen cannot offer consumer protection or guarantee onward travel by other means of transport. I therefore warn against travelling on trains operated by the railway company commissioned to operate the routes mentioned and will not use them as part of the Schienenstrang tours. Travellers who are currently still on the trains despite this warning are urgently requested to get off immediately and take a taxi to the nearest station with rail transport operated by ČD or DB.