What does 'Pay for bed clothes' mean on the russian railways website?
I am booking the ticket online.
There is a choice of 'Pay for bed clothes'.
What does this mean? If I do not tick it, then I will get the bed clothes used by the previous guy?
Best Answer
When you buy tickets into any carriage except one with places for seating only (ICE fashion carriages) you are provided with a mattress, a blanket and a pillow which you can only use with the bed clothes provided by the train staff. You cannot use them with your own bed clothes and you cannot use them without bed clothes at all.
Yes, you can spend the entire journey without those items - that makes sense if your journey takes up to several hours. If you decide you need the bed stuff you can pay for it either when buying the ticket or after boarding the train. In the latter case you'll have to pay cash to the train attendant and of course you'll have to pay in rubles and the sum may be not very round - something like 183 rubles (instead of 200). This is why you better pay for them when buying the ticket if you decided that you need them at all.
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As others have noted, if you pay for bed clothes, you get some basic clean clothes and you are allowed to use a mattress, pillow and a blanked. If you do not pay, you can use neither. You can pay both while booking a ticket (more convenient as you can use a credit card, etc.), or right in the train, but be ready the the sum might be really odd, up to some kopecks.
Those cases when one does not pay for clothes are mostly as follows:
- People travelling for a short amount of time (several hours), especially if it is a day and you are not going to sleep anyway
- People using their own sleeping bag. Some do this to save money on bed clothes, some just like their own clothes better than those that can be provided by the railroad.
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