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How to save money on family rail travel
The UK is crawling with fun days out for all the family, and it couldn’t be easier to get their by train.
Find out about the many offers and discounts on family rail travel, and how our money saving tools can help you find the cheapest tickets for your and your family.
Save money on your family’s train tickets with these deals
Family Railcard
For just £25 you can buy a Family & Friends Railcard (formerly known as Family Railcard) and save a third on most adult rail fares and 60% on child fares. Not only that, but it gives you a Days Out UK membership for only £4.95 (usually £14.99), great offers on food and hotels and many more discounts.
To use your Family and Friends Railcard on thetrainline.com, just select it from the ‘Railcards and other discounts’ drop down menu when you make your booking.
To buy a Family and Friends Railcard, find out about all the savings you can make with it, or to read the terms & conditions, please visit the Family and Friends website.
Groupsave Ticket
The GroupSave ticket allows 3 or 4 people to travel together during off-peak times for the price of only 2 adults to hundreds of destinations in London and the South East. Even better, up to four additional 5-15 year olds can each travel for only £1, single or return!
If you’d like to make great savings on your group travel, just select the ‘GroupSave 3’ or ‘GroupSave 4’ option from the ‘Railcards and other discounts’ drop down menu when you book with the trainline.com.
For more information on GroupSave tickets, including terms & conditions, exclusions and example prices, please visit the Days Out Guide website.
2 For 1 on top London attractions
If you travel by train to London, you can get over 100 fantastic offers for the City’s best attractions, restaurants, theatres and much more. Just visit the Days Out Guide website to see what’s available and to download your 2 for 1 voucher.
If you have any questions, read this FAQ section on the Days Out Guide website.
Money saving tools: helping you find the cheapest tickets for you and your family.
You could save an average of 43% if you buy in advance on thetrainline compared to buying at the station on the day. For more details of how to make savings click here. Our money saving tools can help you find the cheapest tickets for you and your family.
Ticket alert
Is your travel date more than 3 months away? Then this is a clever way to be first in the queue for cheap tickets without having to keep checking ticket availability. Tell us when you want to travel and we'll email you as soon as cheap advance tickets are available to buy for your journey.
Sign up for Ticket Alert.
Best fare finder
Quick and easy to use, Best Fare Finder lets you view cheap tickets for your journey by week & month. Just select your destination, tell us when you're thinking of travelling and Best Fare Finder will show you where cheap tickets are available around these times. There are over 130 journey options to choose from with even more to be added soon.
Use Best Fare Finder.
