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Benefits for public transport for a foreigner
In Germany, there are preferential prices for public transport, for example, for the elderly (over 65 years old) and the disabled. Can a foreign tourist take advantage of such a benefit? If so, is there anything additional that needs to be done?
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All this needs to be determined on the site where the benefits are given (for example, public transport). Find it, if it’s not difficult, read it and tell us. I couldn’t use the benefits.
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answered 12 years ago
As a rule, benefits in public transport are established for citizens of the country where these benefits are provided. However, it will be interesting to know how you can take advantage of the benefits for non-EU citizens.
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answered 12 years ago
The concept of "benefit" is practically non-existent. If somewhere there are discounts, then this is the decision of a particular firm or company. In general, there are no discounts on public transport. Somewhere, on a separate route, a separate carrier may have something similar. But this is rather an exception.
I heard that they used to be on railway transport, then almost all benefits for the elderly were canceled.
It's just that their benefits are laid down in tax legislation, and not in the discounts that the state forces private companies to provide (like ours).
It is more realistic to get discounts on museums, exhibitions, etc. But in Germany they are not big.
In my experience, discounts are given not to pensioners, but to people over a certain age (65.70). Therefore, a document with the date of birth (passport) is presented. Nobody will look at national papers. IMHO. Rather believe in the word)))
Don't know about disabled people.
I heard that they used to be on railway transport, then almost all benefits for the elderly were canceled.
It's just that their benefits are laid down in tax legislation, and not in the discounts that the state forces private companies to provide (like ours).
It is more realistic to get discounts on museums, exhibitions, etc. But in Germany they are not big.
In my experience, discounts are given not to pensioners, but to people over a certain age (65.70). Therefore, a document with the date of birth (passport) is presented. Nobody will look at national papers. IMHO. Rather believe in the word)))
Don't know about disabled people.
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answered 12 years ago
Yes, in Germany there are all kinds of discount tickets for different types of transport for different groups of the population, but not for foreigners if they are just tourists.
For example, there are preferential travel cards for pupils, students... A pupil/student is issued a special document with a photo in his educational institution, using this document he can purchase a ticket for the desired period (month, six months, year) much cheaper, i.e. with discount.
How to call him in Russian, let's say the student's certificate, which he received at his educational institution, he must always carry with him when traveling in transport and present it to the controllers along with the travel card. And such travel cards are most often nominal, without a student's / student's credit they are not valid.
Another category is the unemployed. Again, the relevant organization issues a document, according to which a preferential travel card with a photo is issued / bought.
I don't know about pensioners. But since most of them are on social assistance, which means they also have preferential travel cards.
It is not so easy with disabled people either. There must be a certain degree of disability, more than 60-70%, then benefits are issued.
But all this is for the inhabitants of Germany.
For example, there are preferential travel cards for pupils, students... A pupil/student is issued a special document with a photo in his educational institution, using this document he can purchase a ticket for the desired period (month, six months, year) much cheaper, i.e. with discount.
How to call him in Russian, let's say the student's certificate, which he received at his educational institution, he must always carry with him when traveling in transport and present it to the controllers along with the travel card. And such travel cards are most often nominal, without a student's / student's credit they are not valid.
Another category is the unemployed. Again, the relevant organization issues a document, according to which a preferential travel card with a photo is issued / bought.
I don't know about pensioners. But since most of them are on social assistance, which means they also have preferential travel cards.
It is not so easy with disabled people either. There must be a certain degree of disability, more than 60-70%, then benefits are issued.
But all this is for the inhabitants of Germany.
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answered 12 years ago
Yes, I completely forgot. There are also small benefits for tourists.
For example, when we were last year on Lake Constance, the hotel gave us a guest card with all sorts of discounts, including on total. transportation of that place for the number of days of stay. But since We were in a car so we didn't use anything.
And elsewhere on the same Lake Constance they also issued such a guest card. There were also discounts for visiting the thermal pools in Meersburg. They wanted to use this, but the pools at that time were under professional repair.
But these are the so-called discounts on the guest card from hotels, many probably already know about this, who often visits Germany.
For example, when we were last year on Lake Constance, the hotel gave us a guest card with all sorts of discounts, including on total. transportation of that place for the number of days of stay. But since We were in a car so we didn't use anything.
And elsewhere on the same Lake Constance they also issued such a guest card. There were also discounts for visiting the thermal pools in Meersburg. They wanted to use this, but the pools at that time were under professional repair.
But these are the so-called discounts on the guest card from hotels, many probably already know about this, who often visits Germany.
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