Wageningen Accommodation

[Peter Korsten]

Op 16-9-2013 21:13, punkdISCO schreef:

> 1)If we fly, it will be to Amsterdam. How difficult for stupid people 
> to work out the 2 train legs to Wageningen and, are the trains 
> expensive when you just pay on the day?

Well, Dutch people manage to travel by train, so it can't be too 
difficult. :) Prices are reasonable, certainly not as expensive as in 
the UK.

> 2)Can anyone recommend some hotels?  Looking at booking.com, the 
> available hotels are like 4 miles from Wageningen.  I guess if we 
> drive that is not a problem and we can get taxi’s in the evening.
>

I'm in the fairly unique position that I know the Netherlands both as a 
resident and as a tourist. If you look for hotels in the Netherlands, 
you'll find them remarkably expensive, and unless you're staying in 
Amsterdam or, to s somewhat lesser extent The Hague, it can be quite 
difficult to find something nice and for a reasonable price. I didn't 
manage, for example, to find such a hotel in Utrecht, even though 
Utrecht is quite a nice place for tourism.

So you could consider staying in one of those places (Amsterdam or The 
Hague; Amsterdam has like half of all hotels in the country), instead of 
trying to find something as close to Wageningen as possible. On the 
other hand, getting back at night might be a big problem, since public 
transport only runs till certain times. There are night trains and 
buses, obviously more expensive than during the day, and you might have 
to take a big detour.

- Peter