RIT ticket

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A RIT ticket  (Rail Inclusive Tours) is a ticket that is issued to everyone as part of a  flat-rate arrangement  in international transport for the round trip and for  round trips  , whereby at least one overnight stay or one other tourist service (e.g. Rental agreement for a  rental car  in connection with  flight tickets ) is provided. The use of the train in only one direction is only permitted for combined journeys with other modes of transport or if the return journey is made from a station other than the destination station of the outward journey. RIT ticket providers   are  DB ,  ÖBB ,  SBB , mainly  TEE-Allianz .

Rail Inclusive Tours

Issue of tickets

RIT tickets are only issued by  ticket  offices  of  travel agencies with a valid RIT authorization  .

Ticket, class

The RIT fares are determined on the basis of the conditions announced by the railways involved and in compliance with the international RIT regulations, but the fare is not shown on the tickets. Tickets are issued for 1st or 2nd class.

Period of validity, break in journey

The validity of the tickets is generally one month.

Breaking the journey is permitted within the period of validity.

Surcharges

The  seat reservation  fees and the surcharges for beds and  couchettes are to be paid in full in any case. 

DB-RIT trip

The RIT-Reise (Rail Inclusive Tour) is a  package tour   by  tour operators  according to EVO § 7 with the aim of promoting the tourist travel of individuals or people traveling together by train.

In addition to the train journey, it contains a tourist package deal that must include at least one main travel service within the meaning of the  travel contract law § 651a BGB.

Advantages for the tour operator

Advantages for the traveler

  • Attractive offer in terms of price
  • Individual arrival and departure of customers through free choice of train (no  train connection ) and free choice of travel days
  • The  customer  receives his  ticket  directly from the  tour operator  with his  travel documents . No further ways to purchase the train ticket are necessary.
  • familyfriendly
  • comfortable: arrive without traffic jams and stress

TEE alliance

The  TEE Rail Alliance  ( TEE ) is a  cooperation between  the  Deutsche Bahn AG ,  Austrian Federal Railways  and  Swiss Federal Railways .

TEE Alliance core tariff

  • Merger of  ÖBB  -  DB  -  SBB
  • Uniform 2-tier price system: TEE normal price and TEE Spar Schiene  price
  • mutual recognition of discount cards
  • Family policy (family children up to 14.99 years free)

Partial affiliation with the TEE alliance

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • Luxembourg
  • Denmark

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e ÖBB tariffs - ST 5.12 Rail inclusive Tours (RIT). Retrieved July 4, 2013 .
  2. ^ A b c d Deutsche Bahn AG, Passenger Traffic: Rail Inclusive Tours [RIT]. Retrieved December 11, 2016 .
  3. ^ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover: Tourism - African songs in the Ottobeuren monastery. Accessed December 20, 2012 (German).
  4. ↑ DB: That's green. Rail Inclusive Tours. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  5. ^ RIT Rail Inclusive Tour - Academy Formazione Turismo Hotel Hospitality Management . ( formazioneturismo.com [accessed November 14, 2015]).
  6. ↑ harburg-aktuell.de: SchneeExpress RIT package tour. Accessed December 20, 2017 (German).
  7. ^ Adrian von Dörnberg, Walter Freyer, Werner Sülberg: Tour operator management and travel sales: functions - structures - processes . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-048169-3 ( google.at [accessed December 20, 2017]).
  8. ^ List of NE railways. December 11, 2016, accessed December 20, 2017 .
  9. ↑ SBB, Deutsche Bahn and Austrian Federal Railways establish alliance . In: SWI swissinfo.ch . ( swissinfo.ch [accessed on September 20, 2010]).