Britain on the Cheap

The BritRail Winter Offer is on. Save 20% on your train pass when you travel from Nov. 1-Feb. 28. The BritRail London Plus Pass, for instance, is now $125; it zsooms around London and offers an all-access pass to the whole of Southeast England. The BritRail England Flexi Pass is now $185, for flexible train [...]

Britain On Track is back with its annual BritRail Pass Free Rail Day for Americans and Canadians traveling in Britain. Buy a BritRail pass before April 29 and you’ll receive an extra day of travel for free. The promotion is good on Britain On Track’s most popular BritRail passes, including the BritRail FlexiPass, BritRail Consecutive [...]

BritRail has caught Royal Wedding fever, and is offering a free travel day on select BritRail passes in honor of the nuptials. The Royal Gift extra travel day is good on the BritRail FlexiPass, BritRail Consecutive Pass, BritRail England FlexiPass and BritRail England Consecutive Pass, in either first or standard class. Buy your pass today [...]

The Orient-Express and The National Gallery, London, have teamed up to combine train journeys with art adventures. Two trips run between London and Bath, Collectors & Collections on June 28 and Thomas Gainsborough on Oct. 11. Rates begin at $1,500 per person sharing; $570 single supplement. Each trip is a three-day/two-night journey onboard the British [...]

Enjoy a free night at the posh Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh when you book a two-night itinerary aboard The Royal Scotsman train in 2011. The Orient-Express train is like is an Edwardian country house hotel on rails, with luxury en-suite cabins. Or get three nights for the price of two or four nights for three [...]

Cooler weather is a great time for bargains at the VisitBritain Shop. During November, save 10% off the London Pass, then use it any time until March 31. Save 20% on BritRail tickets for November through February. Plus, the Original London Sightseeing Tour is offering two days for the price of one now through Feb. [...]

Heading to England for a winter break? BritRail is offering 20% off rail passes from Nov. 1-Feb. 28. If you’re traveling as a family, buy any adult or senior BritRail or BritRail England Pass and one accompanying child, age 5 to 15, will receive a pass of the same type and duration for free. Children [...]

BritRail’s Low Season Passes are 20% off for unlimited travel on the national rail network throughout Great Britain. Low Season fares start about $43 per day, based on a low-season 3-Day BritRail England Consecutive Pass in standard class. The passes are valid for travel between Nov. 1 and Feb. 28.

Hurry aboard! BritRail is giving train travelers an extra travel day on the BritRail Freedom of Scotland TravelPass until Sept. 30.

ACP Rail is offering a free extra day of travel in Scotland when you buy a BritRail Freedom of Scotland TravelPass now through Sept. 30. The BritRail Free Day offer is valid in standard class adult and child fares, for either four days within eight days or eight days within 15 days–plus the bonus extra [...]