The Man in Seat Sixty-One

Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by FabHK on Sunday January 13, 2019 @06:41AM (#18896275)

Agree with all commenters here what a fantastic site this is - up-to-date (by and large), information dense, no nonsense.

Has helped me travel from Bali to Jakarta, through Thailand, Namibia, and with the TransSib.

A labour of love. So I wondered how one can support the guy, and was amazed that the only thing he asks for is donations to UNICEF in his name, see link below. Kudos kudos kudos.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/seatsixtyone

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by montalbano on Sunday January 13, 2019 @06:58AM (#18896326)

Also, he may recieve some support from booking referrals so I would try and use the links from the seat61 website wherever possible.

edit: And to add, I love the site! I've used to plan many trips to and between France, Spain, Estonia, Sweden and Denmark.

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by boulos on Sunday January 13, 2019 @09:42AM (#18896828)

Seems to be the main source (as you’d imagine). From About:

> Is the site a hobby or a business?

> Seat61.com is a personal website, started as a hobby. It's grown and grown, and became my full time occupation in September 2007. However, I'm not a company or a travel agency, just an individual with knowledge that others might find useful. All the information on the site is provided free of charge to users, to help people make journeys by train or ship instead of flying, affordably, comfortably and safely. The site generates income through affiliate schemes, and this supports the site, helps fund my travel habit (...er, I mean research, of course) and buys me the occasional bottle of my favourite Chateau Musar...

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by megakid on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:34AM (#18896432)

Used this site for various European adventures that were significantly more fulfilling and stress free vs not having this resource. Donated £30 to the cause. Thank you to the Man in Seat Sixty-One!

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by FabHK on Monday January 14, 2019 @07:36PM (#18907951)

FWIW, since this thread (and the link) has been posted here yesterday, there were around 7 donations (including yours).

(Not sure what to think of that... doesn't strike me as huge. Maybe front page HN is not as "viral" as I thought?)

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by healsjnr1 on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:09PM (#18899580)

This site has been a life saver on so many trips through places like India and Africa, where the information available through official channels is often difficult to find out understand.

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by djcapelis on Sunday January 13, 2019 @06:48AM (#18896295)

I was just wondering the same thing! Thanks for linking!

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by listic on Sunday January 13, 2019 @01:38PM (#18897976)

I thought the site doesn't support Russia?

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by MarsAscendant on Monday January 14, 2019 @02:05AM (#18901209)

Quoting parent comment:

> Has helped me travel from Bali to Jakarta, through Thailand, Namibia, and with the TransSib.

"TransSib" here is the Trans-Siberian Railway, travelled via the eponymous train. You may know: Siberia is in Russia – as is most of the journey via the railway.

And yes, there is support for travel data in Russia: https://www.seat61.com/Russia.htm

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Re:The Man in Seat Sixty-One by isostatic on Monday January 14, 2019 @09:04AM (#18902964)

Hence the confusing comment

The site clearly has a link to rail travel in Russia on the first page, and clearly any international train site worth it's salt is going to have one of the most famous train journeys of all time on there (indeed it's got it's own page)

So clearly the parent wasn't talking about the site covering Russia as a subject.

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