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Feb 28, 2008 | 3:11 pm

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MHG

Join Date: Oct 2003

Location: Schwetzingen (Heidelberg), Germany

Programs: BA, SK, Accor, Carlson Rezidor

Posts: 394

@ Kathrin
We still have "real" sleeping compartments on night trains - not just "Liegewagen" ...

@ Tanya934
Each of these sleeping cars are staffed with a steward !!! He is responsible for welcoming his guests as well as serving breakfast (if that´s included - depending on the booked class - otherwise it can be ordered against payment)
Plus he/she is responsible for the passengers comfort/safety during the stay onboard and handling the passport/immigration thing on international travel as well as handling the trainticket on behalf of the passenger!

Trains of course have conductors onboard. But if one is travelling over night in a sleeping car they won´t disturb you because passengers hand over their tickets to the steward who will handle that with the conductor !

It is not common to give a tip to the sleeping car steward at all so it´s not expected by them. But if you like to tip i would recommend anything between 5 and 10 EUR (a 5 EUR bill seems to be really sufficient and certainly will make him/her smile ...) The amount has no relation to the length of the journey at all.

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