There will be a rare case where they see someone on the platform. sants station photograph yourself with bird before getting on the train. But with a family going abroad for the weekend or group of friends On the way to a bachelorette party taking pictures pointing at the convoy before entering Ouigo. they go to the same place Madrid; They take the same amount of time, and although they have differences, the benefits are not stellar excesses. However user type strangely different. See.
Cristina lives in Barcelona with her three children, but her parents live in Madrid. A good example of what we said. When you travel to the state capitol for business, which usually happens, your company They buy an AVE ticket. However, when traveling with family, they prefer cheaper options. “You turn it into a procedure. And you don’t care if it’s more comfortable or the bar is better. You are only looking for price, because You know you don’t lose punctuality“.
always polite
“It’s rare for someone to raise their voice,” he says, adding to the two experiences with the AVE experience. AVLO HE ouigowhere is the environment”much more comfortable“Maybe because of the type of train, it’s a little more elegant. Like when you go out for a hamburger or choose a good restaurant: you are always politebut it’s a little different, you relax more in one place than another”. the reason is more mundane: While there are many people going solo on the AVE, groups and families are popular in the rest, even cheaper.
Inside iris He left Atocha shortly after 11 am on Wednesday, three British teenagersTwo boys and a girl say they were traveling around Spain and wanted their visit to Barcelona to coincide with Barça’s game against Manchester United. His case is the novice’s paradigm. They got on this train through search engineswithout knowing any of the four alternatives: AVE, Iryo, Ouigo and AVLO. They say, “We looked at the prices and schedules, this was the most suitable for us. We think they are better than the trains in our country.”
Miguel Ángel works at a mutual fund. A weekly visit to Madrid at least. Always by AVE. He argues that he’s a man of tradition with a fixed set of gear, when something works for him he doesn’t like changeand ensures that the price difference isn’t “too high to be worth the price”. unfaithfulness. He says he tried Iryo; “out of curiosity“. “Good, comfortable, no complaints, but I will not change because I believe the AVE has more frequencies, which allows me to leave and arrive at the most convenient times”.
In any case, he knows from the experiences of his friends, who are also regulars on the Barcelona-Madrid corridor, that the other three alternatives are a common option. “Plus Iryo, which is the closest thing to AVE”. “Who are those they must be having a bad time airlines. If you are going from the city center to the city center in two and a half hours, and I also think that there is no point in going by plane anymore. you can work with Wi-Fi”.
One day by plane
He skims through his list of friends and acquaintances, and no one thinks about flying from place to place. In the last 10 years – he’s been in the business for ten years – he’s only gotten on a plane once. “It was last year and a Meeting in AlcobendasThe one next to Barajas”, he elaborates.
In his memory, his words javier alonsowhich was in 2008 Sales Director for Iberia in Spain and announced the company’s intentions”faster check-in and boarding“It was January and in April Iberia lost 20% of the ticket in favor of the train. After Renfe lowered the high speed train prices in 2013, the balance shifted to the rail for the first time. Regarding the Madrid-Barcelona corridor.
company sends
Returning to Barcelona at noon on Thursday at AVLO, Magda draws attention to an important detail. Business travelers carry tickets purchased by the company in their pockets. “Before you were just going with the AVE because there was no alternative, but now we see that it could be one or the other. Bosses aren’t stupid: they won’t pay double if they are can saveThus, he states that he always prefers to go to the AVE, because it is the most “and the quietest way to go” that he knows best. advancing work“understands” the policy cost limitation“There is no doubt that every carrier’s sales teams will go after big companies to become their preferred choice.
After a trip with each train and without this experience become the dogma of the faith, it seems that every traveler uses the company that best suits both their needs and their pocket. Managers will continue on AVE and flirt with Iryo, and families and youngsters will bet on AVLO or Ouigo. Whether for fun or business, everyone knows that, with a few exceptions, they always arrive at the scheduled time.