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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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career idea now that oil is fucked: personal train planner

someone who organizes your train trip through Europe, and most importantly, takes care of any issues while you're traveling, suggesting new connections, bringing up solutions and agreements that usually not even the train staff remembers, and all that stuff
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@<jn> ( -- ) DEO JMP2r @jn@boopsnoot.de
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@kitten Ground Control for train travel
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
1mo
(is this what "travel agents" used to be about back in the day?)
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Sven Slootweg, ("still kinky and horny anyway") @joepie91@slightly.tech
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@kitten yes-ish. there used to be one for train trips but they stopped doing that a couple years ago, as I discovered when I needed a train travel agent to figure out a trip to finland...
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Sven Slootweg, ("still kinky and horny anyway") @joepie91@slightly.tech
1mo
@kitten (also the local travel agent told me point-blank that they only do plane travel and there's nobody left who does train planning since that one company stopped, so... yeah, hole in the market there)
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AT @at@mathstodon.xyz
1mo
@joepie91 @kitten hm, that wasn’t www.treinreiswinkel.nl right?
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Sven Slootweg, ("still kinky and horny anyway") @joepie91@slightly.tech
1mo
@at @kitten I believe it was, actually
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Gwen the backup fox @gwenthefops@booping.synth.download
1mo
@kitten I think that's what they're supposed to be? make your trip and is a point of contact to solve issues for you. Although they mostly deal with planes and hotels nowadays
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Persephone @mindpersephone@spookygirl.boo
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@kitten different tiers of support available. At the highest, they travel with you, showing you all the shortcuts through the stations on your way.
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@mindpersephone damn, you're good
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kuriko (EMF ☎️ KURI/5874) @kuriko@wetdry.world
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@kitten @mindpersephone infodump about lines or station are available with an extra charge
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Persephone @mindpersephone@spookygirl.boo
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@kuriko @kitten oh heck no, that's required part of that tier of support.

Look you don't get to have the support of that level of train nerd, if you're not willing to learn a lot of things you didn't know where possible to learn.
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Lis (≙) neocat_sign_cult @lis@lynxism.cat
1mo
kink @mindpersephone @kuriko @kitten so kitten, how does it feel to receive this service for free from the being that you’re supposed to serve? neocat_uwu
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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kink @lis @mindpersephone @kuriko good, Miss 👉👈 I am very grateful for it
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Rina Volpina 🦊🔞 @RinaVolpina@rubber.social
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@mindpersephone @kitten oh, oh, oh, I wanna be this
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dmiException 🎃 @domi@donotsta.re
1mo
@kitten you know i do that for people sometimes
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pathetic piss kitten @kitten@elizabeth.cat
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@domi yes! I know many people who do that for their friends, especially since most of it is only learned with experience

that's why I think it could be extended to people who don't happen to have train nerd friends, I feel it's one of the biggest barriers to long-distance train travel
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Zora Elbe @zora@spookygirl.boo
1mo
@kitten i think you just invented the perfect job for a bunch of autists!
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Arina Artemis nonbinary_flag @arina@girlcock.club
1mo
@zora @kitten
A job which involves frequently calling train lines and bus companies to arrange replacement services, search for lost luggage, etc?
I think this would be a nightmare for autistic people.
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Zora Elbe @zora@spookygirl.boo
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@arina @kitten I can see how that would be a problem for many! With my personal flavor of autism, I’ve found that calls are much less of a problem as soon as I understand the specific processes/ organisations involved. I would hate having to call a rail operator now, but it would be fine after doing it as a day job for a few weeks.
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Nikkileah 🎮🚄🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧 @Nikkileah@mendeddrum.org
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@kitten I'm in dammit!!
Call the business "The Train Nerds" or possibly something witty.

If you book, you get tickets & an info packet with route info, personal suggestions from the team.

The Guided Tour info comes with accompanying infodumps and a need for snacks 😊
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Kat S @KatS@chaosfem.tw
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@kitten I would pay for this help.
There's already the Treinreiswinkel in NL, who I was planning to call for help with our travel for next year, because they've been good in the past.
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