Luxor to Cairo Overnight Train (Ask-Aladdin Tours) Reviews

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  • legaleye Rank: Lance Corporal 16th Jan 2008

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    Good Points: Initial contact from England was excellent, company were very helpful with assistance in booking overnight sleeper train tickets from Luxor to Cairo, took money immediately out of account. Friendly person took details.

    Train was clean, staff were very friendly, food was acceptable. Altogether a great experience.


    Bad Points: Ask-aladdin.com do not have a good representative in Luxor - seemed more interested in selling tours than telling us the service we had paid for was not available. Tour prices were more expensive than the local agents in shops.

    Train was impossible to sleep on due to the constant stoppages which woke you up.


    General comments: Basically - my friend had booked tickets from the UK for the overnight sleeper train from Luxor to Cairo with ask-alladin.com. We arranged our own hotel accommodation for two nights in Cairo and flights back to Luxor.

    When my friend and I arrived in Luxor, the representative of ask-aladdin.com did not tell us that the tickets we had booked were no longer available, but instead mainly tried to sell us local tours. He asked when we were leaving our hotel and assumed we would want to change our tickets for this date (despite the fact we were flying to England).. This rep made a complete mess of our trip to Cairo, due to his inability to relay information and to concentrate offering other trips.
    We ended up having to go on the Thursday instead of our booked Wednesday night and lost one night's accommodation we had paid for and travelling the following day, meaning we did not get to see the pyramids, due to other commitments already booked.

    Basically, I would suggest you book train tickets with another company who can relay information correctly. In my experience ask-aladdin.com were inefficient.

    The train is an experience - we were two ladies alone and felt safe in every way. The staff are very friendly and welcoming - not requesting tips all the time - and service is good.

    I would recommend going on the train if you sleep like a log - or if you want to be up all night!