Margaux Fodéré, edited by Laura Laplaud 07:38, December 22, 2022
Two days before Christmas Eve, the situation in stations is not improving.
On Wednesday, SNCF management announced that two out of five TGVs will be canceled during the Christmas weekend due to the controllers' strike.
This Thursday morning, there is still time to find an alternative to join his family.
Leaving at all costs: the objective of the 200,000 French people who saw their train canceled for this Christmas weekend due to a strike by SNCF controllers.
To join their family, there are other solutions and these disappointed travelers have understood this well.
They flock to other means of transport.
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First option: the plane
First option requested by many French people: the plane.
With the announcement of the strike, searches for domestic flights quadrupled in just 24 hours on the comparator Liligo.com.
Even if the plane is not ideal at Christmas, as Guillaume Rostand, spokesperson for the site explains: "There are costs such as shuttles, travel to go from home to the airport and then when you arrive at the destination airport. The train is the most practical way."
Second option: rental cars
Second option: rental cars.
At the comparator Carigami, reservations increased by 56% on Tuesday compared to the same day last year, consequently leading to an increase in prices.
“It takes about 500 euros per week for the rental for the Christmas holidays, which is 20% more compared to the Christmas holidays last year”, notes Pierre Feisthauer, development manager for the site.
Third option: carpooling
Last option for French people deprived of a train: carpooling.
Precisely, to anticipate these strikes which are repeated every year, but also to relieve the wallet of the French, the BlaBlacar site has already offered 300,000 places in France for this Christmas weekend, i.e. 43% more than last year. .