The two tickets that are very convenient to use if you travel in Belgium are Go Pass and Weekend Pass. I usually buy Go Pass for 10 trips and use it when I travel long distance and on weekends I just buy Weekend Pass as it is cheaper (50% reduction comparing to standard ticket). You can check trains timetable and buy tickets online at Belgium rail official website http://www.belgianrail.be.
GO PASS 10
Go Pass 10 costs € 51 for 10 trips if you are under 26 and € 75 if you are older. It will valid for a year to any destination in Belgium and you can share one ticket together with your friends. Prior to train boarding you just need to write on your Go Pass day and date of your trip, from where are you going and your destination. Go Pass can be used to go to the airport but you would also need to buy additional fee € 5.07 called ''Diabolo surcharge''.
In Belgium, Ryanair fly from/to Charleroi Airport. To reach the airport from Gent you will need to take a train to Charleroi-Sud station (with one change in Brussels Midi station) and then the bus to the airport. The bus is direct. It is called ''bus A'' and it takes 20 minutes to reach the airport from Charleroi-Sud station. There is train ticket which includes the bus transfer. If you use train pass, you can buy separate bus ticket directly on the bus.
It is cheap and convenient to travel with Ryanair from Belgium. Once I bought return ticket Brussels-Budapest for 12 euros! When you buy early 6 am plane ticket keep in mind that there can be no tram early morning to take you to Gent-Sint-Pieters station and in that case you would need to spend a night in the airport or take a twenty-euro taxi, so better purchase an afternoon flight.
WEEKEND TICKET
Weekend Ticket is the return travel ticket. As I wrote it saves you half price and can be used on Friday after 19:01, Saturday and Sunday. For example, return trip from Aalst to Gent with weekend ticket cost me € 6.HOW TO GET FROM GENT TO CHARLEROI AIRPORT
It is cheap and convenient to travel with Ryanair from Belgium. Once I bought return ticket Brussels-Budapest for 12 euros! When you buy early 6 am plane ticket keep in mind that there can be no tram early morning to take you to Gent-Sint-Pieters station and in that case you would need to spend a night in the airport or take a twenty-euro taxi, so better purchase an afternoon flight.
helpful, thanks
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