Night Riviera Berth Supplement advice

Hello!

I'm doing an All Line Rover in July and want to use the Night Riviera from Paddington to Penzance. I know that the ALR is valid in a seat but I'd like to sleep in a berth and I know you can buy a supplement. I went on GWR's website and all that will let me do is buy a berth and a ticket, but I don't need a ticket. I tried GWR's Live Chat and that was useless as 1) the person tried telling me an ALR wasn't valid on any GWR services, and 2) said it wasn't possible to just pay a berth supplement. Both I know to be completely untrue! So, my question is, how do I purchase a berth supplement for the Night Riviera??

Thanks!

The man at Seat 61 has some information about this;

The sleeper supplement is £60 for a single-berth room, £35 per person for a 2-berth room.

If you have a normal standard class Anytime or Off-peak ticket to or from Cornwall (for example, London to St Ives, Penzance to London, Cambridge to Falmouth, Canterbury to Truro, Croydon to Newquay and so on...) or for that matter a BritRail pass or all-line Rail Rover, you can travel in a sleeper berth simply by paying this sleeper supplement.* You cannot upgrade to a sleeper if you have an Advance ticket.

Passengers travelling alone can either pay £50 and get a single room all to themselves or just £35 and get one bed in a 2-berth compartment shared with another passenger of the same sex.* Unlike the Scottish sleepers, you no longer need a first class ticket to travel in a single room all to yourself, a standard class ticket is all you need.

If there's two of you, you can either pay £35 per person and share a 2-berth room with upper & lower berths or pay £50 per person and ask for two adjacent single rooms (both with lower berths, of course) with inter-connecting door.

There's no reduction on sleeper berth supplements for children if they want a separate bed, although they pay the child-rate fare

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https://www.seat61.com/Cornwall-sleeper.htm#Fares

Polarbear said:

The man at Seat 61 has some information about this;



https://www.seat61.com/Cornwall-sleeper.htm#Fares

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But that doesn't actually answer my question as that article doesn't give the answer either...

A station ticket office will be able to do it for you.

mister-sparky said:

Hello!

I'm doing an All Line Rover in July and want to use the Night Riviera from Paddington to Penzance. I know that the ALR is valid in a seat but I'd like to sleep in a berth and I know you can buy a supplement. I went on GWR's website and all that will let me do is buy a berth and a ticket, but I don't need a ticket. I tried GWR's Live Chat and that was useless as 1) the person tried telling me an ALR wasn't valid on any GWR services, and 2) said it wasn't possible to just pay a berth supplement. Both I know to be completely untrue! So, my question is, how do I purchase a berth supplement for the Night Riviera??

Thanks!

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Have you been to a station with a booking office?

Just note that depending on when you are travelling a inclusive berth + travel Advance ticket may actually be cheaper - I paid £49 for an inclusive travel and berth ticket recently, which would have been cheaper than the £60 supplement for a single berth. Looking at lots of dates in July I do note that the Advance tickets are all in the expensive tier so this probably wouldn't apply.

I also note that they now charge a higher berth supplement in the summer months - it is now £70 for a single berth between May and September, £60 the rest of the year.

The GWR website will actually let you pay the supplement for the berth, but only if you buy a normal ticket through the website at the same time. If you select, say, the Super Off Peak Single it asks if you want to reserve a berth once you get to the next stage which has all the options for seat reservations, adding plusbus etc. This won't help you if you have an ALR though.

I would try popping into a ticket office to do it, although be aware that very few ticket offices seem able to do this properly as they rarely book sleeper tickets and don't seem to know how to do it properly.

Failing that give GWR telesales a call, they can make reservations over the phone.

GWR telesales can sell berth only supplement and either post it or collect from any station TVM if you are not able to visit a large station easily.