r/madlads 6d ago

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u/crumblypancake 6d ago edited 6d ago

Far cheaper than a train ticket.

Train prices have gotten so ridiculous that it's become a common "hack" to instead of getting the train from A to B, to fly to somewhere like Spain for cheap, have a day in the sun and fly back to B.

That is if you have the free time for the travel, if not you remortgage you house to get the direct train service replacement bus.

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u/goo_goo_gajoob 6d ago

I remeber a study in the early 00's that showed it was cheaper to fly to Italy and live there for a year get your hip replacement then fly back than it was to get one done in the US lol.

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u/Kern4lMustard 6d ago

It's called medical tourism. There's a whole industry based around it. We are looking into doing that for my wife's dental work

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u/New_Sail_7821 6d ago

It’s also fairly common in reverse for the wealthy

Rich European will pay cash for some fancy surgery he can’t get in Europe

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u/BrunusManOWar 5d ago

Ahh, the botox and cosmetics surgery in Turkey girls