We used to travel by train as a family a lot. Pre lockdown. Pre Avanti too. Virgin trains had a capped family ticket so for all of us it was around 100 quid ish. This made sense as it saved us driving up north- we live down south but all our family is still in the north. Less traffic pollution from us and cheaper than petrol. Anyway now the prices have sky rocketed. The cheapest ticket we could get for our next journey was literally double the price and more. We had to travel at really rough times with kids to get it that cheap. I contacted them to ask what was going on, and was told if I want to book at the family capped rate I’d need to book 24 weeks in advance. Which is just a bloody joke. For the journey we booked at more reasonable times it was at least another 100 quid. Also they seem to have cheaper options if you book to travel Thursday to Tuesday but for most families with school age children that is naff all use over one week half terms or weekends. The website is also rubbish. It’s very hard to travel backwards in your booking to alter anything or alter any selections after the fact without cancelling the booking at which point the effing price goes up. Last week the exact same journey we booked this time was half the price. I think they are massively more expensive than Virgin ever was. I can see us making all our journeys by cat in the future. Which is something we don’t want to do.