gift vouchers for train journeys?

A question about : gift vouchers for train journeys?

Does anyone know if these are available?

I'd like to get my Uncle something for Christmas as a thank you for his help in looking after my parents - he doesn't have a great deal of money but he does have a daughter down south who he likes to visit occasionally, so I thought maybe vouchers to put towards train tickets, only I've tried googling and not had any luck.

Can anyone advise?

Thanks

Best answers:

• I've never come across them, I'm afraid - if you and he both have bank accounts, couldn't you just send a cheque ?
  (I'm in agreement with Dilbert on the idea of gift vouchers....
  Alice: A gift certificate is completely different from cash.
  Dilbert: No, it's not. They're both pieces of paper you can exchange for goods and services.
  Alice: You're missing the point.
  Dilbert: Actually, a gift certificate is worse than cash, because you can only use it in one place.
  Wally: And it expires.
  Alice: At least it shows some thought.
  Dilbert: It shows defective thought. You're trading perfectly good money for something that does the same thing, only not as well.
• I know I know, it's just that a voucher seems a bit more like a present - if I give him a train voucher he HAS to go somewhere on a train, if I give him cash he'll probably buy food or pay the phone bill, not much of a present if you see what I mean
  Thanks anyway x
• We'll just have to agree to disagree on that one,
  thanks for your help. I really didn't want a discussion on the merits of vouchers, just a response to a simple enquiry re availability of train vouchers. Thanks.
• I completely agree with you hannaht.
  I'm buying special concert tickets as a present for a friend, but I don't want her to have to pay more in train fares and end up shelling out loads of extra cash in order to enjoy her present.
  I was trying to put together a package with travel vouchers, a dinner booking and the tickets, but I can only do the last two. She is a good friend but I couldn't POSSIBLY just hand over cash - she would be terribly embarrassed.
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• You can now buy railtravel evouchers from the Scotrail website https://tickets.scotrail.co.uk/sr/en/...asegiftvoucher they can be redeemed on all rail journeys not just Scotrail
• wow- digging up a four year old thread.
• You can now buy tickets via paypal on the trainline (dot com).
  The recipient only needs the reference number and any credit/debit card to collect them. Here:
  https://help.thetrainline.com/app/ans...tail/a_id/4089