This video explains what mistakes tourists make when using Prague public transport, make sure to watch it before you travel to Prague: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpNxpNOT0rHTh2Q.html Thanks for watching guys!

I spent last week in Prague and found the transport system very efficient. I was once checked by the ticket inspector in the bus and he was polite. I also saw you in the Old town.

People just don’t want to be accountable for their own actions anymore. Everything is always everyone else’s fault. I have worked in the tourism industry all my life and this kind of attitude will probably drive me out of it one day. Everywhere I go in the world I always research the local public transport system thoroughly. And yes, as a Prague citizen I get checked at least once a week so I wouldn’t say the ticket inspectors only prey on tourists. And yes, I have been fined when my annual pass was one week expired. Did I yell and argue with the inspectors? No, I paid my fine calmly thinking what an idiot I was.

As a british tourist, we find it super simple, installed PID Litacka app and purchased tickets using it, both our adult tickets in one app, cheap and easy to renew. Tram system is epic too, easy to use and covers all over the place.

WHAT!?!?!? Prague's transport system is one of the easiest/best I have ever seen! If people are getting tickets they are either really stupid or are trying to scam a free ride... My first trip to Prague didn't have a clue about how the transport system worked... within a couple minutes I had bought a ticket, validated it, and was on my way.

I can confidently say that Prague has the easiest, and most fluid on boarding process of any other public transportation system I've been on. Please do not change it. Other cities where you have to board the tram or bus from the front and scan your ticket make the tram or bus move at half-speed. I'm so glad it's done with personal accountability here. It's also not all tourists, it's a select number who have probably needed their hand held through life. Also, the convenience of only needing one ticket for everything is great, Amsterdam was a nightmare with all of the companies operating the transport there.

I used the app on my phone, and found it to be extremely easy. In one week of traveling on the metro system, I was only approached one time by a ticket inspector. I had watched a video previously that show how the inspector would present a badge, so I was prepared. One important thing to remember about using the phone app. If you buy the online tickets ahead of time, don't forget to tell the app when to activate the ticket. If you choose the option to activate at the time of purchase, understand there is about a 2 or 3 minute delay before the ticket becomes active. But, you do receive notification from the app when your current ticket is approaching the end of its life, and you have time to purchase a new ticket and have it activated before an inspector arrives.

I'm sorry, maybe I'm being rude.. But how on earth do you survive life in general if you're not even capable of understanding the public transport in Prague???? Prague literally has the easiest system I have ever seen. Everything is super clear. And Even if you think it's not clear, before you go somewhere you're doing research on where you're going, right? There so much information to find that it is almost impossible to fail. I just really don't get how people will not get this.. I really don't.

Great info RPGs!!! People need to realize that every country has their own systems. It is the travelers responsibilities to learn the local laws before they travel. BUT!!! Great people like RPG's can help.

Of course inspectors who behave rude are very wrong, but let's be clear tourists who think that the public transport is free or because there is no clear control they can just skip buying a ticket are at fault as well....

Oproti londýnského/ pařížského metra je pražské velmi jednoduché a nechápu některý turisty že se v pražském metru ztratí.🙈

I was just in Prague for 1.5 weeks. I got 2x 72H paper tickets, validated them and was checked by an inspector only once on the metro. He looked at my ticket, gave it back and then left me alone and walked off. It’s all about knowing how to validate tickets and if you’re not sure, ask a passing local or just pay the fine.

If any turists are complaining on Prague's public transport system then their iQ must be very low to understand such a simple thing like validating a ticket

I think part of the issue might be the 'on the spot' fine system. Many people are told before going to Prague to be careful of scams especially anyone on the street or on public transport, having someone say "you haven't validated your ticket, pay me now" is a bit of a red flag. In saying that, I was recently in Prague for the first time, and I can see how you could get it wrong. Some countries (like the US, in my experience) don't tend to have big public transport systems outside of the major tourist cities, even then, many of them have barriers like London etc. If you come from somewhere that doesn't have trams, its easy not to think about find a machine to validate your ticket

Imagine thinking you don't need a ticket then crying about someone scamming you LOL

There is a fundamental problem with giving ticket checkers a cut of the fine. They can easily become overly agresdive.

Greetings from Berlin. I loved the transport system of the city when I visited Prague this May - it felt very familiar, if not even more easy to use (plus cleaner on top) . P.S.: I had two guided tours with you, Real Prague Guides, and both were fantastic. Thank you a lot for your work! 👍👌❤

Most probably I am genius, but: 1) when i go to some foreign city and want to use public transport, i make sure I check how it works begore i go 2) when something seem to be “free”, I double check as my experience tells me that typically nothing is free therefore there probably is something I missed 3) I sort of expect that in other countries things might work differently than at home 4) I sort of understand that in a city where 1.3 million people, live, not everything revolves around tourists ….. Now….. how do you get nominated for a Nobel Prize?

I acknowledge that the English instructions on tickets or around the machines are extremely confusing. There’s definitely room for improvement on the authorities’ side. However, I can’t believe people always complain about Prague specifically and not the honor system of ticket usage in general as it’s used in the vast majority of cities in this part of the world: all of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary or many places in Poland. This is a legitimate system of ticketing and has many advantages of it. Calling it something Prague-specific is extremely unfair from the tourists.

The PID system is built on trust and reliability, the checks are regular and even though I have an annual pass on my card and an application that warns me before it expires, the inspectors check me sometimes even 3 times a week. I even experienced them at the very edge of the city at the penultimate stop, I was surprised, but they were there and tourists don't go there. So it's not about scamming tourists, but about tourists who cheat, who try to cheat the system. Because nothing is free and if it is, then only for people who pay taxes, not for foreigners, nothing is free for foreigners in any country!

We were in Prague yesterday and the public transport was very nice. Idk why they are saying this tbh. You can buy a ticket everywhere. Online or in the train/tram/bus. You can't do that in Germany 😅

Never had an issue, but then this buy-and-validate system is used all over central Europe, so if you've travelled a lot there I guess you learn it early.

It was horrible for me. After landing I purchased a ticket for the bus and I was completely unaware about validating the ticket. Two officers in plain clothes entered and asked for the tickets and told me I have not validated, I told I am completely new to this system and I am tourist staying for 3 days. I asked them show how to do it and leave me with a warning, but nothing happened, they stopped the bus asked me to get down, both of them started yelling at me to pay the fine of 1000. I denied it, I am unaware of it and after purchasing the ticket not everyone keeps reading the terms behind the tickets. You need to leave on the benefit of the doubt or understand the situation or else I want to speak to police officer so that I can request them on this situation because you guys are acting like hooligans. They told the police will arrive in one hour, I told I am ready to wait for even 2 hours and this was happening in deserted road. They asked for my passport, I dint give. I told them I will show it to the police when they arrive, They went blackmailing and abusing me for the next 15 mnts. I kept silent and was looking forward for the cops. In the end they cursed me bad and left the scene. I had to walk atleast 2 kms with all my luggage to find the next tram or bus in a deserted road. This happened as soon as I landed in Prague for the first time in my life. They should be someone to help inside these buses or trams to help the tourists to validate , because not everyone will be aware of it, especially the tourists, You can’t fine and act like rowdies, blackmail, threaten, hooliganism to a tourists, you need to show the correct way to do it and educate them. Even we want to follow all the rules of every country but it fails sometimes just because we are ignorant and innocent. So I request please stop this and bring in new reforms, By the way Prague is beautiful city and my favourite city. Love to Prague from Bengaluru.

If I get a 72 hour ticket, I only need to validate it once at the beginning and not everytime I use the subway / tram right? ...

What if people actually looked up a country before going there? Lack of knowledge of the transport policy doesn't make you immune to it. Also not having some shitty gates at the metro is something i love, I'm in a constant hurry so if i had some dumb gate and wait for it to open I'd come late all the time.

One of the reasons I like your videos is because of the humor. That was present here. However, this video included some information that could potentially save people from injury. Great job!

Finally. We thought you had disappeared! Lovely vid as always. We move to to Cz on Monday from the UK. Have been watching your stuff for ages and would love to catch you for a beer.

Have a ticket at your hand, have it stamped by the yellow machine, follow the time. Simple. Works in Prague and Plzeň. And then there is Brno and Ostrava…there you just act as in London, tap your card whenever you get on board of a vehicle….

One question: does all types of tickets activate automatically and immediately, or can you choose a moment when to do it? I know many apps in several countries where you can chose it at the time of purchase, or whenever you need it.

I was in Prague, and my trip went well because i always watched your videos

We are Swiss and were back in Prague 2 days ago. The transport system is great and if you cheat, you have to reckon with unpleasant consequences. Nowhere does ignorance protect against punishment.

Thank you! I’m travelling to Prague later this year. I found this video very helpful.

If you go by train, you also must have a ticket, altough conductor is in the other place...so is logic, that you must have valid ticket only "scam"- but it is in order is that students with long-term ticket have a discount and with short-term do not have a discount

Great Valérie as always. Good job. You explained it very nicely. 👌💯💯

I was at the Stepanska stop and met two transport (female) ticket inspectors and two Chinese students that they had fined because hadn't activated their tickets. The inspectors spoke little or no English. The Chinese girls were crying. I was the one who had to explain to the Chinese girls that they were in the wrong and they were lucky that the police weren't called as they didn't have their passports and that is actually a crime that you can be fined more for (you wouldn't know that unless you're black - I'm not - I've never been asked for my passport - yep it's racist). Although I felt compassion for their ignorance, I've been here 17 years - the instructions are very clear. They've always been very clear. This is the easiest system I've ever used. So it was either very good acting or complete stupidity.

Just buy 24 hours ticket for about 5 usd and you can jump on EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN PRAGUE. What is complicated about that?

Some tourists are just dumb and expect to get away with it, I saw a guy validating his already validated ticket not too long ago, I tried to stop him and explain but he just waved me off and proceed. Well you do you bro.

Tourists that complain are just ignorant and don't actually study the public transport system atleast a little bit

As an expat in Prague I know many friends, tourists and other expats who have had bad experiences with the inspectors. Because they get paid per fine they often intimidate people to pay on the spot even if they have a valid/ticket pass but forgot to bring it with them for whatever reason. A few years ago I had just bought and validated a ticket but couldn't find it when the inspector asked me for it. I requested to get the written ticket and pay later (because I knew I would find my validated ticket eventually) but the inspector refused and made me pay on the spot. I ended up paying the even though I shouldn't have simply because the inspector was quite rude and intimidating. I found the ticket about 30 seconds after paying the fine and of course he did not allow me to get my money back. I have another friend who had a yearly pass and forgot it at home and when he requested not to pay on the spot so he could go to the office and contest the ticket the man started yelling at him to pay immediately.

Early 2000’s I was on a tram after a shopping trip, my ticket was expired by 1 minute. An inspector came and fined me, had no cash on me he led me to to go straight to a cash ATM to get money for it lol. I was carrying a dvd player too.

The two times I’ve been never had a problem, as you say some tourists think they should get sympathy. Great video👍

Prague transport is super simple and fantastic! Im here from Sydney Australia. I didn’t read up on it before arriving. I walked up to a yellow box, pressed the ‘English’ button and the rest was easy. Only thing I got wrong was I didn’t buy a ticket for my suitcase. Lucky no inspectors on that trip!

The Prague Transport Office is literally in the center of the city.

Can I ride all Prague trams, buses and Metros (run by the DPP) all the way to the final stop if I have the usual day ticket or three day ticket that you get at ticket machines? Or do I have to pay for a new "zone" in some cases? I can't find any information on this on the internet and I get different answers from locals.

The Public transportation in Czech republic runs on HONOR system. The system trusts your honor, that you will buy your ticket, but also irregularly checks if you really do. In case of catching you without or with unvalidated/false/multiple times validated ticket, the Inspectors have right to fine you, or if you don't want to, to detain you until the Police arrives and identifies you for purpose of fining you. If you pay fine in place, you get a ticket about paying it and generally you are allowed to finish your travel without further interruption. And yes, it is true, that delayed fine is more costly (often doubled). Also, always pay the fine, otherwise it will go through lawyer's office to the court and then often sold to executor/repossession office. The final amount to pay in such cases is huge (sometimes even more than 10x of original fine).

I’m a visitor from the U.S. and was accosted by one of these guys. He presented his badge like a weapon and pushed me against the glass of the train. I had no idea who he was. My first instinct wasn’t to present my ticked when I though I was getting mugged or worse. This left a bad taste in my mouth for the remainder of my trip. Also, the people in Prague are rude and off putting generally. It’s a beautiful city but I won’t be coming back.

IDK if this is because i am a public transportation enthusiast but, for me when i went to Prague, i checked before travelling how the system and tariffs function... and i did this in every country or city that i went... that's just normal. (and it's actually damn simple, compared to cities like Paris that are complex even for french) I used a mobile 2-day ticket for my trip in Prague, i was just confused at the beginning how did it work from a validation standpoint (if i needed to scan it on some special machine) and... i just asked to someone at the ticket office... that's just simple (and god knows how i suck at social interactions), i do think that some tourists (who are usually the people with the most disposable income to use Prague transit system) just want to make the economy of tickets on a really cheap network😊, that's just disrespectful (and i usually tend to defend people that don't pay public transit when they are poor and i mostly defend free public transit at least for inhabitants) Also, quick tip: plain clothes ticket inspectors on surface travel seems to be quite a common thing nowadays in europe, i encounter them especially in paris buses and suburb trams, they even sometimes fake conversations between them until the doors of the bus/tram are closed, after that they put out the "RATP contrôle" high visibility band and start checking all tickets.

I visit Prague almost twice or thrice a year and always purchase a day ticket, validate it and travel around. Thats the best way to explore Prague. Its a beautifull city. Tourists are always themselves to blame, assuming that traveling is free.

They have to pay tickets before using transportation.. Other way I have to pay fine, it is not scammer

Oh yes! There was a scandal here in Budapest. A passenger boxed with the inspector and the inspector was the winner. The court ruled that the inspector was guilty of beating the passenger. Inspectors avoid such situations very much, they don't get involved in fights.

We visited last year. Was told to purchase tickets on the tram. Got on and inadvertently went to the validating machine (we had no idea about the actual ticket machine which was located at the other end of the tram) so assumed we could just pay a conductor /inspector. Not a chance. 3 stops later 2 very aggressive guys (almost at threatening level) starting on us and insisted we got off. Threatened us with the police station, wanted passports etc (which were in the hotel safe of course) and eventually gave us a fine of £40 each to stand and pay their and then (day one within 3 hours of landing) Shocking and very humiliating experience, no need to treat anyone never mind a tourist like that. Lovely place but would never return now.

I'm getting checked every other day lol I've lived in Prague for almost 4 years and never had any problem with inspectors, maybe because I made sure first to learn how the public transport works and what I should do.

Frankly, it is the tourist problem. When I travel, either to another town in CZ, or abroad, I always ensure I know how I can pay for the public transport and how to validate the ticket! And generally luckily I only met nice inspectors here in Prague. Polite, but I guess fights happen! I get people are told beware of scams, but then I guess if you call the police, you would at least know its genuine and not scam? But I guess its easier to play I did not know anything. oh and if you want confusing in this country? I highly recommend my home town of Hradec Kralove! Paying for a ticket on the bus with a card? ERHM NOPE. Not yet, not working yet! It is paper ticket, which is only sold at limited places, or good old SMS, YEP!, or at the driver using cash, or if you are local, you use a card, which can either be a pay as you go or used for time coupons. Since I have family there, I just use the last option, pay as you go. Oooh and after 7pm, you must use front door, no other door will open to get you on, only off and if people wait in front of them, the driver wll not open them to let you out, until people move to the front door, exceptis baby buggy, when the mom then has to walk to the front and validate ticket there.

We are visiting in September, the app doesn't have the best reviews. How do we go about the 2nd method ?

Thank you for the informative vidoe, how do I validate the pid litacka app? do I just show it when asked?

I spent last week in Praha, really enjoyed the city. I am 65 and I didn't have to pay at all on any trams, buses or metro ! Same in Budapest. But Austrians only let their own citizens to enjoy this discount.

I've had a couple interesting run-ins with public transport controllers in Prague where, technically speaking, I did not have a validated ticket but there was perhaps some gray area that could warrant some leniency in my favor. One time it didn't work out so well for me, but the other time it actually did. The first occasion happened while I was waiting for a night tram by Wenceslas Square. This was a few years ago before ticket machines were installed in all trams and buses, and there wasn't a ticket machine in sight. So I purchased an e-ticket with the Litačka app. Now, the app is very convenient and I use it often, however if you're going to be using it for the first time just be aware that there's a 2-minute window from the time you validate the e-ticket to the time it is ACTUALLY validated and can be scanned by a controller. I suppose this is to prevent commuters from buying tickets on their phone at the last second should they spot controllers checking people. This particular night I bought and validated my ticket on before my tram arrived. I boarded, took a seat, and the moment the tram left the stop a controller asked for my ticket. By the time I opened the app my ticket had about 35 seconds and counting till official validity. He looked at it, and said "Passport". I politely tried (in vain) to explain that I purchased and validated the ticket on my phone before the tram arrived, but he wasn't having any of it. He was a total prick despite my attempts to be cordial, but I wouldn't at all call it "harassment". So I just paid the fine, took it as a lesson learned, and that was that. The following time I was trying to purchase a ticket at an outside machine by my local tram stop. I scanned my card to pay and was charged, but before the bastard of a machine printed my ticket, an error message came on the screen saying my ticket could not be printed. I know it's only 30czk but the principle of not getting something I paid for irked me a bit. And I thought to myself, "It's 10pm, I'm not even in the center. The odds are so low that I'll get checked anyway". But to cover myself, I happened to take a pic of the error message on the screen of the ticket machine, and a screenshot of the notification from my bank. And I'm sure glad I did, cause it's pretty obvious where the story goes from here. Mid-ride a couple of plain-clothes controllers boarded the tram, and when asked for my ticket I calmly told him my tragic tale of how the machine malfunctioned before printing the ticket which I had paid for. I even showed him the timestamps to prove it occurred 10 or 15 minute ago and not 10 years ago. And, despite hesitating for a split second, he said, "ahhhh ok, no problem. Don't worry about it", and went about his business cracking half a smile. The other hundred or even thousands of times I've ridden Prague's public transport I've never had any issues with these guys. Just have a validated ticket/litačka pass and you'll be fine. If you're naive enough to think you can ride in a city's public transport system for free then you should probably have some day-to-day caretaker looking after you at all times. Maybe even on a leash wearing a helmet.

You mentioned that buying tickets online provides pre validated tickets, does it mean we dont have to validate it each time we travel ?

Tourists obviously need to learn how the local system works. But the system shouldn’t be confusing, designed to trap people, or be enforced by intimidating staff who are incentivised to fine and punish people. Familiar ticketing systems and some clear multi-language signs would do the trick eg “Validated tickets required prior to boarding. Penalty: €1,000,000”.

Can someone confirm whether or not on the Prague transit system You have to buy a ticket for a large suitcase!? And if so, can this be done online as well? What is the definition of a large suitcase?

There are machines for buying a single ticket in buses and trams, you pay by card and it prints you the ticket, which is another way to buy tickets. I’d also say that the lítačka is for time coupons (for months/year) so you don’t tap it anywhere, you just must have it when inspector wants it.

There is a similar scam run by Police with tourists in Rome. They wait at the airport for departing tourists who have, in good faith, bought public transport tickets but don't understand how to properly validate them. The logic is inescapable - Who buys a valid ticket and then tries to use it to leave a country without validating it? I have no issue whatsoever with fining true fare evaders as the rest of us subsidise them, however, the fact that any enforcement body allows its operatives to receive a cut of the fines they hand does enormous damage to their reputation because it is properly viewed as emulating the business model of the mafia. Does anybody in authority in Prague have the vaguest concern about this ?

We were inspected on the metro last week and he was a perfect gentleman. Said please and thank you and everything. The only thing I would say for a large tourist city where English (often spoken as a foreign language by non native English speakers) is widely used is to have clear and widespread notices about how to make sure your ticket is valid.

We went on a school trip in Prague once, we had tickets. But a classmate had the most funny interaction with the inspectors. He was showing his funny metal badge to a classmate and said something in Czech. He thought he was trying to sell him something.

Regardless of tourists, Inspectors getting a "cut" of any tickets they write is a poor concept that can lead to abuse.

The app works smoothly. Very convenient.

7:27 be aware. the honest guide made a video about that too if I am not mistaken. They said that tourists were fined who tried to buy it in the tram but could not get to the machine as it was completely full. the inspectors saw that but fined the anyway

As a German I can't see a problém, because we have the same System with the tickets to validate. I think, it could be a little bit better described how to use MHD in Prague. But otherwise as a tourist I do have to inform myself how it works.

I believe Honest Guide are about to make a response video, lol

I was in Prague this year for the Europa Conference League final. I was over the moon, that, as a match ticket holder, we were given 24 hours free public travel for the day of the final. Two female ticket inspectors in uniform approached a group of football supporters on our carriage on the Metro and the majority showed their tickets on their phones. Unfortunately for one, he didn’t possess a match ticket and was fined very heavily.

If they put their hands on you when you aren’t looking to run away, then they can’t complain if a martial arts guy drops them. The validation instructions are also so vague that other than your guide, locals giving KZfaq guides give the same vague info. Like “remember to validate when you board” not “only ever once per ticket even a 3 day pass should be validated once.”. Glad I research before I go on Tuesday lol

So someone is stupid enough to not buy ticket and they are angry when they get fine? TF is wrong with people

At first, I thought something had happened to Janek from Honest Guides. Admittedly, it took me a while to focus on the face and realize it was a different channel. But what the heck, the content is nice and seems solid. I'll keep watching.

Is the metro ticket the same as the bus ticket or do I have to buy another one and validate it? It is not clear

Over 65 free 😅

There’s 3 of us coming to Prague in September, can one of us buy 3 tickets on one app?

Having classic paper time tickets is the simplest system of all time and it's totaly logical that you need to mark your ticket when it's time ticket. I don't understand how can some people not understand this, it can't be simplier. Try some other public transport systems with their electronic tickets and barriers. Traveling in these countries is always stress for me, while here and in surrounding countries (Germany, Czechia, Poland...) we have pretty much everywhere this classic system where you can buy paper time ticket and there are no barriers and that's what I like, you just mark your 24hours ticket and then just riding with no stress, you don't have to care about anything. When I've been to Portugal, I wanted to kick thru those barriers, I had milions of those stupid e-tickets and I didn't know what is loaded on that, so I started carrying permanent marker and I always wrote it there like an idiot. I know you can load it again and check what's loaded thru ticket machine, but there is always only few machines with long waiting lines and as a Czech, I just deny to wait in some lines, that's communism for me, we don't wait in lines anymore. You just buy your tickets to stock or buy it in app or you have month/year pass and you don't care about anything, you are just traveling. 😀 If some government will want to install some barriers or system where you have to constantly beep with your card all the time when you enter new vehicle (like in some other countries) I will go vote for party which is against that, this is really important for us and people who don't like it are mostly car-zombies who don't know how to open door in train. But yes, there should be more informations in English and precise way how to use tickets. I understand how confusing it can be because when I visited Riga and I tried to switch machine to English, it was saying error 404 everywhere, so we were totaly lost and we were just watching other people so we realized that they mark e-ticket all the time when they enter new vehicle, I still don't know if it's mandatory or not, so if tourists are confused by simple paper tickets in Prague, what would they do in Riga and such cities where there are no informations in English at all? 😀

your public transport is really cheap and good to manage. For such an old city it is so beautiful arranged that if people want to argue about that they should consider that it runs through a beautiful medieval place. And the tickets is sometimes a bit hard for foreigners but if you stay longer it is really easy to come by. You can get tickets everywhere. And that's not the same as in every European country.

Hey, Can someone suggest few shopping places in praag. Where students can shop?

I think in most cases it is the fault of tourists getting fined, but ticket inspectors should generally not grab someone or otherwise get physical with them. Also, ticket inspectors getting commission on fines is problematic as it encourages extortion of fines when it is not just (for example, the person who could not get to the machine quickly since the tram was packed).

All they need is a possibility to pay by debit card with daily cap. We are having it here in Prievidza (a big hole in Slovakia) so it should be obvious in Prag.

I loved Prague and would love to come back. I would also recommend it to people, but stuff like this detracts and likely loses more money that it takes in.

The transport system in Prahue is very easy and simple. Tourists should do their research before they go somewhere... But the other hand, I live in Prague and know that some inspectors are really rude, toxic and violent people for no reason...

I don't think it can be any easier nowadays. And it works like that almost everywhere I went in Europe. Those getting fines are getting them rightfuly and are just salty about it.

I found it super simple and you can buy a day pass for all transport for 120 Kč at kiosks

I went to Prague a couple month ago and in the beginning was a little confuse the public transportation for people that are used to have turnstile in their city. But with a little information like in this video you realice that is very easy to use in the end.

This is very useful. I plan to come to Prague in Aug-2023. thanks.

The pid website states that my wife and I don't need a ticket on any Prague public transport but this video, and others, makes me nervous. Would someone please confirm that just showing our passports, when asked, is sufficient. We are both 69.

as a prague citizen, i can honestly say the inspectors in the metro vestibules or transfer paths don't really care about all the people, so just looking normal and walking right past them is a daily thing for me.

PID is one of the best public transportation systems in the world. Now it's even easier. You don't even have to have valid ticket boarding trans or busses in most of them there is a terminal where you just tap your credit card and you are good to go.

If you like to take a photo of the most beautiful metro stop Staroměstská you have to buy the tickets too. Inspektors are there very often under the stairs :)

A question about the app: Can i activate (not buy) the ticket without the internet? Can I change between bus/metro etc during the validity of the ticket?

While I don't want to be mean to the tourists and I agree that there are things that can definetly be improved, it's not that hard to use the public transportation system correctly. Read what's on the back and than validate the ticket in the place where the arrow is pointing to. Than it's active in the zones which is written on the ticket for the time that's also on the ticket.

I wanted to travel to Prague and the Czech Republic. But having my second thoughts now.. the Government needs to simmer down the fat and grubby inspectors...

Thank you Valery. I enjoy watching your videos. My wife and I are visiting Prague in October 2024. As I am 66 do I need a ticket for public transport or is this only for Czech citizens. My wife is 65 so we will by a ticket for her. Cheers, Pete from Australia

Is it true that it is free for seniors over 65?

Prague ticket inspectors seem to be quite tough. I remember somer years ago I was in Belgrade and I bought a day pass. I did not validate it correctly in a bus, and then I was caught by ticket inspectors. But they were so nice to explain to me how to validate correctly, and they did not fine me at all. That is nice way to handle these situations.

When u are tourist and show your monthy pass to inspectors their face is epic. The photo ID is some 60Czk and the monthly pass is 550Czk (just bring a photo and tell the ticket officer you need untransferrable monthly pass, the transferrable costs 1000Czk) . Btw Prague public transport is one of the best in the world, our daily record was 47 km by trams with monthy pass

As so often both sides are to blame. The transport authority of a cosmopolitan city should know that other cities do it differently, allow for genuine mistakes of tourists and instruct inspectors accordingly (and make sure that they don't lose out financially when helping a tourist) - however it has never been easier for people to inform themselves beforehand - "when in Rome etc." so no tourist should get into trouble in the first place. A big pitfall is for instance for Belgian tourists as in Belgium you have to validate your ticket every time you board a bus or tram (that goes back to at least 1995 when I made the opposite mistake in Brussels). Astonishingly at that time that even worked (they are now phased out) with ink tickets, the machine somehow always "knew" where to print the new stamp so that everything stayed readable. I can understand why double validation occurs in such cases. Another pitfall is luggage tickets, which for instance are unknown in Germany (unless you try to move your entire household by bus). I'd recommend to the Prague tourist board to make the calculation whether a few crowns extra (especially in case of genuine mistakes like double validation which didn't even lose the TA any money) is worth the bad publicity, because there are other cities with a similar flair and much more polite ticket inspectors (Kraków comes to mind immediately).

Thank you for video, I'm going to Prague for the first time, next month, your advice is brilliant.