Rail travel in europe

How much is it to travel around europe with the euro rail pass?

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:24:57 -0800 (PST), Nicole Owens wrote:

How much is it to travel around europe with the euro rail pass?

Used to depend on the number of days, try a Google search.

On 23/02/2012 11:44 AM, Irwell wrote:
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:24:57 -0800 (PST), Nicole Owens wrote:

How much is it to travel around europe with the euro rail pass?

Used to depend on the number of days, try a Google search.

I did it close to 20 years ago. It wasn't cheap but it was my wife who
booked the trip over there and the pass, so I was just going along for
the ride. And what a great ride it turned out to me. At the time (1993)
the Eurorail pass for three of us travelling as buddies (?)... we had to
be travelling together, for 15 days unlimited travel was $1500 Cdn, a
little over $1000 US at the time.


There are several options for varying numbers of days of travel over
different periods of time. Anyone thinking about getting a pass needs
to consider several factors, like how many days you will be travelling,
how long a period you need it for and consider the costs of the
different passes.

Our pass worked out fine for us. I was torn when we contacted some
relatives in Switzerland and got hijacked for three days. I sure can't
complain about the wonderful hospitality but they insisted on us staying
there for three days, so that was three days of travel we missed out on
and by the time we got to Venice and had to start heading back to Paris
we ended up giving up time in Italy in order to get back to Paris before
our pass expired. We might have been better off with a set number of
days over a longer period.

It was a great way to see Europe. We were able to stay at a friend's
place in Germany for a week and to make day trips and over-nighters from
there. We started of in Paris, spent some time in Strasbourg, Baden
Baden, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Gimmelwald, Lausanne, Venice and Nice
over 15 days. The only real snag we had was finding ourselves on a
railway to Lauterbrunnen that was a private rail and not covered by the
pass.

Nicole Owens wrote:
How much is it to travel around europe with the euro rail pass?

The Eurorail pass is the most expensive one! Of course, I don't try to see
how many coutries I can count coup on in a single trip, but if you want to
take a closer look at a single country, there are single- country passes
that are a small fraction of of the price of Eurail passes. There are also
cheaper passes for two or three countries on a single pass, or at least
were, last time I looked.

If you're determined to use the expensive option, it's still going to be
only a fraction of the cost of tge trip. You'll need to eat and sleep as
well.

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

Erilar wrote:

Nicole Owens wrote:
How much is it to travel around europe with the euro rail pass?

The Eurorail pass is the most expensive one!

Does it allow you to go between London and Manchester on any train? That
would pay for itself in a journey or two...

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www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)

David Horne:
Does it allow you to go between London and Manchester on any train? That
would pay for itself in a journey or two...

"Martin":
or Bristol to London, which I am told can be more expensive than Nice
to Bristol

Eurail passes do not cover Great Britain at all. Britrail passes do,
and can indeed be used on any train there.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | Canada... likes to sit up there looking harmless,
| like the USA's hat... --Anthony McCarron

Mark Brader wrote:

David Horne:
Does it allow you to go between London and Manchester on any train? That
would pay for itself in a journey or two...

"Martin":
or Bristol to London, which I am told can be more expensive than Nice
to Bristol

Eurail passes do not cover Great Britain at all. Britrail passes do,
and can indeed be used on any train there.

Spoilsport!

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)

Martin wrote:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:56:00 +0000, (David Horne)
wrote:

Erilar wrote:

Nicole Owens wrote:
How much is it to travel around europe with the euro rail pass?

The Eurorail pass is the most expensive one!

Does it allow you to go between London and Manchester on any train? That
would pay for itself in a journey or two...

or Bristol to London, which I am told can be more expensive than Nice
to Bristol

Top price for Bristol to London is £179 in standard class. Manchester to
London is £296. I would only pay £296 to fly to Nice if it was for
business, and at the last minute. Gawd, we're going to Delhi on holiday
soon for £400...

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:26:27 +0000, David Horne wrote:

Martin wrote:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:56:00 +0000, (David Horne)
wrote:

Erilar wrote:

Nicole Owens wrote:
How much is it to travel around europe with the euro rail pass?

The Eurorail pass is the most expensive one!

Does it allow you to go between London and Manchester on any train?
That would pay for itself in a journey or two...

or Bristol to London, which I am told can be more expensive than Nice
to Bristol

Top price for Bristol to London is £179 in standard class. Manchester to
London is £296. I would only pay £296 to fly to Nice if it was for
business, and at the last minute. Gawd, we're going to Delhi on holiday
soon for £400...

How do you get a ticket to India for that price?

I paid over £500 for a flight in early December (before the prices go up
for Christmas)

Or are you going when it's hot?

--
"Hopefully the fair wind will resume, or this may well take all day."

Admiral Collingwood on being becalmed under the guns of six French ships-
of-the-line at Trafalgar

bill wrote:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:26:27 +0000, David Horne wrote:

Martin wrote:

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:56:00 +0000, (David Horne)
wrote:

Erilar wrote:

Nicole Owens wrote:
How much is it to travel around europe with the euro rail pass?

The Eurorail pass is the most expensive one!

Does it allow you to go between London and Manchester on any train?
That would pay for itself in a journey or two...

or Bristol to London, which I am told can be more expensive than Nice
to Bristol

Top price for Bristol to London is £179 in standard class. Manchester to
London is £296. I would only pay £296 to fly to Nice if it was for
business, and at the last minute. Gawd, we're going to Delhi on holiday
soon for £400...

How do you get a ticket to India for that price?

Booked on Expedia/Swissair in November.

I paid over £500 for a flight in early December (before the prices go up
for Christmas)

That's a great price for then.

Or are you going when it's hot?

April 5-19, it will be hot in Delhi/Rajasthan but no more than we're
used to, Goa will be fine though.

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)