I'm planning a trip to western europe this winter on a tight budget. Countries I plan to visit are far and wide, like Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Prague. Are there local buses available in each of these countries which are affordable? Or is it preferable to use trains? Because when I checked the price listing on websites like Eurail.com, the prices are not even near my budget!
2006-12-02 05:27:30 · 11 answers · asked by Aleckii 3 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Other - Europe
See http://www.eurolines.com for country-specific and international bus routes, passes, and prices. Point-to-point train tickets are sometimes cheaper than buying a rail pass. Most countries have weekend, youth, and other types of discount schemes that rail-pass retailers prefer you not know about.
Best to map out your trip, compare rail prices direct from the country's own rail provider, compare with Eurolines bus. If the distance by bus or train is more than 5 hours, then consider flying instead using one of Europe's many low-cost airlines. Routes and links here http://www.whichbudget.com
2006-12-02 07:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A combination of budget airline flights and trains. From my past 2 trips, I often found it was easier, more convenient, less time-consuming, and most importantly, cheaper to go via the air than by train. With so many budget airlines around Europe, I think you could really find a good bargain or 2 if you searched diligently. If not, I'd also suggest a rail pass for the countries you're traveling to.
Try these websites:
www.raileurope.com
www.eurail.com
www.whichbudget.com
www.skyscanner.net
Good luck
2006-12-02 07:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check to see if you can arrange your trip so you sleep on the train by night and tour locations by day.Even if you need to pass by places more than one time.You should be able to work out some type of schedule on a tight budget.This should give you some prospective against using buses and paying for accommodations each night in hotels.Enjoy the trip.
2006-12-02 06:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by pretzgolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could check to see if you can get any student discounts. Also, biking can be a very good method of transportation in certain countries like Germany and Holland (Belgium discourages it). For budget accommodations, check out this link: http://www.macquil.com/hostals.php
2006-12-05 03:42:38 · answer #4 · answered by Atena4ever 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will say get the trains. They are not expensive and you have o lot of possibilittives to have a good time to see a wonderfull peissage and do not spend much money. Dont eat in the rail station or you will die. Good trip boddy.
2006-12-02 05:38:21 · answer #5 · answered by G.T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheap that the second time I seen someone use that term about Europe, I did not know that anything ther was cheap, thanks for getting my hopes up cause Im cheap and if I have a chance to travel, that make me feel real good about the future
2006-12-02 10:51:40 · answer #6 · answered by Ms. Twissta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There use to be a special pass, for student travellers. If you qualify,
then check into that option. A half decent travel office should be of help.
2006-12-02 05:36:59 · answer #7 · answered by John W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A EURRail Pass for the train
2006-12-02 05:30:39 · answer #8 · answered by higherground_pastor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The SNCF has special discounts for youth. If you start out in France and join the special youth discount travel program you pay a little to join the program but your tickets are then discounted to other european countries.
2006-12-02 05:33:56 · answer #9 · answered by that_one_day 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
THE 2 FEET GOD GAVE YA
2006-12-02 06:23:48 · answer #10 · answered by lullaby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋