eurpeaon train tickets?

Question

i was wondering is it cheaper to but a pass for a few countrys or just but for each destination i wanna go any help would be great

Answer 1

It depends on what trips you want to take and such. I usually try to figure out what I want to do, then price it out as individual tickets, and compare that with the various options for train passes. Be careful of border countries, if you are going to cities on borders you could save money. For example, you can get to Salzburg Austria on a German Train Pass.

Here is Rick Steves' train travel planning web site. He'll help you figure this out.

Answer 2

It is hardly ever cheaper to have a pass, mostly you need to be one the train more often than not to make it worthwhile.

Try to use the national train planner for each country, search for train times and the name of the country to get them, use the German one for the countries you do only one trip or the one on the Eurail site, (although that is supposed to give you more expensive prices.)

http://www.bahn.de/p/view/international/englisch/international_guests.shtml
http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/fares_schedules/index.htm

Remember that international tickets often have great reductions for those not yet 26, and are valid (often) for 2 months. But if you have to have a reserved seat or get a ticket for one particular train it is likely to be a ticket just valid for that one train.

When you travel in small countries like the Netherlands it is likely to be easiest to buy a ticket at the day.