Comments on: The obsessive planner’s guide to traveling via Eurail http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/ travel culture worldwide Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Abhishek http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/#comment-34926 Abhishek Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:41:08 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-34926 Agree with you.. I recently spent 3 months in Europe, traveling almost every weekend. After thoroughly researching, I concluded a combination of plane, train, Eurolines bus, car sharing was the most flexible, and cheaper option... Agree with you.. I recently spent 3 months in Europe, traveling almost every weekend. After thoroughly researching, I concluded a combination of plane, train, Eurolines bus, car sharing was the most flexible, and cheaper option…

]]> By: Carlo http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/#comment-34925 Carlo Wed, 27 May 2009 22:27:07 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-34925 Actually I was 28, so... And my apologies. I was wrong about the 1 month thing...it's 2 months. So 10 days within 2 months. And it's $825 US on that site...and I'm Canadian, so with the exchange rate sounds about right. I still wouldn't do it again. :) Actually I was 28, so…

And my apologies. I was wrong about the 1 month thing…it’s 2 months. So 10 days within 2 months. And it’s $825 US on that site…and I’m Canadian, so with the exchange rate sounds about right.

I still wouldn’t do it again. :)

]]> By: Chantal http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/#comment-34924 Chantal Wed, 27 May 2009 07:09:11 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-34924 That sounds a bit much.. Look at the prices here, not that much at all :P Especially if you were under 26 back then. Sounds like a rip off... http://www.eurail.com/eurail-global-pass?currency=usd That sounds a bit much.. Look at the prices here, not that much at all :P Especially if you were under 26 back then. Sounds like a rip off… http://www.eurail.com/eurail-global-pass?currency=usd

]]> By: Hal http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/#comment-34388 Hal Tue, 26 May 2009 19:34:03 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-34388 Yikes, $1000 for 10 Trips!? I used the student ones (can't remember if they were Eurail or Europass) twice, and it was like $400 for one month unlimited. Yikes, $1000 for 10 Trips!? I used the student ones (can’t remember if they were Eurail or Europass) twice, and it was like $400 for one month unlimited.

]]> By: Carlo http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/#comment-34387 Carlo Tue, 26 May 2009 06:08:25 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-34387 After using a ten trip Eurail pass in 2004, I vowed to never again do it. I haven't traveled by train in Europe since (instead opting for campervan) so unfortunately I never got to try traveling around without the pass. My take is this: In 2004 I paid $1000 for 10 trips. That is $100 per trip (yes, I'm a math genius too). For many of the train trips I did, the cost to buy the ticket was less. Admittedly, a few of the bigger ones were more. So perhaps it averaged out. But the thing is, you feel obligated to use the train, even if it doesn't make the most sense. And also because (at least back then) the pass was only good for one month. That's a train trip every 3 days (again, more mathematical genius). At the end, my travel partner and I had an extra trip that we weren't going to use so we ended up using it for the transport up and down Mt. Pilatus in Luzern. Unless the passes are different now and don't have the same expiry times, I wouldn't bother with it. I think a combination of trains, planes and buses (hire cars and hitchhiking too perhaps?) would be better. Would keep you free and possibly even be cheaper. After using a ten trip Eurail pass in 2004, I vowed to never again do it. I haven’t traveled by train in Europe since (instead opting for campervan) so unfortunately I never got to try traveling around without the pass.

My take is this:

In 2004 I paid $1000 for 10 trips. That is $100 per trip (yes, I’m a math genius too). For many of the train trips I did, the cost to buy the ticket was less. Admittedly, a few of the bigger ones were more. So perhaps it averaged out.

But the thing is, you feel obligated to use the train, even if it doesn’t make the most sense. And also because (at least back then) the pass was only good for one month. That’s a train trip every 3 days (again, more mathematical genius).

At the end, my travel partner and I had an extra trip that we weren’t going to use so we ended up using it for the transport up and down Mt. Pilatus in Luzern.

Unless the passes are different now and don’t have the same expiry times, I wouldn’t bother with it. I think a combination of trains, planes and buses (hire cars and hitchhiking too perhaps?) would be better. Would keep you free and possibly even be cheaper.

]]> By: Colin Wright http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/#comment-34940 Colin Wright Mon, 25 May 2009 20:38:37 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-34940 All very good pieces of advice (especially for other people who are notorious researchers). Tweeted! All very good pieces of advice (especially for other people who are notorious researchers). Tweeted!

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