Comments on: The Obsessive Planner’s Guide to Traveling via Eurail http://matadorabroad.com/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/ study abroad programs Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:18:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carlo http://matadorabroad.com/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/comment-page-1/#comment-2022 Carlo Wed, 27 May 2009 22:27:07 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-2022 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. :)

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]]> By: Chantal http://matadorabroad.com/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/comment-page-1/#comment-1993 Chantal Wed, 27 May 2009 07:09:11 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-1993 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

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]]> By: Hal http://matadorabroad.com/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 Hal Tue, 26 May 2009 19:34:03 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-1987 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.

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]]> By: Carlo http://matadorabroad.com/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/comment-page-1/#comment-1968 Carlo Tue, 26 May 2009 06:08:25 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-1968 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.

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]]> By: Colin Wright http://matadorabroad.com/the-obsessive-planners-guide-to-traveling-via-eurail/comment-page-1/#comment-1964 Colin Wright Mon, 25 May 2009 20:38:37 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=719#comment-1964 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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