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Train fares and tariffs / Amsterdam - Berlin - Prague - Vienna - Budapest
« on: November 13, 2012, 01:56:49 pm »
Hello everyone
I'm a first time traveller looking to go to europe in early May 2013, I'm from Australia. A friend and I have been looking at our travel plans and have so far decided to go from Amsterdam down to Budapest with two - three days in each city. We initially looked at some flights for travel, then thought the Busabout, until we stumbled across the eurail website, which is still cheaper than Busabout and probably twice as fast. However, after reading the information from this website and realising that estimation of the tickets from city to city, we might be better off booking each train trip individually, or even breaking it up into two or more stops to save money. Having read some reviews about eurail and the extras others have had to pay for reservations, it appears exceedingly expensive for certain trips, especially those that thought the eurail 5 country ticket meant getting on and off where ever they wanted then being stung with extra fees on the day, one person mentioned paying up to 50euros, which is more than some tickets.
Anyway, it will be myself and a friend, both over the age 26 and with probably a 20kg bag each (we also have a tour from London to Paris to Amsterdam beforehand, hence all the luggage). Based on some of the websites I looked at for each country, it appears to early for me to book anything at the moment. But I was wondering if I could get some help with estimated costs, as I'm having some trouble navigating my way around some of the websites, despite the english translations. Any information would be much appreciated!
Kind regards
Kai
I'm a first time traveller looking to go to europe in early May 2013, I'm from Australia. A friend and I have been looking at our travel plans and have so far decided to go from Amsterdam down to Budapest with two - three days in each city. We initially looked at some flights for travel, then thought the Busabout, until we stumbled across the eurail website, which is still cheaper than Busabout and probably twice as fast. However, after reading the information from this website and realising that estimation of the tickets from city to city, we might be better off booking each train trip individually, or even breaking it up into two or more stops to save money. Having read some reviews about eurail and the extras others have had to pay for reservations, it appears exceedingly expensive for certain trips, especially those that thought the eurail 5 country ticket meant getting on and off where ever they wanted then being stung with extra fees on the day, one person mentioned paying up to 50euros, which is more than some tickets.
Anyway, it will be myself and a friend, both over the age 26 and with probably a 20kg bag each (we also have a tour from London to Paris to Amsterdam beforehand, hence all the luggage). Based on some of the websites I looked at for each country, it appears to early for me to book anything at the moment. But I was wondering if I could get some help with estimated costs, as I'm having some trouble navigating my way around some of the websites, despite the english translations. Any information would be much appreciated!
Kind regards
Kai