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Train fares and tariffs / 3 week Europe trip
« on: May 04, 2012, 03:43:21 am »
Hi there, my husband and I are planning our Europe trip for August this year and I was hoping for some help on the best way to book our tickets and which would be the cheapest way to do it... We fly into London but are going straight to Paris, we will be using Eurostar as our hotel is right near Gare du Nord, after this it follows:
Paris -> Zurich -> Munich -> Vienna -> Budapest
then flying from Budapest to Manchester on a cheap flight to stay with family for a few days and then make our way to London for a couple of days and then fly back home. We are staying for 3 days each in Paris and Zurich and then 2 days in the others. We hope to travel in the evening to our next destinations to make the most of the daylight.
Suitable Eurail pass seems to be a 5 country Select pass (5 days travel) at $AUD481 (~375euro) each, we would plan to use the extra day for a day trip to Lucerne. I can't seem to look at individual tickets yet for our specific dates to see if it will be cheaper to buy these instead... My main concern for individual tickets would be locking into a specific time and also how beneficial is it to travel first class with the eurail pass over second class with normal tickets? Any other tips in general appreciated
Paris -> Zurich -> Munich -> Vienna -> Budapest
then flying from Budapest to Manchester on a cheap flight to stay with family for a few days and then make our way to London for a couple of days and then fly back home. We are staying for 3 days each in Paris and Zurich and then 2 days in the others. We hope to travel in the evening to our next destinations to make the most of the daylight.
Suitable Eurail pass seems to be a 5 country Select pass (5 days travel) at $AUD481 (~375euro) each, we would plan to use the extra day for a day trip to Lucerne. I can't seem to look at individual tickets yet for our specific dates to see if it will be cheaper to buy these instead... My main concern for individual tickets would be locking into a specific time and also how beneficial is it to travel first class with the eurail pass over second class with normal tickets? Any other tips in general appreciated