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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Rail Pass or Point to Point?

« on: July 31, 2010, 09:03:20 pm »

Thanks for your prompt response.  We have examined and re-examined our itinerary, but because of some visits planned, it is difficult to change.  Thank you for the links.  We are going to try to stick with point to point reservations, although that means some arrangements may not be possible until we are actually in Europe, which makes me a little uneasy.  We have been unable to get any fare quotes from Vienna to Prague from the website you mentioned, but some of the other ones have been very helpful.  Thank you again for your help. 

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Rail Pass or Point to Point?

« on: July 31, 2010, 06:11:02 am »

I am using this site for the first time and grateful to have found it.  I hope you will be patient with me as I try to explain our circumstance.....We are in our 60's and trying to travel as independently as possible (no tours.)  I was in Europe 10 years ago, and my husband has never been -- so we are unshophisticated travelers.   Over the course of 38 days, our itinerary is, briefly, Istanbul - Bucharest - Budapest - Vienna - Prague - Paris  - Brussels - Frankfurt - Venice - Rome - Florence - Pisa - Nice - Lucerne - Zurich.   We plan to take night train from Istanbul to Bucharest and from Bucharest to Budapest.  I understand we cannot purchase tickets from Bucharest to Budapest until we are in Bucharest.  From Budapest, I read that a bus may be a simpler and less expensive way to get to Vienna.  And I found a very low cost plane fare from Prague to Paris.   I cannot seem to get to a place of comfort in making decisions about the trains, whether to purchase a Euraiil pass.  I have looked at the Global Pass, which would cost $885 each, I believe, and I do understand there would be additional surcharges.  But I have not been able to navigate the websites sufficiently of the individual countries to make a good comparison.  I would appreciate any help you may offer.