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If not by train, then… / Information overload-help please?
« on: August 14, 2015, 05:33:35 am »
Hi,
We're going to be in Europe from end October to early January, and during that time there's a few connections we want to be making, and are looking at the costs involved in each, as to whether doing them by train or air is more viable in each case. Would probably have a preference for land-based travel, all else being roughly equal, but if there's significant advantage to doing it either one way or the other in each case, would probably lean that way. Preference for train travel partly arises from the scenic aspects also, but if any of the routes I mention have no particular scenic value, and therefore aren't worth the extra time etc involved in train travel, please let me know...
Will be based in eastern Netherlands (Gelderland, near Nijmegen), and doing various trips from there, over the course of our stay, and as mentioned above, considering options as to how to do them-deciding factors will be price/convenience/scenic value...
1st trip that we're looking at is to Barcelona, end Oct/early Nov, and then from there maybe a couple of weeks later, over to UK for up to 14 days approx-best way to do this?
Next connection to be made is to get to Nuremberg from Arnhem/Nijmegen by 4pm on 11 Dec-what's the best way to make this connection?
Then from there, looking into going from Vienna to Prague on 17 Dec-again, submissions welcomed on best way to do that, followed by next connection on around 20 Dec from Prague back to Netherlands-best way?
Finally, going from Netherlands to Edinburgh to be there by 29 Dec, returning 2 Dec-any advice? Research so far indicates that air travel looks like best option-cost seems to be about the same as any of the other options, and a lot less connections/transitions to have to navigate...
Any help on any of the above would be greatly appreciated-research fatigue is starting to set in, and the more options that keep presenting themselves, the more confusing it's getting! Also, have looked at whether a Eurail Pass would be worth looking at, and the conclusion that I've come to so far is probably not, but am open to advice on this too
We're going to be in Europe from end October to early January, and during that time there's a few connections we want to be making, and are looking at the costs involved in each, as to whether doing them by train or air is more viable in each case. Would probably have a preference for land-based travel, all else being roughly equal, but if there's significant advantage to doing it either one way or the other in each case, would probably lean that way. Preference for train travel partly arises from the scenic aspects also, but if any of the routes I mention have no particular scenic value, and therefore aren't worth the extra time etc involved in train travel, please let me know...
Will be based in eastern Netherlands (Gelderland, near Nijmegen), and doing various trips from there, over the course of our stay, and as mentioned above, considering options as to how to do them-deciding factors will be price/convenience/scenic value...
1st trip that we're looking at is to Barcelona, end Oct/early Nov, and then from there maybe a couple of weeks later, over to UK for up to 14 days approx-best way to do this?
Next connection to be made is to get to Nuremberg from Arnhem/Nijmegen by 4pm on 11 Dec-what's the best way to make this connection?
Then from there, looking into going from Vienna to Prague on 17 Dec-again, submissions welcomed on best way to do that, followed by next connection on around 20 Dec from Prague back to Netherlands-best way?
Finally, going from Netherlands to Edinburgh to be there by 29 Dec, returning 2 Dec-any advice? Research so far indicates that air travel looks like best option-cost seems to be about the same as any of the other options, and a lot less connections/transitions to have to navigate...
Any help on any of the above would be greatly appreciated-research fatigue is starting to set in, and the more options that keep presenting themselves, the more confusing it's getting! Also, have looked at whether a Eurail Pass would be worth looking at, and the conclusion that I've come to so far is probably not, but am open to advice on this too