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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Berlin - Brussels - Amsterdam

« on: June 20, 2011, 10:30:59 pm »

also, which train lines are we allowed to travel on with a german group ticket?

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Berlin - Brussels - Amsterdam

« on: June 20, 2011, 10:30:07 pm »

yes this sounds pretty expensive and maybe a bit much for such a short time. i think we will go directly from berlin to amsterdam. we will use the quer-durs-land (sp?) or the happy weekend ticket (which sounds like the cheaper option so perhaps we should go on sunday the 26th) until the border and then buy a domestic ticket from there (as you previously mentioned). Where does the german group ticket take us to (i.e. what is the border station that is the last valid station?) and where to we purchase the ticket from there to amsterdam? - could we get it on the train?
Thanks

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Train fares and tariffs / Berlin - Brussels - Amsterdam

« on: June 19, 2011, 10:35:44 am »

Hello! I want to go to Brussels from Berlin and then on to Amsterdam. Could anyone tell me the cheapest way? Also is there a night train? I would be going on June  25 and I am a student if that makes a difference. Then I would be going to Amsterdam on the 27th.  There are 2 people traveling
Thanks

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Europe Disaster.. Need serious Help

« on: March 16, 2011, 10:43:58 pm »

ok great thanks for that... Im not sure why I am getting different info, what website were you looking at?
Nex thing... I am trying to use the trenitalia website to find train from venice to munich or vienna (or salzburg) and every time I try to look up timetablesm, example "Venice to Munich" it says right above venice "Solution not found" am I doing it wrong?! this is driving me absolutely nuts. I noticed your website said they are from 29E, but I want to see the time table and options... help.

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Europe Disaster.. Need serious Help

« on: March 16, 2011, 07:22:25 pm »

okay sounds good.
another thing - eurostar is so expensive!!! What is the cheapest possible way to get from london to paris - I have been looking on the eurostar website and entering youth (22 yrs) for may 12 or 13 and I can only get 76E. Can you find a cheaper fare?

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Europe Disaster.. Need serious Help

« on: March 14, 2011, 04:33:36 am »

Hi tUt, thanks so much for the help! we have done a lot of planning so far over the past couple weeks...
My boyfriend is still pretty set on the spain part though. Could you help me out with the best way to go from Barcelona to Venice. We would want to stop at a few places such as Montpellier, Cinque Terre possibly, Nice, Monacco. We would probably take 5 days from Barcelona to Venice to do the trip.
Any help would be great! Thanks

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Europe Disaster.. Need serious Help

« on: February 24, 2011, 08:58:16 pm »

Hi tUt;

Thanks so much for the help. A few questions:
1) Regional Trains in Italy - do I need to book these in advance to ensure these rates or can we just show up and buy at the station? Also, are the regional trains at the same stations as other trains? if so will it be obvious for me to get on the right one?!

2) I actually meant going from istanbul - vienna (not back to venice!! sorry!). I was also thinking of doing istanbul - budabest - vienna - prague. This istanbul budapest would be by air, but the whizz air website says I can only book a round trip, not a one way. Do you know anything about this. After that, what would be the budapest - vienna train route and how much? or would it be better to fly?

3) the up to 5 passenger passes you mentioned - I think I am reading the websites correctly but it says we can buy directly at the station? is this the case or do we need to ge them ahead of time. the problem is i dont know exactly what day...

Thanks!

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Europe Disaster.. Need serious Help

« on: February 23, 2011, 09:14:36 pm »

Oh also I may add one more rail trip;

Athens - Istanbul - via Thessaloniki. Would it be worth getting the Balkan rail pass just for this trip? this website said it was 160E http://www.raileurope.ca/rail-tickets-passes/balkan-flexipass/discounts-and-pricing.html, but that is for first class. Your website said it is 51E for second class - where do I find that if this is something I should buy?

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Europe Disaster.. Need serious Help

« on: February 23, 2011, 08:58:30 pm »

One more thing - My brother and a friend may be coming with us in which case there would be 4 students total under age 25.
Should be buy a Rail Card Youth?

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Europe Disaster.. Need serious Help

« on: February 23, 2011, 08:50:03 pm »

Okay thanks guys for the suggestions. I think I have decided to cut spain out of the equation entirely - not enough time and I would like to be able to spend quality time at destinations, not just my entire trip at the airport or on the train.
That being said here is where I will be taking trains:

Venice - Bologna - florence - Rome
What is the cheapest way to do this? Id like to spend a couple days in each place, other than rome, more.

Then fly to athens. I need some help with greek ferries but I will find a ferry forum for that

Next would be fly to istanbul, fly to venice.
Vienna, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam OR Vienna, Salzburg (get off the train for maybe 1/2 a day?), Munich, Prague Berlin, Amsterdam
In both of these situations, I wold like to stay in vienna, munich and prague for 2 or so days, where as Berlin would be about 5.


I hope this helps, if you need any more info please let me know what to specify... As of now my itinerary only includes those two train trip routes.

THANKS EVERYONE!!!

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Train fares and tariffs / Europe Disaster.. Need serious Help

« on: February 22, 2011, 10:39:23 pm »

First of all, this forum is AMAZING and all of you who reply here are wonderful and such a big help to confused/terrified travellers like me!
Let me set the scene... I am 22 years old, student, traveling to Europe from May 10, 2011 to June 30, 2011 with my boyfriend, student, 22 years old. We plan to backpack (I use that term loosely - mostly meaning budget - as much as possible).
Originally we had our hearts set on going to MANY places, but after some thinking and planning we realized this is a bit of a stretch. I will illustrate:
Ideal trip: Fly into London, train to Paris, then either night train or fly to Barcelona or Madrid (one or the other), train from Barcelona/Madrid along French coast (Marseilles, Nice, Monaco) then to Venice, Bologna, Florence, Rome, fly to Greece, greek island ferries, fly?? or train to Istanbul, fly?? or train to Venice, train Venice through Salzburg, munich, Prague, to Berlin, then train to Amsterdam, fly home. I realize looking at this it seems absolutely absurd in that amount of time and we will not enjoy our time since we will spend most of it on the train… That being said, I think it appropriate to cut out the spain/French coast leg, unless there is a scenic train we can take in a matter of 2 days for the entire trip from Barcelona to Venice. This would mean to go directly from Paris to Venice (train or plane?). Another option would be to simplify the Czech/Austria/Germany leg – I was not thinking to stay at length in each place, perhaps just train through and get off for half a day in Salzburg, 1 day in Munich, 1-2 days in Prague, etc. Berlin would be a longer stay.

I am a terrible planner. I am bad with websites and can not figure out bahn.de website. If anyone can help out I would GREATLY appreciate it. I have no concept of time/how long it takes to get to these places via train, when to buy the tickets, whether or not to buy a pass etc. I have heard such mixed reviews about eurail pass… It seems like it may be worth it for this, but a lot of it involves supplemental fees/trains that are not included!!!

We would like to save money EVERYWHERE possible, but we also want to spend a reasonable amount of time doing it. We would be willing to spend a bit extra for a cheap flight if it saves us 10 hours… that sort of thing.

Please help, and if you need more information let me know – also feel free to be blunt and say that is a ridiculous itinerary…
THANK YOU