This shit is like $1000 per person for a fortnight, surely you can ride a train cheaper....I'm going to Switzerland and Germany, is it better to just get passes for each country?
>>2749156What's wrong with buying individual tickets, or multi-city tickets if you are on an extended journey?
>>2749156Fly on Easyjet and Ryanair you peasant for like 10 euro
>>2749156I'm convinced it is a scam for retardsthere is no way the economics make sense. Maybe back in the fucking 80s it was a lot less hassle to just have an Interrail pass than have to fuck around with local ticket sellers, but it's so much easier now
>>2749156Yes, it's not worth it in most cases. It is good if you want to travel longer distances in high speed trains, in this case it's cheaper than buying the tickets right before departure. But if you want to travel shorter distance, OR plan the route ahead and buy tickets early (and go by bus or plane whenever it is a better option), Eurail is not worth it.
>>2749282I looked at going by rail from Istanbul to London, and the internet machine said there were like 6 legs, each costing a hundred dollars. That's insane, when I can fly from Istanbul to the center of the United States for cheaper.
>>2749285That train ride would be like three days, of course it's not cheap. Though I think it's nowhere near $600, maybe only the last leg between Paris and London is that expensive, because there's no alternative to the tunnel.
>>2749156The 14, 30 or even 60 day pass is aimed at 18-25 year olds after they pass their apprenticeship/Gymnasium to be silly for a few weeks without a plan before starting a real job or going to University.The idea is to just pass around europe, use night trains instead of hotel/hostels, be drunk all the time, hit festivals and goof around and not normal traveler. For them you have the 7 legs in 30 days passes that are much fairer priced and especially worth it when traveling around Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France where individual no pre booked trips can be really expensive.
>>2749292Flixbus with ferry is supercheap. Leaves from Bercy - Victoria.
>>2749321You're right. I meant, there's no alternative if you want to go by train the whole way. By bus, I'm pretty sure there should be direct buses at least from Bulgaria to London at very low cost (I saw plenty of Romania and Albania bound buses even as far as Spain).
>>2749292Ok, how much fuel does it take. How much CO2 and other harmful gasses will be emitted destroying our planet. There are other ways to measure things, than time, you egocentric monkey. News flash: time doesn't begin and end with (You). You're like one of those faggots that drink almond milk because it's healthier, not knowing that it takes 1600 gallons of water to make one liter of it. Get your priorities in line.
If you're doing small cities where parking is easy, get a point to point rental car. If you're in a group of 3 or 4 people, you could split the price and see a lot more for a fraction of the price. You can rent a car for about 100/week in Europe. I went to Spain and picked up an SUV in Cordoba for a week for $140 and dropped it off in Malaga. Manual transmission cars get great gas mileage and we never paid a toll. In most most towns, you just park for free on the edge of town and walk in. You'll usually have to pay like $12 a day to park in a larger cities, but still much cheaper with a group. We ended up getting to see a lot more small towns this way. For a week, we hit 5 towns and we spent $140 for the rental, $150 for gas and $150 for parking. We split the cost between 3 people so it was about 150 per person per week. This was my third road trip in Europe. I also did a road trip in southern France and one in Czech/Austria/Hungary. I do think the train is better in Italy if it's your first time and you're just hitting the big cities.
As a good comparison, Amtrak is currently having a sale on their USA Rail Pass. 10 legs over 30 days for $299.
>>2749749I once thought about getting that, and going only in the big stretches all the way around. Around the World in 30 Days.
With the Germany ticket it would probably be lot cheaper to just buy that and tickets for each train in Switzerland. The down side with the Germany ticket is that you can't take fast trains, only regional trains, so it will take more time, but will cost you under 60 euro for a month.With Interrail you are paying for the flexability, it is cheaper than buying tickets the same day and you have more freedom.
