I posted a longwinded thread in the general "europe" subforum and didn't get any responses, so I'm going to narrow my question and ask here in France. Hopefully some specialists specific to these countries may be better able to direct me.
I'm planning on flying into Grenoble for a conference, but hoping to also travel to other areas of France, and Italy (possibly even to Venice). For a 10 day trip, does it make sense to do open jaw (into perhaps Lyon and out of Milan/Venice) to JFK or IAD, or would it be much more cost effective to do a round trip and pick a more central location (Geneva?) and make a loop using rail? I'm basically looking for the most cost effective method that makes sense. Any suggestions for how I can book Open Jaw and which airlines to do so?
(Much more detailed info in other post:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/europ...aly-swiss.html)