parigeet
Feb 22, 11, 9:33 pm
I have a few question on whether to buy a child (5 years old) eurail pass or not. Would appreciate if some knowledgeable experts can help me. I have only couple weeks before we start our travel, so we can't really get the special advance fares so pass works well for us.
I am planning to buy the Eurail Select Adult Saver pass for 4 countries (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland & France)
The following are my planned train trips for which I will use the pass
Amsterdam (Schipol) --> Brussels (Not planning to use Thallys)
Brussels --> Munich (via Frankfurt) using ICE DB trains
Munich --> Geneva (via Zurich)
Some Internal trips within Switzerland
Geneva --> Paris ( Using TGV)
I have 2 children,(age3 & 5) travelling with me. I understand that for the 3 year old, there is no need to buy a pass. Now, for the 5 year old, I am planning *not* to buy a pass.
Question1: I am thinking that in Germany & Switzerland (under 6) kids are free, so he can just travel without a pass/ticket in those 2 countries. Is that true?
Question 2: I’m a little concerned about how will he travel from Amsterdam Brussels; Can I just buy him a point to point ticket and we use our passes? How much will his ticket be?
Question3: For Brussels --> Munich; will there be a problem if I don’t buy him a ticket on the ICE train ( since the train originates in Belgium, and I believe only 4 and under travel free there)
Question4: From Geneva --> Paris, I understand that I will have to buy him a separate ticket on the TGV. Can I do that easily from Amsterdam, where we plan to reserve our seats too? Again my wife and I will have eurail pass, but my 5yr old & 3yr old will not?
Thanks in advance
I am planning to buy the Eurail Select Adult Saver pass for 4 countries (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland & France)
The following are my planned train trips for which I will use the pass
Amsterdam (Schipol) --> Brussels (Not planning to use Thallys)
Brussels --> Munich (via Frankfurt) using ICE DB trains
Munich --> Geneva (via Zurich)
Some Internal trips within Switzerland
Geneva --> Paris ( Using TGV)
I have 2 children,(age3 & 5) travelling with me. I understand that for the 3 year old, there is no need to buy a pass. Now, for the 5 year old, I am planning *not* to buy a pass.
Question1: I am thinking that in Germany & Switzerland (under 6) kids are free, so he can just travel without a pass/ticket in those 2 countries. Is that true?
Question 2: I’m a little concerned about how will he travel from Amsterdam Brussels; Can I just buy him a point to point ticket and we use our passes? How much will his ticket be?
Question3: For Brussels --> Munich; will there be a problem if I don’t buy him a ticket on the ICE train ( since the train originates in Belgium, and I believe only 4 and under travel free there)
Question4: From Geneva --> Paris, I understand that I will have to buy him a separate ticket on the TGV. Can I do that easily from Amsterdam, where we plan to reserve our seats too? Again my wife and I will have eurail pass, but my 5yr old & 3yr old will not?
Thanks in advance