Originally Posted by magexpect
Dordal , would you be so kind as to tell us how much you are going to pay for your Eurailpass? and also your age? I'll try to find out how much you would have to pay for tickets as posted in the opening post.
This thread could go on for ages with each time one poster being against and one for it... As I am in Europe, I can make a few phone calls to find out what will be most adantageous to you.
Good idea!
One reason I posted the link in post 11 (Rick Steves Guide to European Railpasses) is that it assists you in estimating the cost of point-to-point tickets for your expected itinerary.
However, one of the magical things about railpasses, at least if you get the unlimited, consecutive-day kind, is that you are then free to take little extra side trips and day trips without worrying about the rail cost. Also, I was inspired to travel farther afield than originally planned (to Copenhagen for a couple of days and then up to Stockholm for a few, even though my original trip plan was no further north than northern Germany). The cost of an overnight couchette at the time was less than $20 supplemental, far cheaper than the hotels I normally stayed at, so this was a "bonus" as well. I had about four or five overnight train trips in all on this particular trip; some were in the cheapest couchettes, and others were in more comfortable though somewhat more costly digs.
I realize that the OP may not be planning to purchase this type of pass (vs. the more limited "X days in a given time frame" pass), but the above is something to think about for anyone who is considering the more classic type of pass. Some of the spontaneous "day trips" I went on were quite lengthy (Munich to Bamberg and back in one day), since I had the prepaid fare in my pocket. @:-)