bmurr004
Traveller
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Posted 14 years ago
Hello, I've been searching around but haven't found a good answer to this.
What would you recommend as a practical way to travel Europe via train, for around 5 weeks, 2 people together.
- one of them being a New Zealander
- the other having a British passport.
Seems one of us is always ineligible for the InterRail or EuroRail pass. Should I just try to book everything point-to-point? I want to have as much flexibility as possible on the timing of travel, although aware for the high speed trains I've have to bool.
Any assistance greatly appreciated.
Peter
Traveller
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Hi.
A good solution is:
- for the New Zealand citizen: an EURAIL pass (it is the rail pass for Non-Europeans) - it is nearly the same like InterRail. You can use the same trains, sit together, use the same sleepers and if needed the supplements are the same as well. Have a look on [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
- for the British citizen: an INTERRAIL Global Pass for ONE MONTH. [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] - then you are as flexible as possible.
I wouldn't recommend single train tickets as they are very expensive. Only if you book weeks in advance, you get special discounts worth using single train tickets.
But definitely not for one month or 5 weeks of travel.
Peter :)
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
Absoulutely no problem to travel together with the flexibility of the rail passes.
UK resident: Get an InterRail pass - if you're travelling more than one month, you will need a combination of two passes, ie 1 One Month pass + 1 5in10 pass or 2 10in22 passes
NZ resident: Get a EuRail pass - ie 1 One Month pass + 1 One Country pass for the country you're starting in
There are several combinations of passes possible - just think what would suit your route best and would be cheapest overall.
Attention! Keep in mind that the Eurail pass doesnt cover all countries participating in InterRail and plan your route accordingly. Of course you could use regular tickets to visit a country not included in Eurail if you want to.
If you have any other questions or if something isnt 100% clear yet just let us know. :)
Flo 8)
EDIT: Peter was faster once again. ;)