anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Posted 12 years ago
Hey,
I'm looking into an interail trip around Eastern Europe this summer, something along the lines of Ljubljana to Istanbul. Up until now I have assumed that the global pass is the best option, however I have just noticed that country passes are particularly cheap in Eastern Europe. For example, country passes for Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey add together to £225. Thats the same price as a 10 in 22 global pass and allows for much more travel (3 travel days in one month per country, 18 travel days overall).
So, I have some questions:
[list:3ejwn060]Is this correct? Or are there hidden costs that will prevent this value for money?
Am I allowed to buy more than one country pass for the same month?
Will there be problems when changing from one country to the next with two passes?
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Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
a) There are no other hidden costs compared to the Global Pass. You only have to watch out for possible extra reservations which you would need for the Global Pass as well.
b) Yes.
c) Each One Country pass is valid to the border of the related country. This border can either be a certain border station or a certain fictional point along the route - in either case you can combine two One Country Passes of bordering countries without problems.
Flo 8)
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
in THIS area both are a waste of money. Consider ,aybe the Balkan pass- not for SLO, but from the ROM and Serb borders onward. And Do note that often in this area trains-if youre not the absolute railfan, are not that nice, speedy nor comfy-buses often beat them. Plus that raillines are quite meagre and f.e. do not go to Dubrovnik or into Albania-it all depends on your route. Read a decent guidebook, get some idea of local pricing, put aside that idea of ''cheap'' and then decide with more real info.