ainah1975
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 12 years ago
will i need a Eurail pass now that im goin from within Italy: Rome first,then Pompeii and Venice then on to Slovenia to Sarajevo/Mostar to Munich, Lucerne, Brussels and Amsterdam? or is it better to just do independent tickets along the way?thanks!
Hetman
Traveller
364 comments
if you buy the tickets early it will be cheaper than with ER
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
Like Hetman said: you can book point to point train tickets early and will get them to low prices.
But these low price tickets are usually fixed on date, time and train. So no more flexibility. If you planed well your route, you maybe don't need flexibility and the option by point to point tickets is fine for you.
All travels in Italy via the Trenitalia website.
Border crossing Italy (Venice) to Slovenia: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/travel-lake-bled-train/[/u]
In Slovenia, Croatia and this area: buy the tickets at the stations - I can't give you prices for point to point tickets, check the websites of the national railway companies.
For Slovenia here (and then select the other countries you need): [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-company/slovenia/si[/u]
If you travel from for example Ljubljana or Zagreb to Munich, have a look on the following website: [ux]https://rail.shop/bahn[/ux]
There you could also buy the ticket to Munich.
I hope this helps - I know it is a bit of work and calculation ... a rail pass is of course more relaxing, but not always the cheapest way.
Peter :)
nltrainer
Traveller
1404 comments
best is probably a combo:
buy a EUrail for x days in-ONLY for the nr of LONG sectors.
Pay short sectors when there-or use bus/boat-often much more viable in ex Yugoslavia.
Only around half of the trips you mention are in fact doable as cheap-advance.
ainah1975
Traveller
1 comments
Thank you for your replies guys, il check out the pt to pt tickets and see what comes out cheaper. il post it here too to help other first timers like me figure it out! 8)
doyler
Traveller
1 comments
Planning point to point takes a while to do, but I've always found it to be a cheaper/more convenient option to the Eurail, mainly because I like to do many stops, and maybe spend a reasonable amount of time at any one stop. With the Eurail you're rather limited by validity period.