Thanks so much for all of the feedback, everybody!!!
I can’t answer all of these but 1 - Correct. Eurail for you. 3 - Correct. Swiss pass wouldn’t cover you for the parts outside Switzerland. Eurail would cover all your trips (subject to paying the extra supplements I mentioned above). I don’t know about the mountain bits. 4 - If you’re buying cash tickets, and willing to commit, then book early. If you’re using a pass, then one of the benefits of them is less need to commit early. Domestic trains in Italy, you can get the reservation as little as a few minutes before, unless the trains physically sell out. (That’s unlikely, and there’s always a way around it.) I would buy the reservation for Paris to Switzerland soon, whichever route you take. 5 - I’m not sure of prices, but for a quick and easy comparison put some routes into www.trainline.com for the Paris - Switzerland and www.italiarail.com for the second part. If you don’t like the results, try to help it by breaking it down into smaller chunks at likely cities (Strasbourg,
Thank you all so much for helping me out! I very much appreciate all your well-thought out answers. It is helpful to be able to “talk it out” with other people.To answer a few uncertainties I noted, and some other first thoughts after reading the responses:We are Canadian citizens, so I believe the Eurail pass would be valid for us (instead of Interrail.) The Geneva leg is fixed to be right before Rome as we are accompanying a family friend/dropping her off. I failed to mention that there are three of us - 2 adults and 1 senior (as defined to be 60+). I can see the Eurail provides a discount for seniors, but do not believe to be the same case for the Swiss Pass. Without the promo right now, a 5 day Eurail Pass is USD$920 for three people (USD$827 with promo). Swiss Pass 4 day Pass is 281CHF (USD$304) per person, 6 day Pass is 359CHF (USD$389) per person. It sounds like based on my itinerary, the only differences between the two passes are: 1) Swiss Pass would not cover Paris to Swiss b
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