Friends, done with my booking, 751$ spent for a family of 4, Geneva → Rome → Venice & Berlin → Prague → Vienna. Will keep you posted on my experience. Thank you all for your guidance.Completely unrelated question, do any of you have a recommendation for purchasing a SIM card which will keep me connected in Swiss/Italy/Germany/Czechia/Austria? I mainly need a data/internet card, if it comes with few minutes to call across these countries that will be a bonus.
Your tip tilts the favor by a lot towards point to point ticket. I know this will reduce our flexibility but will go with the PtoP booking.
Well I had a look and here is my total : Advance tickets that you need to book right now : (446€ Genève 07:39 - Monterosso 17:05 (2h30 for lunch and transfer in Milan) → way too expensive trenitalia.com) To save a lot of money, take this route : IR90 Genève - Brig 07:10 - 09:32 IR Brig - Domodossola 09:40 - 10:08 3 x 24 CHF + 1 x 12 CHF = 84 CHF sbb.ch EC Domodossola - Milano Porta Garibaldi 10:17 - 11:38 transfer 2h30 IC Milano Centrale - Monterosso 14:05 - 17:05 137.30€ trenitalia.com Literally half the cost if you leave Geneva half an hour before. The connections are guaranteed. 115-180€ Monterosso - Roma Termini trenitalia.com 138-193€ Roma Termini - Venezia S. Lucia trenitalia.com 135-180€ Berlin Hbf - Praha hl.n. bahn.com 83-168€ Praha hl.n. - Wien Hbf tickets.oebb.at Total : 700€ (750$) for the cheapest connections but 950€ (1016$) for the more expensive ones. Passes would be 889$ + 148$ (1037$) and you have flexibility. Now you can choose... Thank you so very much @thibc
How old are your kids ? Under 12 y.o. can get a free Eurail Pass when travelling with an adult. However they need to pay seat reservations too. Children under 14-16 y.o. (depending on the country) can have cheaper tickets. If regular tickets seem to be cheaper, then book them but I'm really not sure that it's the case. You don't have to add seat reservations on trains requiring one if you book tickets (they're included). However for Berlin - Prague - Vienna, as they're optional you'd need to add them. Keep in mind that you have extra flexibility with the Eurail pass as you can take any train you'd like. Not the case for Geneva - Monterosso as you need to book in advance but there will be availability on the day for the trip to Rome One kid is 17Yr (practically an adult :) ) and 2nd one is 10Yr.
A 5-day Global Pass costs 323$ (2nd class) or 410$ (1st class). I wonder where you've seen 868$… You have 50$ in seat reservations, not 200$ ! Point-to-point tickets include seat reservations when they're required Monterosso - Rome depends on which connection you take. Some costs 3€ and some 13€ (+2€ booking fee if you were to use eurail.com but please don't, there's no point in that). The costs I have listed are for my family of 4.
A pass should be good value then. Remember to book the seat reservations in advance, all through tickets.oebb.at (no booking fee). - 10€ EC Domodossola - Milano Centrale (will be Porta Garibaldi though) arrival 11:40 - walk or subway to Centrale (not included). Time to eat - 3€ IC Milano Centrale - Monterosso departure 14:05 - 3€ IC La Spezia - Rome - 13€ Frecciarossa Rome - Venice Optional reservations (but recommended) : - 3€ Berlin - Prague - 3€ Prague - Vienna Do not make them on eurail.com, way too expensive (8€ I think). If you feel like it, you could get a 1st class pass : better seats and less crowded (that's pretty much it). The last 2 reservations would be free through ÖBB. Edit : I assume that the flight and accommodation have been booked but if not there would be a very convenient night train to Vienna. - NJ Venezia S. Lucia - Wien Hbf 21:05 - 07:58 : 32€ for a couchette in a 6-people compartment or 50€ for a sleeper in a 3-people compartment ! With the pass you only pay a
I have purchased a Eurail Global pass for 5 days in 1 month. I plan on taking EC-47 train from Geneva to Milan on June 18th, departure at 7:39am. I am trying to reserve seats on EC-47 but this train does not show up on Eurail seat reservation. Can someone please let me know if EC-47 is not covered by Eurail Global pass? or am I doing something wrong? Will very much appreciate your response. I realized that I wrote “I have purchased”, just want to clarify “I want to purchase” a pass. Below is my full train travel plan, I understand that all these routes are covered by Eurail pass, and I need pay extra for seat reservations.Geneva to Monterosso on 18th June by Train *** (7:39am EC47 direct train to Milan and reach Monterosso by Noon)Monterosso to Rome on 19th June by Train ***Rome to Venice on 22nd June by Train *** Fly from Venice to BerlinBerlin to Prague on 26th June by Train ***Prague to Vienna on 27th by Train ****** → Train travel days (5)
I appreciate your feedback and response Angelo.Here are the “offers” I see in Trenitalia website when I try to book a ticket. I do not see Eurail global pass in these options. Can someone point me to the correct option I should choose for using Eurail pass? I am afraid that the money spent on Eurail pass will go waste.
Hi, yes it is included. Keep in mind that the app or website of Eurail are sometimes trains missing or the booking not possible does not mean that it is not included. You should be able to book it via ÖBB tickets.oebb.at looking for one way tickets and Interrail/Eurail as discount. To your Eurocity: It is missing in the timetables of other train companies (maybe late upload of the timetable). You could try to wait till the train gets into the system of ÖBB or Eurail or try at ticket offices of SBB or Trenitalia. If it is not possible not worry, till Domodossola (border to Italy) the train can be boarded without a reservation. From there you need one. If you don't get a reservation you could ask italian train staff for a reservation onboard but ask before departure in Domodossola and it will cost 11€ + 20€ fee on board. Or you take from Domodossola the next local train to Milano (reservation not needed), also possible to do a panoramic train ride from Domodossola to Locarno and from th
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