Train tickets for rail travel throughout Europe

Is there such a thing as a train ticket within europe with a validity of 30days ?

I have a friend coming to Germany in Oct . She plans to visit Munich, Berlin and Prague.
Perhaps there is such thing as Euro Rail Ticket she could get.

Anyone knows ?

yup and is indeed called Euro Rail but I think these tickets are very expensive and it may just be easier to plan trips or book tickets online, as it will probably work out cheaper as there are lots of exclusions as to what these tickets can be used to travel on and restrictions on when they can be used AFAIK.Euro Rail
this is just one site

Google it

Don't bother with passes for this really.

Look for cheap deals on DB / pre book / use off peak tickets / pay for Czech tickets there using Czech cash.

Depends on age really, if you are under 26 I think its the way to go. I had one last year it was 10 days of travel within 3 months for $45/day.

http://www.eurail.com/

That's good if you are doing a LOT of LONG journey in Western Europe but not for the OP.

This is true, but worth it for the trip between Berlin and Munich alone...though it might also be cheaper and quicker to fly.

I mostly spent them on trips from FFM to Munich, and it saved me a fortune...and having to book in advance.

But VERY bad value if you only make one return trip between Berlin and Munich.

Yeah, but there are about 30 options for Eurail passes, not just one. You can pick the one that best suits your needs.

thanks for all the info. yea, i guess the costs to book separate trips are cheaper than the cost of euro rail. i just checked the euro rail abt 469 euro. Wahnsinn !

Thanks again.

I'm trying to figure out the best (read:cheapest) way to get around Germany and greater Europe during my time at school in Munich, and I'm hitting an information overload.
I have friends from home studying throughout Europe during the year, so I'd like to be able to visit them as well as poke around Germany and Europe on my own, so I'm trying to figure out if a pass would be a good idea, or just to get point-to-point tickets.
case in point- what is the "dauer-special"? I can only find information on it on the German-language website, and my German isn't quite good enough to figure out how to snag one of the 29E teaser fares. (http://www.bahn.de/p/view/preise/aktionspreis/dauer_spezial.shtml)
If I can get super-cheap student fares point to point, then getting a pass might be counterproductive. What about the BahnCards? I get the impression that they only take the percentage off of the full-price ticket, which if I'm spending 110E on a 50% off, plus half of a full price, I may not come out ahead either.

I figure I'm going to be in Germany for a year, and I'd like to go to Paris, Bologna, London, Prague, Amsterdam, and Berlin at least, but I'm going to be in school and then working, so I'm not going to be doing 3 months of consecutive travel or anything like that. I'm also eligible for all the student fares and discounts and everything.

Does anybody have experience/thoughts on the subject?

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Get a Eurorail ticket before coming to Europe.

Only you're not supposed to be able to use a Eurail pass if you're a resident. She'll have a residence permit in her passport to allow her to stay in Germany while she's studying. No idea if the ticket-checkers flip to the back of the passport to look for residence permits, but it seems risky.

Bahncards start to pay for themselves after the third longish distance single journey within Germany.
And the more you travel the more you save and save more by going for the more expensive 50% rather than the 25% version.

There are special fares fom € 29 one way domestic, from €39 to international destinations.
But as you correctly say, they need to be booked in advance and there are limited numbers available.

Remember you can do day trips within Bavaria on other cheap off peak local tickets as well.

My advice is not to decide what kind of ticket you want and then make your travel plans fir it.
decide what your travel plans are and then see what the best ticket deal is.

Happy trails.

At any rate, while you're in Munich, be sure to stop at the EurAide office in Hauptbahnhof for help in booking your train travel around Europe. They are agents of Deutsche Bahn and do not apply extra surcharges to tickets or seat reservations. Owned by an American, Euraide only employs native English speakers or otherwise very fluent English speakers, and they know their way around the European rail systems.

It can be hit or miss if you go to a DB office to buy tickets. They often expect you to know exactly what you want when you arrive at their window, and if there is some other advantageous route or ticket you can buy other than what you think you want, they mostly won't offer alternatives. Euraide will.

One alternative you won't want to forget about: especially in winter, it can be cheaper to fly from Munich to other large European cities than to take the train (as well as, of course, faster.) DB is not that cheap!

The Conditions of Use, On the Eurail Homepage do not state "Must be a student", as a requirement.
To use the Eurail ticket, you only require the ticket and a picture ID.

There are also no Age Limits


The only condition is that you must buy it in a Non-EU Country prior to use. It only becomes non-vaild, if you have lived in the current country for 6 months.
So the OP can buy the Eurail ticket and use it for travel up until their 6th month date. Once you have been living in the EU for over 6 month, you nolonger
qualify for the EuRail ticket.

You can buy a Bahn Card 25 (costs 55 per year) or a Bahn Card 50 (220 per year for students) which gives you reductions on travel with DB trains and a RailPlus card (15 EUR in case you already possess a Bahn card) which gives 25% reduction on train journeys in other countries.
If you book early, you can combine the Bahn Card and special offers like spar50 or spar25.

you could try sparnight, nachtzug single tickets from €29. These are also available on some international trains

ok, so it looks like my best option is to get a Eurail pass (I'm thinking 3 bordering countries 6 days in 2 months for 350 USD/220E, christ the dollar is weak!) for use within the first 6 months, then a BahnCard (I can get the 50 one for 110E as a student, it looks like) after I'm no longer eligible.

Thanks guys!

Easyjet?

1. The days of "cheap" flights may well be over. Just read an article in the German press that Lufthansa are already cheaper than a range of "budget" airlines.
2. The avaiability of "cheap" flights from Munich is limited as there is only one airport and it has high landing fees.

Easyjey, may not also fly where you want to go.. Or if your looking to fly somewhere, you may need to fly via the UK. Thats ok if where your going is close to the UK
but if your flying from Munich or Salzberg to say Nice, having a stopover in London is a bit out of the way and time consuming. Regardless of price.