Buying a Eurail Pass

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Europe is one of the most train-accessible countries in the world. Every major city and nearly all mid-sized towns have at least one train station. The best way to travel around Europe is to purchase a Eurail Pass. This all-access pass lets you ride through most European countries for one low price.

How to Buy a Eurail Pass

The Eurail pass goes by many different names, including Eurail, Europass, Eurailpass and so on. Fortunately there is one good source for almost every Eurail package available, the RailEurope homepage. Here you can search for and purchase rail tickets that can take you anywhere in Europe.

Available Packages

There are dozens of packages available for your Eurail pass. The types of passes range from time-limited fares to country packages that let you travel within one or two countries for a specified amount of time. If you're planning to do a lot of traveling, a Eurail pass will save you a lot of money versus buying single tickets.

Here is a small selection of the available Eurail passes. Choose the best one for your time or country travel plans:

Eurail Pass: First class travel valid for 15, 21, 30, 60 or 90 consecutive days.

Eurail Pass Flexi: First class travel for 10 or 15 consecutive days within a 2 month time period.

Eurail Pass Saver: For two or more people traveling together. Travel first class for 15, 21, 30, 60 or 90 consecutive days.

Eurail Pass Saver Flexi: For two or more people together, travel first class for 10 or 15 consecutive days within a 2 month period.

Eurail Pass Youth: For anyone under 26 years old, offers consecutive 15, 21, 30, 60 or 90 day travel on second class trains.

Eurail Pass Youth Flexi: Same as above but offers 10 or 15 day travel within a 2 month time period.

Eurail Drive Pass: Four days of train travel with two days of car rental.

Country Passes

Similar to the above passes, Eurail Country Passes allow you to travel within a specified time period in the country listed below. The offers vary somewhat in restrictions and price.

Greece: Three days within one month.
Holland: Three or five days within one month.
Hungary: Five days within 15 days or 10 days within one month.
Norway: Three days within one month.
Poland: Unlimited travel within Poland.
Romania: Five or ten days within two months.
Spain: Travel for three days within a two month period.
Sweden: Unlimited travel for three days within one month.

Two-Country Passes

Austria-Czech Eurail Pass - Two months unlimited travel.
Benelux-France Eurail Pass - Unlimited travel within France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg for two months
France-Germany Eurail Pass - Four, five, six, eight or ten days unlimited travel within two months.

Germany-Austria Eurail Pass - Five, six, eight or ten days of unlimited travel for 60 days.

Germany-Benelux Eurail Pass - Five, six, eight or ten days within a two month period.

Germany-Denmark Eurail Pass - Unlimited travel for two months.

Germany-Switzerland Eurail Pass - Five, six, eight or ten days unlimited travel within two months.

Greece-Italy Eurail Pass - Unlimited travel for two months.

Romania-Hungary Eurail Pass - Five, six, eight or ten days of travel within two months.

There are also Eurail pass deals for France-Italy, France-Spain, Hungary-Slovenia-Croatia, Spain-Portugal, Austria-Slovenia-Croatia, and France-Switzerland.

Eurail Select

The Eurail Select Pass is the most flexible pass that allows you to choose countries to visit. Sometimes it is less expensive than traditional passes, so be sure to try it and see if you come out ahead.