EURAIL PASS REVIEW | Costs, Tips & is it Worth it?

I hope you've found this Eurail Pass review helpful. Below you'll find some links that I've mentioned in the video.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 intro
01:32 Choosing Your Pass
02:29 How Much I Spent
04:55 Discount Eurail Passes
05:32 Seat Reservations
07:10 Should You Get a Eurail Pass?
09:15 Advice for Your Eurail Trip

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[davidfigueroa]

Just got back from a tour of Europe. I tried to use the Eurail pass but it never worked! I could never get the tickets to download. It sucked! I could not get a hold of a customer service representative because the company does not list a contact number. They also do not have agents at the train stations to help solve the issues. It got so stressful, that we had to buy physical tickets at the ticket counters for each country we traveled to. I would never use this Eurail Pass again. Still trying to get my money back!

[danijelsedic]

Hi Laura! I know that rail passes are extremely popular, but they are definitely not cheap, especially if you are on a budget .I will reveal tips and tricks to you. From my experience, traveling by train is significantly cheaper if you don't take Rail passes. If you take a Rail pass for it, it will cost you a lot of money, several hundred euros for each Rail pass, and you must also buy and pay extra for each reservation for every train marked IC, EC, NC, NJ and similar. The only advantage of the rail pass is mobility. Since I plan my trips several months in advance, I prefer to give up that mobility and save money, I take individual fixed train tickets for seat second class with reservation for each train, which are much cheaper. Of course you have to buy them several months (3 or 4 for my exprience) in advance, because as the date approaches, the occupancy of the train increases and the price of the ticket increases. Another little trick is to plan travel on weekdays from Monday to Thursday, because tickets for train those days are often much cheaper than on Friday and weekends When added up, you will save a minimum of 100 euros probably even more. This is significant if you are on a budget.

[TiHerr]

Great video, Laura. When we lived in Paris, we used the Flix Bus service for all destinations in neighboring countries, unusually at a cost €25 - €30. It was awesome. We did also take a Flix Bus from Barcelona to Paris when we couldn’t get a flight. That was a bit long for a bus ride.

[artagnan]

Thank you for the video! Another recommendation, Eurail passes have big discounts several times a year, so you can get them at 20% or 25% if you wait for the sales ( Black Friday, Winter sales, etc) and you have a year to activate and use the pass 😊

[PostcardAndAPint]

This is so interesting! We inter railed years ago when it was a paper ticket!!! So good to see the app is good and how they now break down travel days. Good to consider the buses too! Great work 🍻

[subterraneanMe]

Thank you for your honest review. This is really helpful.

[sergiorodriguez]

short, simple an effective, great work.

[juliocesaridrobo]

Great advice. ❤
One question. If you are changing plans, how do you handle hotel reservations?

[TortillaHollandaise]

We recently bought two interrail (eurail) passes. Thanks for sharing your tips and experiences! It's a great help for planning our trip 😄

[matadorlifeDRET]

Thanks for such a great video and your honest opinion. I am looking for videos like this because the ER Rail has changed, I used it back in 2013, when you use to get a booklet, had to choose in advance the countries you would travel too, and everything needed to be filled out with a pen LOL
Having that experience, I choose to buy the EU rail pass only for expensive train rides with modern fast speed trains, such as Austria, Germany, France, or Italy. In 2013 I did catch a bus from Vienna to Bratislava, which was super comfortable, and it only costed 6 euros at the time. I think it now costs 10 euros, which is also very cheap.

[Staytec]

I'm flying in and out of London from NYC, and then I'll be all over the place--Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich, Milan, maybe Barcelona and Lisbon, but I'm also looking to stop in multiple small German cities in the Dortmund area, where each city is about 20 minutes apart and I can see a few in one day. Mostly I'm going for transit photography and to eat at as many international McDonald's as I can lol. I'm really thinking that this pass could be worth it for me just based on the quantity of trains I'm looking to ride. It's just a matter of how long I'll be in Europe, and how many days I spend on each side of the trip in London that shouldn't count as travel days, so maybe I get 22 days and then spend 2-3 days in London on each side and that's a four week trip.

[swatisom]

very much helpful for us, as we are going to Eurotrip tomorrow...
Thanks a lot

[elizabethvalen]

You're gave me an amazing tips!🎉thankyou sm!!

[Burty]

Great video. I’ve been travelling Europe by train for several years and have always found booking individual trains cheaper than getting an interail pass. But then I tend to book a couple of months in advance when the train tickets are cheap, and I have a set itinerary. Maybe I need to be more spontaneous and do an interail trip instead and see where the train takes me 😂

[Gert-DK]

The railplanner can find connection without seat reservation. Just tested and found Paris - Lyon 6 hr's without seat reservation.

[TJ-kfzl]

Hi Laura
We visiting Europe ( 2 adults 2 kids)
Starting from London to Paris
Then Switzerland and Innsbruck
Then Zurich to Lucern. Lucern to muncher and lastly struttgard
Taking last train from strutt to London back . Do you think this is worth ? 10 day eurail pass is what I’m thinking
I’m so confused with Swiss pass too
I can use eurail pass for Austria and Germany too ?

[lerato]

Hi All. Glad I found this Video. We have a trip to Ulm, Germany this coming weekend where we’ll stay 6 days. We also plan to go to France for about 4 days after Germany. Is getting a global rail pass worth it? Also is it possible to move around the cities in both Germany and France using the global rail pass? Or we’ll need to get additional tickets for travelling in the city

[BlancaEstelaPalestino]

Hello Laura great video thank you, I have a question please help me, this is my first time going Europe I'm going to The Olympics 2024 we are going to travel almost everyday to Lille France, we booked and AIRNB in Paris. Our plan is to go to London, Versailles, and surrounding cities around Paris. Should we get the Global Pass or just for Paris the Eurail Pass and take the Eurostar when go to London? We are planning to stay in London 2 days, besides that we are going to be in Paris most of the time. I know that Lille is the border of Belgium we are planning to go to Brujas, Please help me this is the first time going to

[ahmedroney]

How to select seats in Eurails during seat reservation?

[usuallyroamingrob]

I've thought about doing this as a budget way to see Europes most expensive destinations, and then just sleeping on the train haha.