That's an awfully low budget, even for hostels. The assumption that $75 will get you 50 Euros is a little optimistic, although it depends on the exchange rate, of course. Figure that in most places in Europe, that Euro (or pound) that you've paid $1.50 or more for will spend the way dollars do at home. It's probably just possible, but figure that your eating is going to be pretty basic (as in cheap and portable stuff from grocery stores), and there's not a lot of wiggle room.

The Eurail pass should help though, since it's prepaid and you don't have to worry about train fares in your daily budget, and you can travel overnight at least occasionally. I would think a plane to Egypt was less than totally practical on a number of counts, as well. If you really can spend 60 days, the number of countries is probably possible (expecially if you leave Egypt out of the equation), but that's a lot of jumping around. I would prioritize what I most wanted to see in each country. It might make a more natural routing if you thought in terms of cities and destinations, rather than countries, per se, as well.

And buy yourself a Rough Guide or a Let's Go.

Forget the budget - you have listed 14 countries in 6 weeks.

Even IF the budget was reasonable, that is at least 7 countries too many . . . . .

Oh - I also had a question . . . You have listed 14 countries, Cyprus not being one of them, yet you tagged this 'Cyprus'??

Please do less. You'll get more out of it. Unless train travel is the end rather than the means- and I know for some people it is.

Hostel. Get a hostel book. Decide to be vegitarian. Internal travel, your itinery is all over the place so you need to buy a load of flights at cheap airlines. Many of these do £1 flights that cost you £35 one way so read the small print. If using the train then you need to understand the map more and work those trains.

I'd try to drop out a few euro countries to save the money, so Spain goes but see if you can keep Czech in.

As Janisj said,

>Forget the budget - you have listed 14 countries in 6 weeks.

Even IF the budget was reasonable, that is at least 7 countries too many<

That might be doable from a budget perspective IF you minimize time in big cities, and spend some time on the Lonely Planet website rather than here. (And check into couchsurfing.) But you are being hopelessly ambitious with the number of countries. You won't have enough time to get a feel for the countries, and the more you move the more expensive the trip (not just because you'll need more transport, but because you won't have time to find the cheaper alternatives in each place).

Rail passes aren't always cheaper. Try railsaver.com/default.asp and look at seat61.com. For cheap airfares, whichbudget.com.

Did I read that wrong? Britain, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland in a little over a week?

The OP is allowing 2 weeks for Italy, however, which I'm guessing means that s/he is either more interested in Italy, or just more familiar with the stuff s/he would like to see there.

It is a lot of countries, but really not undoable, especially since that's closer to 8 weeks than 6. A less exhausting intinerary might be to--fly into London, explore England and Scotland, take a ferry to Northern Ireland, explore Ireland, take a ferry to France. Wander through the south of France to Spain and then back across to Italy. Take Ferry to Greece. Make your way back to Italy. Make a loop through Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Germany, and then back through the Netherlands and into France, and either fly out of CDG or go back to London. It won't be in-depth, and will involve a lot of time on trains and ferries, but it will give them a taste of a lot of different places. I'm still thinking Egypt is better saved for another trip.

Are you doing a research project on European train stations? If so, excellent plan. The budget is problematic, though. Do you play an instrument, or juggle or mime? You may need to get very resourceful.

You could camp. Europe has some lovely campgrounds.

Seriously, I would plan for a shorter period of time and cut way back on the number of places, concentrating on the cheaper destinations. Every time you move, it costs money. Many hostels will eat up your entire daily budget, given the exchange rate. Panhandling at Santa Croce isn't much of a vacation.

Yes, you are young and you can do it. I don't know that the railpass is going to be such a good deal for you. In lots of places doing a second-class coach fare is pretty cheap.

Cities are going to be way more expensive, but with that said, you can get some decent deals using hostels. I'll give you a perfect example, my daughter just spent (in February) 10 days in Paris. The total cost was under $900. That included transit passes, museum passes, food, St. Christopher's hostel, trips to Versaille, Chartes, going to the Moulin Rouge and Follies and hitting literally every tourist spot imaginable (except Disney). Paris is one of the most expensive cities and she was stunned by how much cheaper things were outside of the city.

CouchSurfing is a great way to save money.

Go for it, you are only young once!!!!

Will join the chorus of folks saying your itinerary is way too ambitious -- unless you want to spend your precious vacation time riding the train and playing "city-tag-you're-it."

Would recommend starting with no more than two cities per week (preferably all within reasonable reach of each other) and researching the sights you really want to see in each. You can (and likely may) then prune things down to fewer cities as needed. Some cities, such as Paris, London, and Rome, can very easily occupy a week's worth of your time or more in themselves.

But hey, it's your trip. And yes, with the budget you're using, would think couch-surfing will be a wise move.