Hi everyone,<BR><BR>Hubbie and I are planning our first trip ever to Europe in the coming months - what is everyone's experience of Eurail ? Has anyone tried busabout ? Are there anyother alternatives which you would recommend for going place to place ?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance<BR><BR>Happy travels

What do you mean by Eurail??<BR>Each nation has its own national train system. In France it is the SNCF, in <BR>Germany Die Deutsche Bundesbahn, in Switzerland the SBB, which is an abbreviation for the national train system.<BR>

I suspect you'd find more people having used busabout on www.eurotrip.com or on the lonelyplanet site. Both sites are more dedicated to young packpackers.

Last summer we got an interail ticket and went from Spain through France, Germany, Prague, Austria and Switzerland. We went everywhere by train and it was great!!. Most train Stations are in or very next to the city center. All the trains were comfortable and punctual!!

My son, age 22, is leaving SF on 4 July for Paris where he will pick up Busabout. He chose it over taking the train (which he did last summer) because of the opportunity to meet like-minded travelers in his age group, the fact that the bus stops at a hostel each night (Busabout has the capacity to make the reservation for the next night's stop), and the cost is less than a Eurail pass. He likes the idea of not having to arrive in an unfamiliar city and having to figure out how to get to the hostel, a time saver when using Busabout. Try www.busabout.com <BR><BR>No, I don't have any affiliation with the company!

Diana We traveled through Europe last fall with a 60 day rail pass. I like it because you can be so flexible. We noticed that first class was much more crowded than it was seven years ago.