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Does the eurorail also include the TGV?

Scott, if you mean the Eurail Pass, yes you can ride the TGV with your pass, but will have to pay a supplement. Check out www.raileurope.com

From a previous post I found very helpful about eurailpasses:<BR><BR>Author: Rex ([email protected])<BR>Date: 03/05/2002, 04:43 pm<BR>Message: The marketing company www.raileurope.com has so many passes there isn't room to explain the differences here. But their website does do a pretty good job of it (and typically you would buy it there - - IF a pass really would save you money). I urge checking www.railsaver.com to see if you really would benefit from a pass; www.ricksteves.com also has fairly extensive info on computing the savings (if any) of a pass, and comparing/contrasting the features of the various passes. I don't know how up-to-date their info is.<BR>

Wow. someone quoting me? I'm flattered.<BR><BR>Actually this is a post of mine, also from this year, that might be even more to the point, of what "no spam" has heard me saying before.<BR><BR>Author: Rex ([email protected])<BR>Date: 02/10/2002, 09:31 pm<BR>Message: Don't know what you mean by "Euro tickets" - - probably train tickets. There is no monolithic rail company in Europe - - just one well-known marketing company in America - - www.raileurope.com - - and americans USED TO think that buying a "rail pass" was the best way to travel by train in Europe. I recommend thinking your itinerary through and then using www.railsaver.com to see if a pass will really save you money. Almost surely not - - and if it is, maybe you are moving around too much on a 12 day trip!<BR><BR>Each country has its own separate rail company, and happily they all cooperate so smoothly as to sometimes seem like one big company. Rail passes are the best way to travel affordably for a FEW travelers (traveling salesmen?) - - if you plan to be on a train for an average of 250 miles or thereabout (on AVERAGE) - - for EVERY day of the pass that you buy.<BR><BR>Personally, I think that this is no way to see Europe. Hopefully, on a 12 day trip, you won't spend more than about 12 hours moving from point to point withIN Europe. Time is too precious.<BR><BR>I have nothing against trains in Europe - - for certain routes, they're great. Venice-Florence-Rome, for example, or Paris-Belgium (though rather over-priced - - but so darn convenient), just to name a couple.<BR><BR>France-to-Italy is a challenge, to find the best use of time and money. You can fly cheaply from BRUSSELS to Italy, and similarly to many points in Spain and Portugal. You can also fly a few routes BETWEEN Spain and Italy cheaply.<BR><BR>But there is SO much to see in France, I'm going to recommend that you just choose one other country - - and even that sparingly, perhaps. Hopefully, you can plan your travel TO Europe as an "open jaw" so that you don't have to back track for your flight back home, since it's hard to make a circle out of these countries.<BR>

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