Purchasing the least expensive eurail passes
 

I'm ready to buy my france and italy train pass. I'm wondering where to get it at cheapest possible rate.......thanks.

Check www.railsaver.com to be sure that you won't be wasting money by purchasing ANY "rail pass".

Best wishes,

Rex

ditto on that.

Remember, the railpass doesn't cover seat reservations. If you take ES* trains in Italy you will have to pay extra for the reservations.

thanks for the tip....however I just chekced there and they came up with a 1st class ticket for me and 2nd class ticket for my daughter. Also, they suggest Benelux/fr/italy pass (I'm not going into benelux) and...i'll do my math again...but their passes are 394 and 276!!!!!Even if I tack on extra trips to orig cost of fr/italy saver pass, my total is far less....

ira,
I know reservs for ES trains are more $..but aren't reservs on ANY train more $???

Hi Zil,

If you buy an ES* ticket it comes with the seat reservation. If you have a railpass, you have to buy the reservation extra. It might cost as much as 15E more.

According to footloosetravel.com there is actually a supplement for the TAV Premier (formerly Eurostar Italia) with a pass ($18) as opposed to $50 Rome-Florence 1st class, for example. In France, reservations are required on the TGVs, which footloose says is $7.

As for personal experience, my reservations from Salzburg to Venice cost $9 and in the past I have found TGV reservations not to exceed a couple of dollars pp.

Sorry, that should have been Salzburg-Venice 2 years ago $9 for two people.

You can also find lots of train info at www.ricksteves.com

To answer your original question:

You won't find different prices for Railpasses, they're a set price. Different places offer different "extras", such as guidebooks and maps. I like Rick Steves extras, so that's where I buy passes.