Rail Europe Packages???
 

Air,hotel, and train packages- are they a good deal? We are looking at one to Rome, Florence and Venice. Thanks!

You're going to have to tell us what us in these packages, and what they cost. I took a shot at their 4 nights riome, 3 nughts, Florence, 3 nights Venice package - - and an arbitrary June departure date, as well as an arbitrary September departure date both returned the same answer:

"Aww shucks!
None of our special discount airfares are available for the dates you selected:"

Yes, it actually says "Aww shucks!"

One thing I would clearly advise: do NOT consider the 2 nights Rome, 2 nights, FLR, 2 nights, VCE. That's a surefire recipe to end up hating Rome.

You need a little time to get used to the <i><b>intensity</b></i> of Rome. 48 hours, and you're just starting to get there.

And I suspect that you can plan a trip better/cheaper yourself. There are lots of threads here on how to plan a trip to &quot;the big three&quot;.

Best wishes,

Rex

whoops...

&quot;tell us what IS in these packages&quot;...

HI!
Thanks for the questions. The package that we are looking at are for 3 nights Venice, 3nights Rome &amp; 3 nights Florence for $2790 or $3700 with upgraded hotels. This included air with Delta, hotel, and rail travel. Last summer, we went to the south of France on our own. It was alot of work planning everything. Thanks!

Air from where? what month? based on double occupancy? in what hotels?

I'll take your $7400 - - do a better job, give you $500 back, and keep $500 for myself (I think).

I have check into these RailEurope packages for a long time. They are always greatly overpriced. In fact, just regular train tickets cost extra. I'd rather just purchase tickets online directly from the railroad, or just buy them on arrival at the train station ticket window.

Hi Danka,

To give you some idea of costs, 1 cl ES* train fare from Rome to Florence to Venice is 81E ($105). You can fly JFK/Venice-Rome/JFK for $1280 in mid June.

This leaves you $2800 for 8 nights in a hotel. That's a very nice hotel.

((I))