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Has anyone used the service RAILPASS to book train tickets from US to Europe? Did you have good service, if you did?

Is this a website? I routinely recommend that any question about <i>any</i> &quot;rail pass&quot; begin with determining that a rail pass is a good idea for your itinerary, in the first place. Go to www.railsaver.com and be sure to check the box &quot;only if it saves you money&quot;.

On the other hand, perhaps your question is about buying ordinary point-to-point rail tickets. The best options for doing that can vary from one country to another. What countries are you planning to visit?

Best wishes,

Rex

I think they mean www.railpass.com

Hi J,

Good advice from Rex.

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I am in agreement with both Rex and Ira and have used many railpasses over the years.

But I would caution you to remember that whether or not to buy a pass isn't always as simplistic as costing more, or less.

Passes can also save you time and time is money.

I know it is &quot;easy' to go to ticket windows and use automated machines...it is VERY &quot;easy' to say this to people after you've actually done it, etc.

Just be aware of all the considerations when making your final decision.

www.railsaver.com is a RailEurope clone that uses highly inflated point-point ticket prices in whether a pass saves you money or not...the only thing you can definitely learn from railsaver.com is if they say a pass is not warranted - then you know the pass is not nearly a good deal...but because they use often highly inflated ticket prices that they themselves peg that can be 50% higher than those bought at stations in Europe if railsaver.com says you need a pass you may well not..they use bogus fares to sell railpasses. railsaver.com is a clone of RailEurope, often maligned as a 'rip-off' by Fodorites - railsaver.com is the arm of Trenitalia in the U.S. - called Wandrian Rail and their current CEO was formerly the president of RailEurope and they have, in my comparisons, usually identical fares and prices. A clever way to sell railpasses when they in reality may not be warranted but i believe to be honest the site should say they are comparing point-point prices using their fares and that fares in Europe are often much lower.
Very clever way to sell passes, i'll give them that.

Robespierre: i ackowledge that my use of 'bogus' fares was incorrect as per your comment in other posting - bogus not the word as they are railsaver.com real fares that they sell point to point tickets at.
I read the other post after i used bogus here again and would not use it again in this context.

I was just comtemplating if I should but a railpass on this site to travel from Zurich to Venice to Salzburg to Prague. Any suggestions now that you know where I am going? Normally I purchase my tickets when I arrive in Europe at the various train stations but I had it in my head that it would be better to do it before I leave this time. Based on the posting here I am now thinking twice about doing that.

No - there is no railpass i believe that would be worth it for this trip in light of fares in Europe - here's a case where railsaver.com could quite well tell you you need a pass, based on their prices. A three country EurailSelect pass costs a minimum of $325 p.p. - don't think you'd spend that much and it won't take you into the Czech Republic. check railsaver.com and see what they say - if they say no then you really know it's no pass for you!