RailPasses
 

HELP!...I'm so confused as to all the railpasses out there. I took Rex's advice and went to www.railsaver.com. That helped a lot but I still have some questions. I'll be in Europe, but I will only need a pass for the last two weeks. During those two weeks, I'll be first leaving from London to go to Paris. I will spend a week or so in Paris, then return to London from Paris for the last week. Does a railpass cover my tickets for the trains while I'm in each city, just btwn each city, or both? Do I need a separate pass to get from London and Paris using the Channel Tunnel? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

I'll defer to people who have actually ever bought a pass and needed to get answers to these questions.<BR><BR>Despite the comments I make from time to time about pricing at RailEurope, I do believe that their telephone operators give pretty good answers to quesitopns - - 1-800-4EURAIL. And there is also an e-mail form for RailSaver at http://www.railsaver.com/contact.asp<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

THANKS REX!!!!!

I traveled this route a couple years ago. I had to buy separate tickets for everything. A week pass for the London Metro, and round trip via the Eurostar, then another week pass for the Paris Metro. It is the only way I see it possible. I hope this helps?!

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I am trying to understand what you are doing in/from each city.<BR><BR>Interpreting "I will spend a week or so in Paris", it appears that you will be mostly in Paris. Then what you need is Paris city transit system (RATP) pass or even individual ticket purchased in unit of 10 at discount (carnet). If you however, plan to travel outside of Paris, unless you plan to travel 3+ hrs each day, it would probably not worth getting a pass for this purpose.<BR><BR>For London, you can get London transport passes. This one does not have the start day of the week restriction of Paris counterpart, so for London it is almost always worth getting pass for your stay. If you however plan to travel outside of London, again unless you plan to travel extensively by train each day, it probably is not worth getting a pass either. The non metropolitan transit passes (France or Britrail), however, allows you to get a discount on Eurostar tickets.<BR><BR>I do not think there is any pass that covers Eurostar. You have to buy individual tickets.

You're welcome, Erin.<BR><BR>Seems like Greg has pertient information and questions for you.<BR><BR>Let us know if the information dispensed by RailEurope and Railsaver matches what people tell you here.<BR><BR>

Any new info on this?<BR>

Sorry it's taken me awhile to reply back. I didn't realize my post was still being circulated. I've since checked out sites pertaining to the specific sites on the metro passes for Paris and the tube passes for London. In answer to your question Greg, the only trip we plan to take outside of Paris is to Versailles. We don't plan on taking any out of London as of yet. Thanks for all the info!

ttt = to the top<BR><BR>for Kevin<BR>

The old geezer knows.<BR>