PalenQ

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I'm intrigued by the use of bed

sleeperette as discussed far above to me means reclining seat

if you indeed have beds for $30 each then that's a bargain it seems for a pass fare

just curious

PalenQ

still curious

PalenQ

A Day Couch is apparently a sectioned off area with six reclining chairs or 'sleeperettes' in them - not a private one person compartment as it has been labelled in some info.

3bugs

This is great info. How about the opposite? My daughter will be traveling from Prague to Berlin to Amsterdam and then Paris. I think
that is the total number of stops,
unless she gets off in Brussels?
Should she be looking at a pass? She is not a student, so would have to do full fare. Thanks for any suggestions, as she will be traveling soon!

TimS

3bugs,

A pass will not be cost effective for your daughter. The standard fare for Prague-Berlin is 56.80€. Booked well in advance (up to 90 days allowed) at www.bahn.de, she can get a Europa-Spezial Niederlande fare of 39€ for Berlin-Amsterdam. Booked ASAP at www.thalys.com, she may be able to get a Mini fare of 25€ for Amsterdam-Paris. Be sure to check all train times on the day she wishes to travel to see if the Mini fare is still available for any of them.

suze

So a sleeperette is basically a couchette but with reclining chairs instead of bunks?

PalenQ

If your daughter is under 26 i would not overlook the Eurail Select Youth Pass - five days unlimited travel - calendar days in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and France for $307 or about 190 euros and then she need not booking online fares in advance for specific trains - can take any train any time - except the Thalys train for which she would need a reservation fee of about $15 - cheap fares on the Thalys train can be very hard to get and she could pay $100 or more - esp if just showing up - yet the passholder fare is always a $15 or so supplement as the pass pays for the basic train fare.

the pass would cover her from the Czech-German border to Berlin, then to Amsterdam then to paris

and she would have two days left over to do day trips from Berlin, Amsterdam or Paris - like to Chartres $30 or so return i'd think or in Berlin to Dresden, etc.

The cheapest IMO is not always the best - esp since it pegs you into a non-changeable non-refundable train often.

For flexible fares the pass is a bargain it seems

but if she wants to go the Europa-Spezial route and can actually book them and knows the exact train she will take and not want to change then she could save some money over the pass but not all that much

I guess if she could use the other two days on the pass may make a difference - even if just to go to Versailles and back $10 or so only but if days to waste.