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Rail pass to save bucks
I go to Europe about once a year.
My usual procedure is to fly in, take a short train ride to a local town that has a rent-a-car dealer and rent my car there (so as to avoid the airport tax). I have a semi-business trip scheduled for late June to southern Germany & Switzerland. After looking at car rental prices and gas price this year, I think I am going to get a rail pass rather then drive. Yes, I will have to give up a little freedom, but the trains go everywhere I need to be. I am not taking a lot with me, and all of the items I buy I can ship from the local post office. I did some research on http://railpasssales.com and http://swissrailpasses.com. There are several ways of figuring it, but generally it appears that I can save a good deal of money. At this point it looks like I will have to buy two passes, one for Germany and one for Switzerland. It appears that once I finish my business in Switzerland, I can take a train direct to Munich using my Swiss railpass. Spend the night and then take the train to the airport in the morning. In Munich and Zurich, the S-Bahn will take me right to the locations I need to go to. In Lucerne the guy I need to see is a block and a half from the train station...and I usually have to walk that far when I park the car. I have used commuter trains like from Koln to Bohnn and Munich to Nurnburg and have never had a problem, so I can't imagine traveling full time on the will be any different. If anybody has any ideas or suggestions, I would like to hear them. |
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