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German railpass?
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:18:50 -0700 (PDT), Holly
wrote: On Jun 29, 7:15*pm, Hatunen wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:36:41 +0000 (UTC), Jesper Lauridsen wrote: On 2009-06-25, Holly wrote: Well, I found one money saver (in case anyone else stumbles in here and is looking for information). The VRS serves the Koeln-Bonn area (including out to where I'll be working in Dueren), and has multiple types of passes, including a WochenTicket (43.5 EUR to the outlying "Region 4" areas), which should do just the trick. Generally, rail passes are only worthwhile for days where you're going to be travelling long distances. For commuter situations, much better options should be available - as you've discovered. If you're inside the coverage area of a local transport authority, they'll always have something useful. For the rest of your travel, check out the point-to-point prices before committing to one of the broader tickets. But do not, repeat DO NOT, check out point to point fares at websites like RailEurope. National rail sites are OK. I especially like DeutscheBahn for its easy to use schedule and fare pages. One thing to do is divide the cost of the pass by the number of days it's valid (except for full, unlimited, EurailPasses) and compare this to the point to point fares for your proposed journey. Be sure to take into account any joint fare deals if there's more than one of you travelling. Yeah, I've been looking up information/schedules/fares on bahn.de -- much more useful than the others you mentioned, for sure. However, I'm finding that a car rental for two days may be the better option. It'll only be me and a couple pieces of luggage, and for $120 (86 EUR) inclusive, that's hard to beat, Well, until you factor in European fuel prices and city parking fees and, other than Germany, tolls. and gives me more flexibility in when/ where to go places (see my other posts about the lockers at Baden- Baden, and trying to figure out where to hit the Westweg in and out). I love the train travel, but on this compressed timetable and with as much as I'd LIKE to do... it's presenting some challenges that I hadn't anticipated. It's all trade-offs. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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German railpass?
On Jun 30, 11:33*am, Hatunen wrote:
It's all trade-offs. Yup, I'm discovering that. Hah! |
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Hatunen wrote: Well, until you factor in European fuel prices and city parking fees and, other than Germany, tolls. And then there's finding a parking place. . . -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar) You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo* |
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