Using Railpasses
Question:
And don’t forget the super cheap weekend pass you can get in Germany. It has restrictions but is good for 2d class on most trains.
Response:
> Be aware that rail passes often turn out more expensive than ordinary > tickets, especially if you use special deals, as there is the ‘traveling > together’-reduction in Germany. In Holland, train travel is not expensive. > In Germany it is, but a rail pass (particularly bought outside the country) > can only be rewarding if traveling like crazy, I think.
The GermanRail pass, particularly for two travelling together, is an excellent value. The cost works out to about $33 per day per person. This is less than a one-way ticket from Cologne to Frankfurt, and it is about half the cost of a ticket from Frankfurt to the Dutch border on the way to Amsterdam. In fact, the entire 4-day pass TwinPass ($130 per person when travelling together) more than pays for itself in one train trip from Hamburg to Munich ($150 per person) . It’s true that the Benelux passes wind up usually costing more than individual trips, but the German pass is a steal.
Response:
> we purchased a twin German Rail Pass for 10 days. > When we travel from Hannover to Amsterdam, will we be able to use the > Germany Rail Pass. How about from Amsterdam to Cologne? Munich to Vienna? > Innsbruck to Garish, Bavaria?
You will have to buy point-to-point tickets for the portions of travel that occur within Holland and Austria. You can easily do this at any train station in Germany–if you are sure of your itinerary, you might as well do it all at once (buy tickets to Amsterdam from the border, back from Amsterdam, to Vienna, and from Innsbruck. What you should, however, do first, is figure out whether the portion within Germany you are travelling each time is actually worth using your GermanRail pass. The portion from Innsbruck to Garmisch that is actually within Germany for example, will only cost a few bucks, and will probably not be worth wasting a pass day. Even the portion from Cologne to the Dutch border may not be worth using the GermanRail pass if you are tight for pass days–you can ask at the German ticket counter for exact info on comparing dollars and cents–they will most likely speak good English.
Response:
Be aware that rail passes often turn out more expensive than ordinary tickets, especially if you use special deals, as there is the ‘traveling together’-reduction in Germany. In Holland, train travel is not expensive. In Germany it is, but a rail pass (particularly bought outside the country) can only be rewarding if traveling like crazy, I think. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> we purchased a twin German Rail Pass for 10 days. > When we travel from Hannover to Amsterdam, will we be able to use the > Germany Rail Pass. How about from Amsterdam to Cologne? Munich to > Vienna? > Innsbruck to Garish, Bavaria? > You will have to buy point-to-point tickets for the portions of travel that > occur within Holland and Austria. You can easily do this at any train > station in Germany–if you are sure of your itinerary, you might as well do > it all at once (buy tickets to Amsterdam from the border, back from > Amsterdam, to Vienna, and from Innsbruck. What you should, however, do > first, is figure out whether the portion within Germany you are travelling > each time is actually worth using your GermanRail pass. The portion from > Innsbruck to Garmisch that is actually within Germany for example, will only > cost a few bucks, and will probably not be worth wasting a pass day. Even > the portion from Cologne to the Dutch border may not be worth using the > GermanRail pass if you are tight for pass days–you can ask at the German > ticket counter for exact info on comparing dollars and cents–they will most > likely speak good English.
Response:
My wife and I will be going to Germany, Netherlands, and Austria in June. Since we will be traveling mainly in Germany, we purchased a twin German Rail Pass for 10 days. When we travel from Hannover to Amsterdam, will we be able to use the Germany Rail Pass. How about from Amsterdam to Cologne? Munich to Vienna? Innsbruck to Garish, Bavaria? Thanks! /Dennis Gehris/
Response:
My wife and I will be going to Germany, Netherlands, and Austria in June. Since we will be traveling mainly in Germany, we purchased a twin German Rail Pass for 10 days. When we travel from Hannover to Amsterdam, will we be able to use the Germany Rail Pass. How about from Amsterdam to Cologne? Munich to Vienna? Innsbruck to Garish, Bavaria? Thanks! /Dennis Gehris/
Response:
> we purchased a twin German Rail Pass for 10 days. > When we travel from Hannover to Amsterdam, will we be able to use the > Germany Rail Pass. How about from Amsterdam to Cologne? Munich to Vienna? > Innsbruck to Garish, Bavaria?
You will have to buy point-to-point tickets for the portions of travel that occur within Holland and Austria. You can easily do this at any train station in Germany–if you are sure of your itinerary, you might as well do it all at once (buy tickets to Amsterdam from the border, back from Amsterdam, to Vienna, and from Innsbruck. What you should, however, do first, is figure out whether the portion within Germany you are travelling each time is actually worth using your GermanRail pass. The portion from Innsbruck to Garmisch that is actually within Germany for example, will only cost a few bucks, and will probably not be worth wasting a pass day. Even the portion from Cologne to the Dutch border may not be worth using the GermanRail pass if you are tight for pass days–you can ask at the German ticket counter for exact info on comparing dollars and cents–they will most likely speak good English.
Response:
Be aware that rail passes often turn out more expensive than ordinary tickets, especially if you use special deals, as there is the ‘traveling together’-reduction in Germany. In Holland, train travel is not expensive. In Germany it is, but a rail pass (particularly bought outside the country) can only be rewarding if traveling like crazy, I think. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> we purchased a twin German Rail Pass for 10 days. > When we travel from Hannover to Amsterdam, will we be able to use the > Germany Rail Pass. How about from Amsterdam to Cologne? Munich to > Vienna? > Innsbruck to Garish, Bavaria? > You will have to buy point-to-point tickets for the portions of travel that > occur within Holland and Austria. You can easily do this at any train > station in Germany–if you are sure of your itinerary, you might as well do > it all at once (buy tickets to Amsterdam from the border, back from > Amsterdam, to Vienna, and from Innsbruck. What you should, however, do > first, is figure out whether the portion within Germany you are travelling > each time is actually worth using your GermanRail pass. The portion from > Innsbruck to Garmisch that is actually within Germany for example, will only > cost a few bucks, and will probably not be worth wasting a pass day. Even > the portion from Cologne to the Dutch border may not be worth using the > GermanRail pass if you are tight for pass days–you can ask at the German > ticket counter for exact info on comparing dollars and cents–they will most > likely speak good English.
Response:
> Be aware that rail passes often turn out more expensive than ordinary > tickets, especially if you use special deals, as there is the ‘traveling > together’-reduction in Germany. In Holland, train travel is not expensive. > In Germany it is, but a rail pass (particularly bought outside the country) > can only be rewarding if traveling like crazy, I think.
The GermanRail pass, particularly for two travelling together, is an excellent value. The cost works out to about $33 per day per person. This is less than a one-way ticket from Cologne to Frankfurt, and it is about half the cost of a ticket from Frankfurt to the Dutch border on the way to Amsterdam. In fact, the entire 4-day pass TwinPass ($130 per person when travelling together) more than pays for itself in one train trip from Hamburg to Munich ($150 per person) . It’s true that the Benelux passes wind up usually costing more than individual trips, but the German pass is a steal.
Response:
And don’t forget the super cheap weekend pass you can get in Germany. It has restrictions but is good for 2d class on most trains.
