the last time i was in EU. i did not purchase the europass. i still had a great time. the only thing is that you have to plan and schedule really early. well, without europass is less of freedom, but after readinjg so many blogs online, one can easily determine that how many days to spend at one place. if that is done, then the entire euro trip is almost figured out.
sorry too far away from the thread: as far as i could recall, it is possible to reserve any bullet train by europass (eurostar is the Italian operated bullet train, other bullet tian, like ICE by Germany, 。 by Swiss, 。.by France) (sorry could remember all the names) you can google them out. for the reservation, you have to pay on the ticket office even if you have europass, and usually for bullet trains, the reservation is not cheap.
i personally don't wann pay for the reservation fee, cos sometimes, it is just as expensive as a normal slow train ticket price. that is another reason i didn't get a europass.
for the general train info, just use German Rail website. loads friends and i believe it is the most comprehansive website containing all the info of the entire euro train network. you can search train schedule and price for any euro train. however, i suggest you to search the schedule&price info on german website, but purchase it one the official website.
other than the europass, don't forget the eurobus and all the low cost flight. they are of great help, too.
would love to help in any ways.
the last time i was in EU. i did not purchase the europass. i still had a great time. the only thing is that you have to plan and schedule really early. well, without europass is less of freedom, but after readinjg so many blogs online, one can easily determine that how many days to spend at one place. if that is done, then the entire euro trip is almost figured out.
sorry too far away from the thread: as far as i could recall, it is possible to reserve any bullet train by europass (eurostar is the Italian operated bullet train, other bullet tian, like ICE by Germany, 。 by Swiss, 。.by France) (sorry could remember all the names) you can google them out. for the reservation, you have to pay on the ticket office even if you have europass, and usually for bullet trains, the reservation is not cheap.
i personally don't wann pay for the reservation fee, cos sometimes, it is just as expensive as a normal slow train ticket price. that is another reason i didn't get a europass.
for the general train info, just use German Rail website. loads friends and i believe it is the most comprehansive website containing all the info of the entire euro train network. you can search train schedule and price for any euro train. however, i suggest you to search the schedule&price info on german website, but purchase it one the official website.
other than the europass, don't forget the eurobus and all the low cost flight. they are of great help, too.
would love to help in any ways.