i know where im goin , now which pass to get

[Ryan]

Hey guys, I've finally decided where exactly i want to go on my trip, so here it goes: May 5th: NYC to Amsterdam
May 6th-10th :Amsterdam
May 10th- 16th: Paris, Fontaine Bleu
May 16th-25th: Italy: Genoa, La Spezia, Cinque Terra, Rome, Pompei, Brindisi
May 25th- 31st ( still unclear where i want to go)
June 1st- 2nd: Florence
June 2nd- 9th: Switzerland: Zermatt, Interlaken, Gimmelwald
June 9th- 14th: Austria: Salzberg, Vienna
June 15th- 18th: Czech Republic: Prague
June 18th-26th: Germany: Frankfurt, Berlin, Dusseldorf
I was planning on going from May 5th- July 7th so as you can see i have some days left over... Where do you think would be a good place to add on days and also, do you guys think ill be ok buying the 15 travel days in 2 months, or will i have to buy the unlimited pass? Thanks
- Ryan

[Jordo]

I dont wanna do Too much work for you so ill tell you exactly what you need to do to find out. Count up Each time you hop on a train to take it to a big place.From what I read you might be able to get away with the 10 day, but I just glanced at your route. Just rember when you're over there you don't need to use your pass some of the time, itll be easier to just buy a ticket to a place not too far away from where you are to save your pass days. I use my pass to take the big routs like Amster.>Paris. Hope that helped.

[LHR02]

Brindisi? Just curious, why?

[Ryan]

To reach Greece of course. But do you think ill be able to get away with the 15 travel days in 2 months?

[Jordo]

yea 15 should do it, as long as you change trains correctly and dont loose days that way you should be fine! The reason i said 10 days might do it, was trying to save you a little money but better safe then sorry eh?

[LHR02]

Of course...but you did not have Greece listed inyour plans and that had me wondering...why else would anyone want to go there! As for the 15 day pass...yep, that should work as long as you are budgeted to buy a few PTP's in between.....I'd say in your Italy legs. Trains are pretty cheap there and you have some relatively short journeys. Save your pass days for the long hauls! e.g LaSpezia/Cinque Terra....like 10 mintes maybe on the train...just buy it and don't use your pass for that! An idea on prices....Florence to Rome was 29 euros, this years pricing. On the Eurostar. If your pass days are running short, it's cheap enough in Italy to buy PTP instead.

[Ryan]

Thats a great idea, but in all do you think the trip is managable? Also, where do ya think i should put my extra days, so that i dont watse any travel days... Afterall, as it stands ill have from the 26th of June to July 7th to do whatever. Do yo ureccomend me just going back to amsterdam and relaxing or adding days on already chosen destinations? Thanks again, Ryan ;D