Day Use?

[jhonrath]

I apologize if this is answered elsewhere, but I didn't find it. If so, please point me there.

But, do most people find they use their Train Pass for JUST longer trips, or daily trips as well.

Meaning, if I am in Europe for 2 months and spend 7 days or 10 days in one city......Will I want to use my pass for 'daypack' excursions as well, or only for longer trips.

I am basically trying to decide if we need 15 or FULL passes for 2 months.

I understand planing, etc will decide. But the basic question i'm asking is do the passes come in handy for short trips often, or not really?

THANKS!

[Kim]

Basically, you probably won't want to use a day of your pass for your daily exercusions. Most of the time these are cheap rides and wouldn't be worth it for you. If say you had a 15 day pass - divide the total cost of your pass by 15 and any trip that will end up costing you more than that, you would use a day for. I doubt that it would happen though as day trips are close by (hence them being day trips) so they don't cost as much as a day on a pass would.

If you are planning on spending muliple days in one city, you will want to get a Flexi pass not a Consecutive one. A Consecutive means that you would have a 15 day pass and you could travel all of those 15 days if you want. You want a Flexi pass, as in 15 days in 2 months.