Are Train Passes good or not?

Question

What is your opinion on German and Eurorail passes versus just buying tickets?

Answer 1

BahnCards:

For frequent Travelers: If you often travel in Germany these offers may be right for you.

http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en...

http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en...

Länder-Tickets

For regional whole day trips: Travel in the Bundesland (federal state) of your choice!

http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en...

It depends how often you want to travel and how far and also if you want to be flexible or if you prefer to buy your tickets in advance.

I always book my tickets in advance and then they are really cheap...so I got a ticket from Frankfurt to Vienna for 29€. But this tickets are limited and if it's not possible to take another train than the reserved one.

Answer 2

I love them personally if you are travelling with some one and are going to be on the trains to see many places.

You can use a days pass and travel on ANY train in Germany except buses and taxis of course. But all day any train they are good. So if you go for say two weeks, get your self like 6 days, two will get used from the airport to your destination and back leaving you four other days to travel on train and you can add more days of course too as I said before.

Good luck

Answer 3

I want to remark that the "Ländertickets" are generally valid on all regional and local trains, to include busses and tramways of a whole country like Bavaria or Northrine-Westphalia.