Cheapest way to travel from Venice to Rome?

Question

I have to reach Rome from Venice on 11 July. Me, my wife, two kids of 11 and 9 years old. what is the most economic way to travel.

Answer 1

The Ryan Air flight that Tompin mentioned will be more expensive than the train for a family of 4. You'll have buy 4 tickets and pay for any checked baggage, priority boarding, ...

A Eurostar from Venice to Rome will cost you 168.40 euro for the four of you at the standard fare since your children are under 12. However, you can get the family fare for 146.00 euro. You will need proof of the age of the children (passport should do). An even better deal is the Amica fare if there are seats available at this price - it would cost 134.80 euro if all 4 of you can get the fare. There are a limited number of seats available at this rate.

The cheapest way to go by train is to use the regional trains. The 4 of you can go from Venice to Bologna for 24.60 euro.Then take an intercity train from Bologna to Florence 38 euro (30 if you can get Amica tickets). Then a regional train from Florence to Rome for another 46.50. The total cost is 101.10 to 109.10 euro. I do NOT recommend this for a family traveling with baggage - it takes a lot longer, requires two train changes and limits the number of schedule choices a lot. However, it is the cheapest way to go by train.

With a rental car, you don't have to pay per passenger. This is a good site for route planning here and it will give you an estimate of tolls and fuel expenses as well as routes, distances and times. http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/g... The driving time will be 6 hours or more depending on traffic and weather conditions and how many times you stop. Count on it being somewhat longer.There will be about 28.70 euro in autostrada tolls. Fuel is about 1.50 to 1.60 euro per liter right now. Viamichelin estimated about 53 euro in fuel charges.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Compare the train with a rental car.

Go to http://www.trenitalia.com and check how much they charge for the train.  They might have some special group fares and you should look around the site to see if you can get an "Amica" fare.

We once reserved a rental car at Naples airport for "$13" a day, which came to about $42 after taxes and insurance.  We reserved it on http://www.travelocity.com

You can go to the site and see if you can pick up the car in Venice and return it in Rome and what would be the charge.

And according to skyscanner, you can fly for 39 euros, but when I went to the ryanair site it said unavailable.  Maybe the site is down.  Check this link and see if it's available through skyscanner:

http://www.skyscanner.net/usd/flights/ve...