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Youthpass,
which entitles you to
unlimited second-class travel for 15
days ($414), 21 days ($534), 1 month
($664), 2 months ($938), or 3
months ($1,160). Travelers consider-
ing buying a 15-day or 1-month pass
should estimate rail distance before
deciding whether a pass is worthwhile.
To take full advantage of the tickets
for 15 days or a month, you'd have to
spend a great deal of time on the train.
Eurailpass holders are entitled to sub-
stantial discounts on certain buses and
ferries as well. Travel agents in all
towns and railway agents in such
major cities as New York, Montreal,
and Los Angeles sell all of these tick-
ets. For information on Eurailpasses,
and other European train data, call
Rail Europe at
&
800/438-7245,
or
visit them on the Web at
www.rail
europe.com
.
A
Eurail Saverpass
offers 15% dis-
counts to groups of three or more peo-
ple traveling together between April
and September, or two people travel-
ing together between October and
March. The price of a Saverpass, valid
all over Europe for first class only, is
$498 for 15 days, $648 for 21 days,
$804 for 1 month, $1,138 for 2
months, and $1,408 for 3 months.
Even more freedom is offered by the
Saver Flexipass,
which is similar to the
Eurail Saverpass, except that you are
not confined to consecutive-day travel.
For travel over any 10 days within 2
months, the fare is $592; for any 15
days over 2 months, the fare is $778.
Eurail Flexipass
allows even greater
flexibility. It's valid in first class and
offers the same privileges as the Eurail-
pass. However, it provides a number
of individual travel days over a much
longer period of consecutive days.
Using this pass makes it possible to
stay longer in one city and not lose a
single day of travel. There are two
Flexipasses: 10 days of travel within 2
months for $694, and 15 days of
travel within 2 months for $914.
With many of the same qualifica-
tions and restrictions as the Eurail
Flexipass, the
Eurail Youth Flexipass
is sold only to travelers under age 25.
It allows 10 days of travel within 2
months for $488 and 15 days of travel
within 2 months for $642.
SCANRAIL PASS
If your visit to
Europe will be primarily in Scandi-
navia, the Scanrail pass may be better
and cheaper than the Eurailpass. This
pass allows its owner a designated
number of days of free rail travel
within a larger time block. (Presum-
ably, this allows for days devoted to
sightseeing scattered among days of
rail transfers between cities or sites of
interest.) You can choose a total of any
5 days of unlimited rail travel during a
15-day period, 10 days of rail travel
within a 1-month period, or 1 month
of unlimited rail travel. The pass,
which is valid on all lines of the state
railways of Denmark, Finland, Nor-
way, and Sweden, offers discounts or
free travel on some (but not all) of the
region's ferry lines as well. The pass
can be purchased only in North Amer-
ica. It's available from any office of
RailEurope
(
&
800/848-7245
) or
ScanAm World Tours,
108 N. Main
St., Cranbury, NJ 08512 (
&
800/
545-2204;
www.scandinaviantravel.
com).
Depending on whether you choose
first- or second-class rail transport, a
pass for 5 days out of 2 months starts
at $291, a pass for 10 days out of 2
months starts at $390, and a pass for
21 consecutive days of unlimited travel
starts at $453. Seniors get an 11% dis-
count; students get a 30% discount.
RAIL PASSES FOR BRITISH
TRAVELERS
If you plan to do a lot of exploring,
you may prefer one of the three rail
passes designed for unlimited train
travel within a designated region dur-
ing a predetermined number of days.
