BlogItaly Eurail Pass : Reviews
SEP
Recommend:
Overall rating:
"Enjoyed the high speed trains!"
Value for money: 4/5
Ease of use: 4/5
Suitability: 4/5
Make sure you use the Europass App it is very helpful for planning your trip each day you are using the trains. It will advise you regarding reserving your seat, which is an additional cost but compulsory on some trains and it's better to know in advance than to find out just before you expect to board! All in all we found it worthwhile to have a prepaid Europass for our time in Italy.
JUN
Recommend:
Overall rating:
"Easy to use"
Value for money: 5/5
Ease of use: 5/5
Suitability: 5/5
Very easy to use and accepted each trip by authorities without any issues
JUN
Recommend:
Overall rating:
"Great month in northern Italy with no driving!"
Value for money: 5/5
Ease of use: 5/5
Suitability: 5/5
Having purchased the pass it didn't seem right to have to pay a further 10 euros for seat reservations.
MAY
Recommend:
Overall rating:
"Italian train experience "
Value for money: 2/5
Ease of use: 3/5
Suitability: 3/5
Unfortunately my sister and I had a bad experience and 50 Euro fine on one of our trips. We bought a 5 trip ticket with additional trip included free. Unfortunately on our 5th trip I completed the Journey details including Day, Month, Time, From, To and Type of transport but forgot to enter the date on the Pass. We are two 60ish women and had completed all the previous details. The conductor was very rude and made me pay a 50 Euro Fine. I know that the rules say it has to be filled in before the trip but really the date was entered in the Diary. Very embarrassing for us too.
NOV
Recommend:
Overall rating:
"Easy to use and convenient once we had booked but I found the website difficult"
Value for money: 3/5
Ease of use: 3/5
Suitability: 4/5
Eurail pass is handy but I am not sure if it's good value or not for off peak times - we travelled in October and all the trains were 1/2 full. It was good to know we had tickets all the same. I found the rail plus website quite cumbersome to navigate and. I would advise anyone to make more detailed enquiries and comparisons before purchasing.
OCT
Recommend:
Overall rating:
"Very convenient and lots of ammenities. Great service using Italy Eurail Pass."
Value for money: 5/5
Ease of use: 5/5
Suitability: 5/5
SEP
Recommend:
Overall rating:
"Easy option for traveling from city to city"
Value for money: 5/5
Ease of use: 5/5
Suitability: 5/5
Traveling by rail between cities in Italy is a lot easier than driving by car.
MAY
Recommend:
Overall rating:
"great value, however due to me having an accident on day 1 , only able to use it for one trip out of the 3"
Value for money: 5/5
Ease of use: 4/5
Suitability: 5/5
Was not aware you had to pay for reserved seats even in second class on their fast trains. so had to pay 36 euro to the conductor on the train, it would have only been 20 euros if I had paid at the station.
