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Part 3 - Continuing from "Traveling within Europe" - By Anne-Marie D
Talking about Rail passes, it's absolutely worthwhile to check out the possibilities. Most travelers know about the Interrail pass, which is excellent, but there are so many good alternatives, especially for local travel.
The last time I traveled to the UK I just needed to be there for 5 days, and I would only be traveling on 3 of these days. Sorting out train prices in the UK is pretty baffling as they vary according to what time of day you travel but also according to how far in advance you purchase your ticket. Same-day purchases are prohibitively expensive but I could not control my schedule so it was to commit to a certain train. Low and behold, I find a train pass that was almost as cheap as the cheapest possible tickets and gave me complete flexibility! Yay for BritRail! One word of caution, you do need to be outside of Britain when you purchase your pass.
To be continued...
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