Can I buy the Eurail/Eurorail global pass for 3 months twice? Totally for 6 months?

If you want to travel for 6 months in Europe, you should look into the less expensive ways to travel.

It is very likely that you will spend much more with an Eurail global pass than you would with point to point tickets bought well in advance, it is even possible that the pass will cost you more than point to point tickets bought at the day of traveling, as Eurail is not that good a deal.



And if you travel around for 6 months you will not be doing long distances all the time, and for short distances and local travel normal tickets work out cheaper most of the time.



I can not tell you if you can buy a global pass twice, but seeing the profit they make on most passes I am pretty sure you can.



I can not find anything about not being allowed on the Eurail site I visited, and they do indicate that you can use several one country passes, so I think they would have mentioned it if consecutive passes were not allowed.

But before you spoon out the money, better check with a travel agency which sells the pass.

(If you insist on spending all that money knowing that you are likely going to spend more on the passes than on individual tickets.)Can I buy the Eurail/Eurorail global pass for 3 months twice? Totally for 6 months?
Check with your travel agent to be sure, but I don't believe you can do it for 2 consecutive 3 months period.Can I buy the Eurail/Eurorail global pass for 3 months twice? Totally for 6 months?
First, everything Willeke said about the Eurail pass vs point-to-point tickets is absolutely correct. It is often cheaper buy individual tickets here because you can take advantage of the discounted fares available from the national train systems and many trains require a supplement/reservation fee with a pass. Eurail is most advantageous if you do a lot of travel and stick mostly to the slower regional trains that don't require a supplement/reservation fee. I would take her advice and NOT buy the pass without first doing a lot of research to verify that the travel you may want to do makes it worthwhile - it usually is not.



However, if you really wanted to do this, there's nothing to prevent it. You need to validate the ticket before using it the first time by going to a ticket window in one of the train stations and having the official there fill in the start and end dates. All you need to do is wait and present the 2nd pass at a ticket window after the 1st one has expired. You can even wait to buy the 2nd ticket and have it delivered to you somewhere here in Europe (such as a hotel).



You do need to know that there are restrictions on your being able to stay here for long periods though. You can only stay in the Schengen area (24 countries currently) for up to 90 days for tourism in any six month period without a visa. Then you would need to leave the area entirely for the next three months.