Me and my two mates aged 19 are wanting to travel throughout Europe next year, what is the cheapest option?

We were wondering if something like Eurorail is a good option? We will be going around for anything around the 3 month mark. ThanksMe and my two mates aged 19 are wanting to travel throughout Europe next year, what is the cheapest option?
Eurail can be a good option, but it will not be the cheapest option.

Coach/bus travel is cheaper per distance. And even early booked point to point train tickets are often cheaper than an Eurail pass.



Cheaper still, but not for everybody, is a cycling trip. In 3 months you can cover quite a bit of Europe, while cycling you do not spend much on sightseeing and camping, even camping wild, is a good option, as is doing your own cooking from cheaply bought supermarket or roadside stalls food.

Walking would not be as cheap, as you will be less able to cover distances and carry luggage, which will result in needing to pay for a night in a hostel or hotel more often, and in not being able to buy the cheapest food. But if you like hiking it can be a good option.



Traveling by coach (Eurolines is the best known company) or train, (whether by Eurail or by point to point tickets,) you can travel from main city to main city or you can combine the most known cities with smaller towns or less known bits of countryside.

The most popular cities are mostly the most expensive, so traveling smaller places is likely cheaper as well. But the best about traveling that way is that you will remember all better. Only major cities will blur together, specially if you do nothing else for 3 months.



Whether Eurail is the cheapest option for you when you chose rail travel depends on how much you intent to travel and how much flexibility you want to have.

In a long travel you can afford to travel short distances most or the time or even all the time, which is relatively cheap. If you want to do many long distances you will find Eurail working out cheaper, but you will have to make reservations and pay fees for that, and that does add to the costs too.

This page can tell you all you need to know about Eurail: http://www.seat61.com/Railpass-and-Eurai鈥?/a>

Specially the part 'Should I buy a rail pass or point-to-point tickets?' will be helpful for you.

http://www.eurolines.com/ also has a pass, and can help you doing longer distances cheap when traveling the shorter distances by train on point to point tickets.



An other option might be busabout, which is a combination of organized bus travel and do your own place to stay. If you want to do that you can find it through google.



Most people traveling by rail use hostels as places to stay.

There are many sites helping you find them, select one with reviews.

Other options are couchsurfing, or tent and campsite.

When traveling with a tent you have to remember that most main cities do not have many campsites and that most of those are a long trek from the station and city center.

A good guidebook will help you, Lonely planet guides do give campsite information even in big cities.



There are a lot of other questions about traveling Eurail (and InterRail which is alike for European citizens) and other traveling in Europe. So just search if you want more information.Me and my two mates aged 19 are wanting to travel throughout Europe next year, what is the cheapest option?
Buy a beat up old van and travel and sleep in that.