quote: Does this mean, pursue, If I get a 10 day pass within 2 motnhs, I get to pick 10 days that I will ride the train ulimited that day????

uhhh, I’m a little confused with that question. Basically you will get 10 days of travel within the 3, 4, or 5 selected countries. If you get on a train today, the conductor will stamp your pass, that counts for one day. If you go to another city tomorrow, your pass gets stamped again, thats two days. You can make two trips in one day.

OHHHHHHHHHH!!!Alright got ya. When I get stamped for that day could I use the train over and over on that day or will it get stamped every time I walk on. So If I want to see germany to netherlands , netherlands to france, france to germany. That is a total of 3 stamps. one more question. Does the europass, will it take a stamp for going on a ferry….say to Ireland…thank you
brendan

Actually, YOU mark the date in a little square on your pass before you board the 1st train you take that day. The conductor will usually put in a tiny punch so you can’t cheat by erasing or changing the date. You can then take as many trains as you like (in the 3,4, or 5 countries listed on your pass)that day. A day is midnight to midnight. If the 1st train you take on a particular day leaves after 7:00 PM and arrives (with no connections) after midnight, then you can mark just arrival day on your rail pass.

I don’t believe there are any ferries to Ireland that are free with the pass, but the pass may give you a discount. The rule is: If the pass is good for free passage, then you use a day — overnight ferries only count as one day and you can usually choose whether you use departure day or arrival day. If the pass only gives you a discount, then you don’t use a day. You can find a list of ferries, etc. that are free or give a discount with the pass if you click on "bonuses" at whatever site you’re looking at.

I’m don’t understand your example Germany to Netherlands to France to Germany only using 3 days. Surely you can’t be expecting to see those three countries in only 3 days of travel. What cities are you planning to visit? Are you planning any day trips from those cities? Conversely, do you really need a 10 day pass? If you’re only going to be in Europe for 2 or 3 weeks and you’re in a fairly small geographic area, you’re unlikely to have 10 days where you spend enough time on trains to warrent using a day of the railpass —point to point tickets may be cheaper than a day of the railpass.
Use www.railsaver.com to see which railpass, if any, is best. Choose the "I have a pretty good idea of my itinerary" route and check "use a railpass ‘only if it saves money.’"

well …oldlady…I plan on spending 3 weeks in germany then taking a train to the netherlands(amsterdam) and staying there for 1 week then going to france(paris) and staying there for 1 week and most likely going back back to germany…I wanna drop a week from germany to go to ireland for a week…but if i dont go to ireland that will be 3 train stops….i am really unfamilar with the train oorganization…So if I get stamped on sept 15. I can use the train unlimited on sept 15… thank you…brendan

Yes, you can take all the trains you want on on September 15. I would look at the 5 day (certainly not 10) select pass for Benelux, Germany and France.

You’ll probably find that Ryan air (or another budget airline) is the best and cheapest way to get to Ireland if you decide to go there. Ireland via ferry will waste a couple of days in transit — each way. For about $30 more, you could get a 4 country pass to include Ireland (technically a "border country" with France and because they’re connected by ferry — even if ferry is not the way you choose to get to Ireland.)

Where is you destination in Germany? Point to point train tickets and/or a cheap flight may be a better deal than the railpass.

Well I am meeting my brother in Germany so I want to travel from some where near Bombholder to munich then munich to netherlands than netherlands to france. .I was hoping to go to ireland but I really dont think I am going to do it this time. I will most likly go from france back to germany.Now, I want to be on foot alot so I dont think I will need any more that a 5 day rail pass. Correct.

5 day rail pass is probably right. However, you seem to be confusing countries and cities. France is almost as big as Texas — you won’t cover much of it on foot. Are you just visiting Paris or do you intend to visit "France"? If you go to the Riviera, Normandy, the Loire Valley, etc. you’ll want some extra rail days.