It’s almost August 2010, the Summer travel season is sadly just about to blow past us like the Eurail going full steam ahead. There are many rail pass promos running at the moment with Rail Europe, so check them out. I’ve got my mid August tickets booked and I’m ready to hopefully enjoy the last two weeks of August deep in the hills of Austria. I’m also hoping that September was as warm and Summery as it was last year.

There is no better way to see Europe than by train, especially on a budget. You can see an endless variety of landscapes in a relatively short amount of time. Europe is set up for rail travel, so you can get practically anywhere, unlike the U.S., where many people never even consider taking trains (or buses). In recent years, Eastern European countries, such as the Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania are open to travel.

Using a Eurail pass is much more practical than buying individual train tickets because you don’t have to worry about reserving tickets in advance and planning every day of your travel itinerary before you arrive in Europe. The rail pass is validated by the conductor on the first day of travel and from that date its validity period begins and the owner can travel for the specified number of days during the validity period without buying individual tickets or waiting in line.