Eurail Pass Necessary?

Help please! Is it necessary to purchase a Eurail Pass (which my husband and I already have) to take the train from Paris to Darmstadt (Germany) and then to Munich? I am confused about the requirements. Is it possible to just buy point-to-point tickets without a Eurail Pass? We plan on making reservations, but don%26#39;t know if it is necessary to have the Eurail Pass to do so.

Also, I just read on Rick Steves that one must be under 26 (which we are not) in order to buy 2nd class tickets. We already bought 2nd class Eurail Passes.

Any insights would be greatly appreciated--thank you!!

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A Eurail pass is mostly good for travelling on a train for more than two days. For example, if you are just buying a round trip ticket, the eurail pass is not usually the cheapest option. You might want to look at sncf.com and check the price for paris - munich. Normally you should be able to stop in darmstadt and continue on to munich a day or two later (but i haven%26#39;t done this recently so you should check).

Eurail pass offers youth passes, which are 2nd class passes for travellers under 26 on the first day of travel, or adult passes which are good for first class travel (you can ride in 2nd class too). Those rules apply to a multi-country eurail pass. Passes for individual countries or other combinations, might be different. You can get all the info you need on raileurope.com (but the train ticket rates you find there for buying individual ticket -- e.g. without a rail pass -- will be much more expensive than if you buy the ticket locally when you arrive.

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%26gt;%26gt; Is it possible to just buy point-to-point tickets without a Eurail Pass?

So you mean millions and millions of Europeans all buy Eurail Pass(similar to the idea of a monthly/weekly ticket) to do their travel? Anyone can buy point-to-point tickets

%26gt;%26gt; Also, I just read on Rick Steves that one must be under 26 (which we are not) in order to buy 2nd class tickets. We already bought 2nd class Eurail Passes.

Either you read it wrong, or HE%26#39;s wrong. Anyone can buy 2nd class tickets.

However, you need to be under 26 to USE Eurail Passes, so basically you threw couple hundred dollars away. But I think they do issue refunds for unused passes.

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Oops...

%26quot;you need to be under 26 to USE **2nd CLASS** Eurail Passes%26quot;

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Thank you for your help. Appreciate your time.

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