I think getting a France-Italy Railpass would only be warranted if you are taking day trains Paris t

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My brother and I will be traveling around Europe for the first time at the end of August and beginning of September this year. We have been searching rail pass sites looking to see if they will save us money, but have just gotten more confused... does anyone have any input on whether or not we should by a rail pass just in italy? or maybe a eurorail pass for 2 countries? or go day to day? what about buying ahead of time online instead all travel and cruise center of waiting until we're in Europe? Here's our (current) itinerary:
You need a map of Italy and of Europe. You can look at one on the internet. Going back and forth to Florence and Paris does not make sense to me. Why are you doing this? Why make your itinerary so complicated and spend extra time on trains.
Keep in mind that the trips between major cities in Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice, and Milan) will be on fast trains, which have a mandatory reservation fee of 10 per trip, not included in the cost of the pass. You can get great discounts on all the trains you'll need if you buy well in advance. For the Italian trains, you should try to buy 120 days in advance. I'm not sure what the optimum time is to buy tickets on the French rail site. Both sites allow you to print your tickets at home.
The only round trip that would make sense would be between Florence and Pisa, which you haven't planned. This is a very short trip, on a cheap regional trains, for which you shouldn't buy tickets in advance. It's an easy day trip from Florence, and you should buy the tickets at the station. all travel and cruise center They don't have reserved all travel and cruise center seats, are not intended for a particular train, and never have discounts. When you're ready to board the train, you stamp the tickets in a little white, red and green machine by the track side.
It would make far more sense to fly into Rome and home from Amsterdam, and to proceed Rome - Florence (with a day trip to Pisa)- Venice - Milan - Paris - Amsterdam. This would avoid all round trips except the short trip between Florence and Pisa.
You can check both options on the Trenitalia site. For the day trains, it will show you where you'd have to change trains, and these cities would be logical places to spend a night. You can buy tickets as far as that city on the Trenitalia site, and from there to Paris on the French rail site. Both have advance purchase discounts. On the trains from Milan to the next city, the best discount is called the Smart fare.
On almost all routes, both on the Italian site and on the French site, you can get the best discounts by traveling at odd times of day, especially on very early trains (before 8 AM). The discounts all travel and cruise center sell out quickly and once they're sold out, there won't be more. If you can't finalize your plans in time to get the discounts, you'll end up paying considerably more. However, I still doubt that the rail pass would be cheaper. all travel and cruise center If you aren't eligible for youth passes, the next cheaper option is the Saver pass, for two people who always travel together. But remember to add the cost of reservations all travel and cruise center to the cost of the pass!
Looking again at your plans, it seems that you may be planning to make this trip in too short a time. At an absolute minimum, you will need 14 nights on the ground for this trip: 3 nights in Rome, 2 nights in Florence, 2 nights in Venice, 2 nights in Milan, 3 nights in Paris and 2 nights in Amsterdam. In order to see Pisa from Florence, you'd have to leave Rome early in the morning, check into your hotel in Florence, and see part of the city that afternoon. all travel and cruise center The next morning, you could visit some more of the city, then take your trip to Pisa in the afternoon. The following day, leave Florence early so that you can see some of Venice on your first day.
I think getting a France-Italy Railpass all travel and cruise center would only be warranted if you are taking day trains Paris to Venice and Milan to Paris - overnight Thello trains that connect these cities give just 215% off on the base - full price - yes there are discounted tickets if booked far in advance you can get that are cheaper overall than the 25% discounted tickets (with a discount however you do not use a day on your flexipass - only for things 100% covered do you do that.
And Paris to Amsterdam and back is only done by Thalys ( www.thalys.com ) trains and these have a hefty supplement for railpass holders that is actually - the supplement alone - more expensive than the cheapest tickets you can buy again if you act months in advance as they are sold in limited all travel and cruise center numbers - but I booked 39 euro fares recently without problem - this is as cheap or cheaper than the supplement using your pass would incur plus having to burn a day on the pass.
And your three Italian train trips again be sure to go to www.trenitalia.com or www.raileurope.com (RE now offers fares even lower than trenitalia.com at times IME and you can pay in dollars - credit all travel and cruise center cards used abroad have a 3% fee often attached to the purchase all travel and cruise center price so RE could well be cheaper on some trains (not nearly all).
So unless you are going each way to Paris by day train and do not want to pre-purchase Italian tickets (discounted tickets have restrictions all travel and cruise center on changes and refunds I think) - then maybe - as bvienci says go check the prices for discounted tickets and full fare if you want flexibility all travel and cruise center and then if close always go for the pass.