Big 2015 Eurail news: Super affordable train travel across Europe, now earn an iPad Air!

Written/Compiled and Reported by the MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network Editorial Team

Traveling across Europe is a highly favored itinerary for many, especially taking European trains to collect the autumn and winter scenery of various countries on the continent, which greatly satisfies one’s romantic imagination of travel. But European train ticket prices increase every year, so if you want to save money, you need to better seize the discounts and travel Europe wisely. In 2015,The Eurail "Select Pass 4 Countries" assigns points—1, 5, or 20—to countries based on their tourism popularity. Depending on the combination of the 4 selected countries, their total score determines whether the chosen country package falls under High, Medium, or Low fare categories.

After scoring, it was found that2015traveling to Eastern European countries such as Greece, Turkey, Ireland, Portugal, Finland, or Slovakia will be the most cost-effective this year, with ticket prices nearly2014percent lower than those in4percent off the previous year's rates. You can actually save up to 290 Euros (approximately New Taiwan Dollars 11,600 ), equivalent to getting a free iPad Airfor nothing. But if you want to visit popular countries like Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, or Austria, simply pairing a popular country with any two1score countries can help you save on ticket costs, equivalent to2014 year 9 to 85 percent off prices. Additionally,starting from1month1day, all children4 - 11 years old will be able to use the Eurail train pass for free,with each adult allowed to bring up to two 4 ~ 11 year-old children (not required to be blood relatives or family), which is definitely great news for parents planning to take their kids abroad.