eurail pass

The question of European rail passes comes up all the time on this and other forums. The majority of responses favour point-to-point tickets rather than passes. But only you know your personal requirements and preferences so the question can be best answered by doing your own research on point-to-point prices versus passes. My hints: www.seat61.com is the encyclopedia of rail knowledge. www.bahn.com, the German rail system, covers schedules in many countries although not prices outside Germany. From DB's info you can look up the individual national rail sites.
RailEurope, pitched to Americans, often costs more than direct purchases from the various national rail systems and may offer fewer choices. Rail passes can be more complicated than they seem at first glance since some inter-city trains require a separate seat reservation at extra cost. And finally, Steves' own section on rail travel draws positive comment.

I don't understand the sentence "Can anyone help me to know is it worth to buy a pass if i am not able to get an international drivers permit."
If you are travelling by train you either buy a country pass, a local pass or individual tickets. As the above poster says, a local pass or individual tickets bought from the Railway compnay running the trains are usually the cheapest options.
If you want to rent a car and do not have a licence from an EU/EEA country, then you need a International Drivers Permit as well as your licence. You need to get the IDP in the country that issued your licence, and carry both with you (licence and IDP).
You do not need an IDP to travel by train!

Thanks Chris,
Actually U may not have read my previous post, in which Emily n me were discussing which way is better for 2 week travel in n around Austria whther eurail or car hire, that's why the topic of idp came

A Eurail Global pass is the most expensive pass and not usually the best choice for a trip that's focused on a compact area; the 15-day consecutive version costs about $630 per adult in 1st class. Cheaper passes that cover Austria include the Austria Pass (from $143 for 3 travel days in 2nd class and extra days only $15 each), Austria-Germany Pass, European East Pass, or Eurail Select Pass (4 neighboring countries of your choice, from $445 per person in 1st class). Choose the smallest one that fits most of the train rides you have planned. The more focused passes also give you a 2nd class option as another way to cut costs.

Passes do not "cover all the metro trains." They do cover S-Bahn in Vienna and in the German cities (either with the consecutive pass or on the your counted flexipass travel days) but do not cover U-Bahn, trams, or buses, which you'll use more often.

Laura,
Hi, i think you may have read both of my posts. I Want to ask you whether my itinerary is possible if we leave from our hotel say around 9 am and want to return by 11 pm After doing tours to the previously mentioned cities by hop on hop off buses ?

Is it possible? You have been given the travel times, you can use the DB website to get the actual train running times, and you will know what time you have to finish breakfast to get to the station.

Even with 6 hours each way, it can be physically possible to arrive somewhere at 3 in the afternoon and leave at 5 with 6 hours back. Can it be done? Yes. Is it worth 12 hours on a train for 2 hours in a strange city? You tell me.

It is up to you to make those decisions and choose what you and your family want to do. And live with the consequences.

Maybe you can sleep on the train to make up for sleep lost at night....

Hi Laura,
Please don't take it otherwise but I had checked the train timings n they had shown that it takes around 3 hrs 35 min from Innsbruck to Zurich and 3 hrs 30 min from Innsbruck to Verona. I have been to Europe last year also but it was a group tour which we didn't like personally so We were thinking of exploring maximum possible options on our own. Its okay if we can't go to Zurich and Verona but Kindly suggest what should be my options if I have a stay of one week at Innsbruck and one week at Vienna ? And a lot of help has been given by Emily by making an extra effort by even enquiring at oeatmc office regarding international drivers permit. Hope you will be kind enough to understand my prroblem and advise accordingly being an expert from Rick Steve's.
Regards,
Vikas

Hi Nigel,
My apologies for again and again creating similar questions and annoying you people, but Sir This paragraph addressed to laura Is also aimed for you as well. If you could please advise some further plans and options.
Regards,
Vikas