I'll be going from Reims, France to Mainz/Bacharach area where we'll be staying before flying out of Frankfurt. I'm not finding any cheap train fare thru that route though. Any suggestions on routes i'm not seeing?
I believe the best way that i've seen is to go from Reims to Saarbrucken (thru Forbach) with a standard ticket and then get a Lander ticket for the two of us for the remainder of the trip to Bacharach. That comes out to about $75 ($55 for France train and then about $20 apiece sharing the Lander).