Okay, so I get it that they want us to use the electronic pass, but given the buggy app, I much prefer using a paper pass. We're not heading out until August, so plenty of time to receive the paper pass, right? On one part of the Eurail website, it says to allow 10 days to receive it. Seems about right. But now that I'm making the actual purchase, it says "Your order will arrive by August 18th, 2022." Huh?? Two months from now?? That can't be right (and won't work for us).
Anyone bought a paper Eurail pass recently? Did you have any trouble receiving it in a reasonable length of time?
[And yes, I know we could just buy tickets separately instead. But two of our three weeks will be spontaneous, so we won't benefit from advance purchase discounts, and we're most likely not going to France or Italy at all (the countries most requiring reservations, making a pass far less useful). We're also both members of discounted Eurail fare categories. I did the math, and unless we end up staying in one place for two weeks (!!) we come out ahead by buying Eurail passes.]
Did your pass arrive promptly? Or are the electronic tickets working better now? Other thoughts?
Thank you!