What is the quickest and cheapest way to travel from country to country in europe?

I have been to Germany and Netherlands and traveled around by train. I bought a Euro rail pass, but it was 260 dollars and only took me to 3 different cities. Is this the cheapest way to travel? Ryanair I hear is cheap, but I haven't done research yet. Any suggestions? Should I bus it?|||Definitely Ryanair or Easyjet





Have a look at their sites:





http://www.ryanair.com/en





http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/book


/index.asp?lang=en





The only small problem of Ryanair could be the fact that the airports which its planes land at are never the central ones, but are a bit far from the city, so you have to take a bus in order to arrive in the city, it usually takes 1 hour about, but this is perfectly compensated by its prices...





P.S: don't trust those people who say that Ryanair is not safe, they're only sceptics that can't understand why its tickets can be so cheap, but they totally ignore that safety is not the thing which is "sacrificed", there are other things that allow Ryanair to be so competitive like the low number of workers, a "no frills" politic, the fact that the taxes of the ariports which are used by its planes are lower than the ones in the central airport etc etc...





Have a good Journey!|||The Quickest way would be to fly but not necessarily the cheapest.





Going by coach is really cheap but it takes a lot longer tho, A Euro rail pass is ok it depends which one you get tho.





Ryan air is cheap but you might be limited to where you can fly from certain countries because they have alot of flights from the uk but not necessarily say from France for Example.





I would get a coach pass or a Rail pass again and explore Europe from the inside as by plane you dont get to see any sites on your way to your next destination.|||It really depends on where you're going. A Eurail pass is usually only a good deal if you take a train trip nearly every day, and some of the trips are overnight so you save on hotels. I'd research the prices for individual tickets. The German rail site is a good place to look, even for trips to countries other than Germany..





Ryanair is a very cheap airline with a horrible reputation (although they weren't so bad when I flew them.) Europe has lots of other cheap airlines, too. The flycheapo site linked below is a good source to find out about them.





Long distance buses are also a possibility, but they're not particularly fast. I'd look for cheap flights.|||Well, I've bussed it, and one time I rented a car in France (driving to Germany) with three other people and split it (if you don't have a credit card, find someone who does, who wants to go too, and then everyone gives that person some cash).





Last time I went to Europe (2006), my girlfriend got our Euro rail passes here (in the US) and they were for unlimited service -- we hit about 10 different cites. If I remember right, the cost was about what you said you paid ($260/each person), although it might have been more, but it was unlimited service.





Check with AAA or a travel agent or go online, I know in many cases you can get a much better deal on Euro mass transit pases IF you buy the passes here before you go.





Anyway, Good Luck and Have Fun!|||cheapest way is railway that to euro rail pass.