My fianc (and I are planning our honeymoon from April 25th- May 16th. We are arriving into Paris in

My fianc (and I are planning our honeymoon from April 25th- May 16th. We are arriving into Paris in the early am on the 26th and leaving from Rome on may 16th. We know it's a pretty aggressive trip as far as locations, but we really want to get a feel for different places. We are active in our late 20s. Our hotels are booked, so now we are looking into trains. We are prepared to rent a car from Florence for Tuscany cheap travel packages caribbean since no trains go there. Other than Tuscany, we don't plan on renting a car. What rail passes would you suggest we get that would be the most effective for our itinerary? Can we accomplish this all with one pass or will we have to get multiple?
Here is what I would recommend - buying discounted online tickets for both France to Switzerland and in Italy - and getting perhaps cheap travel packages caribbean a Swiss Pass for Switzerland - Swiss Passes cover oodles of more things than a Eurailpass does in Switzerland too - like coverage in full on mountain trains from Interlaken to Grindelwald, Laugterbrunnen, Murren and Wengen and gives 50% off nearly all aerial gondolas and covers postal buses, etc.
And Swiss Passes are much cheaper per day than Eurailpass and also come in 2nd class at an even cheaper price. A Saverpass is for two to five names on one pass - cheaper than two solo passes by about 18% - and I believe you can travel during the sale period of Swiss Passes this spring where if you complete your travel before the late May you can actually buy two 4-day passes cheap travel packages caribbean (either consecutive or flexible) for the price of one - an astounding deal (Only applies to 4-day passes and if you can marshall you train travel into a 4-day period the 4-day consecutive pass would be the best deal per day - cheaper per day than a Flexipass is.
Use the pass to get to the Italian border at Domodossola and then get a discounted ticket from www.trenitalia.com to cover trains to Florence, jumping off point for Tuscany and get the online discounted tickets for your other two trips - you do lock yourself into a specific train that way but if you want flexibility just buy full fare tickets - never a problem getting IME and it should not break the bank.
For France to Geneva www.voyages-sncf.com has so-called PREM fares at deep discounts and to get often you must book weeks or months in advance - get one to Geneva - stay there the night and then start your 4-consecutive-day Swiss Pass to go to Interlaken or take boats on Lake Geneva (covered by the pass as are city trams and buses).
For lots of great info on Swiss trains and the Jungfrau Region by Interlaken I always spotlight cheap travel packages caribbean these super IMO saites - www.seat61.com ; www.ricksteves.com and www.budgeteuropetravel.com (check the latter for details on the Swiss 2 for 1 sale this spring to see if the dates fit the dates you will need to be traveling in Switzerland - that is where I heard about the 2 for 1 sale which has happened during off-season times for Switzerland of late fall and late spring.
Trains go some places in Tuscany so it would depend on where you were going. There are also buses to many hill towns, but generally a car is best. If you are picking up a car, might as well keep it until Venice and drop it there.
You buy Florence/Venice (if you don't keep the car) or Venice/Rome on Trenitalia's website. cheap travel packages caribbean There are cheap tickets for advance purchase online (as little as 9 for the fast trains) or the base price listed would also be the walk-up price if you didn't want to book in advance and just take the next train with space (mandatory seating - not included with pass, but included with tickets on Trenitalia).
Buses run frequent services to Tuscan hill towns - if just wanting to see a few take the bus if wanting to spend some days weaving around hill towns take the car but you do not need a car to visit any Tuscan hilltown - buses from Florence run constantly to Siena, to me the finest of all Tuscan hill towns and to many others.
Thank you so much for your replies. We are staying in Siena. It's good to know that we don't absolutely have to have a car. It's so hard wedding and honeymoon planning at the same time, so this is so helpful! I was able to get my train tickets from France to Geneva for 74 euros for the 2 of us! If I booked on rail europe it would have been 200 dollars. I am amazed! I compared the trips side by side on the each websites to make sure nothing was wrong. Based on the comments, I will definitely get a Swiss Pass. It sounds like the best way to go. A 4 day pass will cover our needs since we are leaving Geneva on May 1st and then leaving Interlakan for Itally on May 4th. We also want to do the Gondolas and the mountain trains. I'm looking into the 2-1 deal. It looks like it definitely happened last year, but I don't see anything yet this year. I don't have to book now, right? cheap travel packages caribbean I saw last year, the LA Times posted an article on March for the deal that started April 1st. Is there any benefit of booking the train pass now or can I wait? Is there a last date that I should book by if I wait or are they available up until departure?
I'm not sure why you would look at the LA Times for current train passes. Doesn't make sense. For Swiss passes, you should look at the Swiss site - Swisstravelsystem. Current special is 4 for 1 (4 days + 1 extra day).
Thanks. I saw an article that the LA times had last year in march letting people know about the pass. I was thinking that maybe the Swiss rail announced the deal in March for April-May travel. I think I am just holding out hope they will do it again, but maybe start offering it later than today. Fingers cross they will do it again. The current deal ends April 30th so it actually wouldn't work for us. How far in advance should I buy the pass?
most agents in U S have no mailing fees unless for rush service so order early enough to avoid mailing cheap travel packages caribbean fees - and check prices in U S dollars for passes sold here and prices in francs for the exact same pass sold at stations in Switzerland - I have been comparing prices for years now and usually the American dollar pricing for passes bought here has been significantly cheaper cheap travel packages caribbean than for the same exact pass bought in Switzerland - when I checked a few weeks back that waws true again - but it is not always and if as cheap there as here just buy there but figure in any c credit charges for foreign transactions.
The 2 for 1 sale has has been offered for several years now for travel April thru late May - call either cheap travel packages caribbean www.budgeteuropetravel.com or www.ricksteves.com to ask about sale periods if not on those informative web sites or of course look at www.raileurope.com - but it is impossible for me at least to get thru to anyone there by phone.
For info on others last fall's 2 for 1 sale covered only 4-day flexi or 4-consecutive day passes and covered travel only between Sep 1 and Nov 30 - expect the same to be so in 2013 as it has been often during that time period - though exactly what may be offered may be tweaked - sometimes an extra day on some or all passes or free trips to selected mountain tops like Mt Pilatus and others normally ocvered only 50%.