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viorelNew aboard
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Calatorie Dus -Intors

Salut, Cate zile trebuie sa iau (4zile sau 5) pentru ruta Londra -Constanta-Londra?Am facut o simulare si i-mi aratau 4 zile.Doua dus,doua intors.

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ralderton
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FiekeNew aboard
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Popularity backpacking Balkans

Hey people, I have been interrailing for about 2 weeks now. I started in Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest and I loved the amount of people of about my age (21) that were solo traveling as well. After that, I went to Timisoara (Romania) which was very calm and I am now in Cluj-Napoca, which also seems to be calm. My plan is to do way more countries in this area, but I feel a bit worried now that I won't meet that many people there. However, I have been loving the most of solo traveling to be meeting new people. I am traveling from April untill June and I am mostly going to hostels. The countries that I had planned to go to are: Romania, Bulgaria, North-Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia.What have your experiences been? Do you think it will get better if I continue my tour? Or would you advise me to go somewhere else in Europe? Or do you have any other tips?

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EwaldNew aboard
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2 nights at Milan - where to stay?

Hi, a friend and I are looking for accommodation for 2 nights in Milan in August this year. Since Milan is not known for cheap prices and we don't want to share a room with other people, but prefer to have our privacy, we wanted to ask here if there are any insider tips that are not so easy to find on the internet or don't appear there at all?We are happy about every tip! Thanks in advance!!

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Ewald
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EdozzyNew aboard
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Help with Europe Interrail itinerary

I am interested in doing interrailing in Europe this summer for a week or so with my 11 year old son. A possible itinerary I would like- London to Strasbourg (on Eurostar)- Strasbourg to Munich - Munich to Salzburg - Salzburg to Zagreb - Zagreb to Bratislava - Bratislava to Budapest - Budapest to Prague - Prague to Nuremberg- Nuremberg to Brussels .- Brussels to London The cities I most want to see are Munich, Salzburg, Zagreb, Budapest, Prague. Are there any other destinations or routes I should consider to save time or ease of transfers? Is the above itinerary sensible in terms of train times and changes? Are there are any better night train routes to consider. I am open to suggestions. How long should I spend in each location? I was thinking 2 nights in Munich, Salzburg, Budapest and Prague. Any suggestions of things to see and do with an 11 year old. 

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BrendanDB
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7 months ago
kiss4498
kiss4498Rail rookie
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Night train between Brussels and Innsbruck. 1 or 2 travel days

I will plan my 1st train from Bruxel to Innsburk on 5 May. I have 7 days pass.If I take overnight train to arrive on next day, I used 1day or 2 days which is right?I've tried to book seats many times only to fail and was given attached screen.I am so anxious about failing using Eurail pass.Can l get helped in the train station on the spot?Please help me.Thank you for reading my article written in poor English.

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Leonie joyNew aboard
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Eurail pass reset password delay

The first time trying to use our Eurail pass wouldn't accept our password. I pushed reset password and am still waiting after 2 days. What should I do.?I have emailed them twice to no avail.

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JaniRight on track
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London/Paris/Italy

Hello!I am planning to travel from London to Paris and then visit several cities in Italy. Is the Global Pass useful for this type of trip? I wonder if I can use it to travel between different countries and within cities within the same country.Thank you💫

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One country pass

Bonjour,  Peut on prendre un pass global et rester dans le même pays (Écosse), sachant que nous y arriverons et y repartirons très certainement en avion depuis la France ?Le pass un pays ne comporte pas assez de jours de voyage pour nousSalutations 😉

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JemmamillarNew aboard
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DESPERATE - cant book seat reservation? :(

Hi! Does anyone know if there’s a problem with the website right now?I’ve been trying to buy train reservations for the past week but I am not able to press the button "continue to traveler details”, or if I get through to the next page where I put in our birth city’s, I then can’t click past to “proceed with payment.” It just won’t let me click the button to proceed further.I’ve tried everything - Eurail website on: iPhone, laptop on safari, laptop on chrome, cleared cache, tried on my friends phones & laptops, tried different times of the day, tried to book 1 train instead of multiple.. I need to make a reservation for 13 trains for our Europe trip, for late June-July. I filled in my name, address etc. but I can't buy them… we leave in 8 weeks, some of our trains are nearly fully booked out, and I’m stressing out 😔I’ve reached out to the chat bot & to support and I’m waiting to hear back. Is the website down??? Or how can I buy these seat reservations. We have a 1st class pa

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JKnightNew aboard
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Four-Day First Class Pass: France & Italy

Hello everyone! My wife and I are traveling the following itinerary for 16 days in May-June:Paris to NiceNice to Cinque Terre (Monterosso)Cinque Terre to FlorenceFlorence to RomeWe would appreciate any thoughts on Eurail passes. Is first class worth upgrading to for this itinerary? We’d love the space, food/beverage, and any other accommodations, but only if applicable and worth it.Thank you!!

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ChrisVRight on track
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Taking earlier train than the one I reserved seats.

We arrive by plane at Zurich airport @ 16:35 . I estimated the time to make a reservation to Chur, I chose 17:28 to Zurich HB then 18:38 to Chur. My question is if we arrive earlier can we just take the earlier trains ? Will my e-ticket still be valid ?

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ralderton
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7 months ago
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kkhyunjiRight on track
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Global Eurail pass

Hi I had trouble booking seats after purchasing 5 days flexi global pass.I was to book my train from London to Leeds, round trip. Does Eurail global pass not cover this trip? It keeps getting me to other train booking sites in which I have to pay the whole price for the tickets, not benefiting through global pass.Please help me get through this! It won’t work from Interlaken ost to Geneva as well. :(

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marie123New aboard
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different issues in my first reservation

Hello everybody,I paid for a global Interrail pass including all European countries which I activated and which will take effect next Monday (April 15) for my first trip Paris Gare de Lyon - Padova. I wanted to book the journey, which departs from Paris GDL at 7.21am and passes through Basel SBB, Milan and Padova (arriving at 7.14pm). However, I have several problems: * I can't book my ticket with a seat for the Paris Gare de Lyon, Basel SBB journey, as it displays this message: « One or more Passes don't cover this journey Select the travellers with valid Passes for this journey to book reservations. »* Finally, the prices displayed on the Rail planner application and Eurail are not at all the same (up to 3-4 times more expensive) ex: Basel SBB -> Milan (13€ on Rail planner vs 62€ on Eurail) Could you please help me Thank you very much 🙏🏼

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SarajoesRight on track
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Seat Reservation Routes (not available)

Hi, I’m planning my honeymoon and yesterday I bought the global passes for me and my partner but I had some problems to buy the seat reservations in some routes. In RED the routes I couldn’t reserve, I mostly use the web page of ÖBB.Day 1: Rome - Ljubljana (May 29th - 30th)20:17 - 3:57 (7h40m) Roma - Villach 35€ x 2 (EN 294)  6:14 - 8:10 (1h56m) Villach - Liubliana 15€ x 2 (EN 40237) (This trip without the pass)Day 2: Ljubljana - Graz, Graz - Liezen and Liezen - Vienna (day trip to Admont Abbey Library, August 2nd)5:00 - 8:22 (3h22m) Liubliana - Graz 3€ x 2 (IC 311) 9:45 - 11:26 (1h41m) Graz - Liezen 3€ x 2 (EC 164)   18:32 - 20:14 (1h42m) Liezen - Graz 3€ x 2 (IC 611) 21:26 - 00:02 (2h36m) Graz - Viena 3€ x 2 (FT 852) Day 3: Vienna - Hallstatt (August 8th)5:03 - 6:54 (1h51m) Viena - Attnang-Puchheim 3€ x 2 (IC 60407) 8:08 - 9:24 (1h16m) Attnang-Puchheim - Hallstatt (RE 4408) Day 4: Hallstatt - Salzburg, Salzburg - Florence, Florence - Rome (day trip to Salzburg and then a day trip to

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paul978bRail rookie
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Hiking with interrail pass in the Pyrenees

Hey everybody :) I’m trying to have a nice week of hiking in early May, and I was thinking of the French Pyrenees (I’m traveling from up North so Spain adds a lot of travel time), the French Alps, or maybe Austria.I’m having a hard time narrowing down my options! I would love to hike from hut to hut, and if possible walk through both forests and mountainous terrain. Staying a hut or hostel from which day hikes are possible would also be a perfectly agreeable option.Does anybody have any advice? Much appreciated :)

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ralderton
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7 months ago
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Emilycunniff01New aboard
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Interrail 2024 starting in the UK

Hi, we are planning to get the 7 days in 1 month pass in august. Does anyone have some suggestions for routes as I am totally new to this? I would love to include slovenia and Croatia. We are planning to do 2/3 weeks. Is it easier to fly over to Europe or use the Eurostar? 

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ralderton
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RajNRail rookie
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Eurail or flights?

I have following itinerary:Date From To 27/08/2024 London Armsterdam 29/08/2024 Armsterdam Paris 30/08/2024 Paris Geneva 31/08/2024 Geneva Interlaken 3/09/2024 Interlaken Venice 5/09/2024 Venice Rome  I am planning to spend 2 and half days in Interlaken (going to Zermatt and surrounding areas.Please help me deciding whether i buy 10 days Eurail Global pass or use flights and local trains.I see reservation cost is very high.

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MariaDVNew aboard
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Doubt btw 1 class and 2 class pass.

Hello! This summer, we are going to Germany, Sweden, and Norway, and we have a doubt about whether it’s better to buy a 1st class pass or a 2nd class pass. Can you help me, please?Route: Berlin - Hamburg- Copenhagen- Stockholm - Oslo -Bergen -Myrdal -Oslo. (*We would be grateful if you could also make suggestions about the trip) 

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SethACNew aboard
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Discrepancies between app and website

Hi community, I planned and read a lot with/about Interrail in the last weeks, but there are two major things which aren’t clear for me or at least are some strange discrepancies. Why is it not possible to use my Interrail log in for the app? I planned a journey in the app which doesn’t show on the website. A planned journey on the website (for testing purposes) doesn’t show in the app.Part of my planned journey on August 7th is ICE 16 from Cologne to Bruxelles, departure 11:42. It showed in the app and I saved it, so the connection definitely exists. But if I try to book a seat in the train on the website, the connection doesn’t even show anymore. There are suddenly only journeys with the much more expensive Eurostar. I also discovered many small things which aren’t working properly and honestly I have a little doubt to spend so much money on a global pass if I can’t trust it fully.

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ralderton
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CGB04New aboard
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Advice on route: Barcelona (or Paris) - Ankara July 2024

Hello!I am planning a trip from Barcelona/Paris to Almaty by train and bus this summer 2024, in order to get to my exchange university in Kazakhstan. I have never used an interrail pass, but I thought it would be a great way to plan the European part of the trip, from Barcelona to Ankara (Turkey). Looking at the railway network I thought I could go through Zagreb-Belgrad-Sofia, either through northern Italy (departing from Barcelona) or southern  Germany (departing from Paris), but I am not sure if this could eventually work out. I was wondering whether someone had already done this trip (Paris-Ankara or Barcelona-Ankara) and is used to taking night trains with interrail, etc. I don't really understand the seat/bed reservation system, which type of trains are the passes valid for, and what prices to expect in early July. If anyone could share information on these I'd be super grateful.Thank you in advance :)Cheers!Chloé

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lalaNew aboard
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Startdatum mehrmals ändern

Hallo, ich habe meinen ersten Reisetag in der App bereits einmal geändert und wollte fragen, ob ich diesen nochmal ändern kann. Wenn ja, wie genau mache ich das? Danke schon mal im Voraus!

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KernottNew aboard
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Booking reservations Paris to Barcelona

Is there a link so I can book the seat reservations from Paris Lyon De Gare to Barcelona Sants via SNCF/TGV?

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MikeOdNew aboard
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Reserving a bike space

I have 2 x 5 day interrail passes for me and my wife. I’ve reserved seats on a TGV Inoui from Paris to Strasbourg, but I couldn’t find out how to book our bikes onto the train. I know the train has bike spaces, so how do I add these to my seat reservations?

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BrendanDB
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Forden2kRight on track
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Inbound and Outbound journey on the same day

Hello, I have a 10 in 2 months global pass and will only use the outbound journey to leave Germany. With 2-3 days left on my pass I will take a flight back from Barcelona to Berlin. As the inbound journey will not be used with some regular travel days left, could I do another day trip let's say within the same day on another weekend from Berlin to Poland? To Poland early morning, back the same evening, although only inbound is still available

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JulieBRail rookie
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Seat reservation issues Madrid to Narbonne on AVI train

I’m planning out my trip for March 24 and have managed to book seat reservation on all trains except AVI 9725 from Madrid to Narbonne in France. I am told a seat reservation is required but that it cannot be booked on the interrail websiteNot available from Interrail.euThis seat reservation can’t be booked on our website. Check 'More information' for other ways to book.I have accommodation in Narbonne that can only be cancelled 2 weeks before the journey starts so I’m a little nervous not getting my seat reservation before then.Any ideas on how I can reserve seats before I start my trip? 

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