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Hello! Having decided to go interrailing in early 2024, I’ve taken no action so far, which is really ridiculous! This is probably not unconventional at all, but is it unwise at all to just book a pass with no sense of dates? I’m in a position where I could take a month or so off to go travelling and just think that booking the pass will actually spur me to take action. Does anyone have any advice on this approach? Does booking a pass with absolutely no planning work? For a bit more context, I have about €2300 saved for this trip. Now thinking €3000 might be more realistic… Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone !This summer, I would like to go to Stockholm with my partner and our two daughters. Our departure will be Paris.I have many questions for the community to better plan our trip:At the time of the trip, our daughters will have 10 months and 3 years → so they won’t need a pass to travel, right? On the web, I saw different possibilities to join Stockholm from Paris.  Paris → Cologne → Hambourg → Copenhague → Stockholm or Paris → Düsseldorf → Hambourg → Stockholm. Has anyone ever done one of these two journeys? What type of pass do you recommend to us?

Need confirmation that the 7 day pass can be used for the following itineraryMunich → RegensburgRegensburg → BerlinBerlin → PraguePrague → BudapestBudapest → Paris (flight)Paris → FrankfurtFrankfurt → BambergBamberg → FrankfurtFor our final leg Frankfurt → Paris  we will need to purchase a separate ticket as this will be the 8th travel dayThank you for your help     

How do I book seat reservations with GWR in the UK? There is no seat reservations to choose from, only tickets to buy?! read ACP cost and reservations should be free within UK.Thank you 😊 

I am searching Vienna to Krakow and find EC106 at 8:10.  It runs directly from Vienna to Krakow, but the only way it appears in the planner is with 2 changes.  Both OBB and RailEurope show the direct train, and RailEurope says it’s available the pass, and with no seat reservation required.  I guess I can just insert it manually (doesn’t look difficult), but hard to understand why to direct route does not appear.  I have checked multiple dates.  We’ve traveled multiple times with Eurail Global and never encountered this…..any comments?

My boyfriend and I will be traveling from Brasov to Vienna taking the night train around the 15th of AprilBut I cannot, for the life of me, find where to make the reservations for a bed. I have already tried the OBB website but it says ‘ticket not available’ over and over again… On the Romanian website I can’t seem to add my rail pass while booking… Anyone who can help me is a life saver!

Hello!  Besides the Rail Planner app, what other apps helped you organizing the whole trip (Accomodation reservation, train schedule and reservation, other ways of transport, etc…)  Thank you!  

Wie kann ich einzelne Fahrten aus der Meine-Reise-Maske wieder löschen? Es werden sonst unübersichtlich viele Einträge und ich bekomme später zum Codegenerieren Probleme beim Finden.

HI - I am looking at a 4 day pass in August to travel in Italy and then to Switzerland - I assume once I have bought the pass I then go ahead and book the trains - but how close to the time is it best to book?  Also, I have noticed on some of the journeys there is a change - this is not a problem, but some of the change times are like 9 minutes - if I miss the train am I ok getting the next one.  I have heard stories you could get charged extra for not being on the right train

Hello! My name is Andreea, I’m 19 years old, and I’m a girl living in Italy. My friend Giulia, who is also 19, and I are planning an Interrail trip this summer (late July/August), and we’re looking for people to join us. We’ll be starting in Zurich, then traveling to Amsterdam, Berlin, and possibly Krakow or Warsaw. After that, we’ll visit Prague, Vienna, and Budapest, but we’re open to changes along the way.I speak English, Italian, Romanian, and a little Russian, so feel free to reach out if you’re interested or have any questions. You can contact me on Instagram at @andr.ee.a.

Hello,May I use Global pass for S1,S2,S3 in Leipzig ?Thank You

Hola, mis amigas y yo tenemos el pase Flex para hacer el Interrail este verano. Hemos organizado ya los trenes y queríamos reservar los asientos. Pero en la mayoría nos pone una notificación en rojo de que no hay resultados de precios para reservar el tren pues es posible que se hayan agotado. Sin embargo, desde HelpCenter me han dicho que eso no pasa nada, que continúe con mi reserva. Pero ya no sé qué hacer. Que alguien me ayude por favor. 

Hello everyone 😎 I am planning a 2 month trip next year to France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. I am travelling totally by train.With the Global Pass /Continuous 2 month Pass, does that mean it is used from major cities between countries eg Zurich to Vienna to Paris and so on or can it  be also used in say Austria, where I will be for 10 days, between all the towns I want to visit?Hope I explained this well enough to followSue 

There is a national rail strike scheduled for 19 March 2025 in Italy, which is one of our travel days.I’m not sure what happens about ticket validity if we can’t travel on that date and have to do so on another day.We have reserved seats on a particular train (Messina to Palermo) and this constitutes one of our travel days - I’ve already filled in details on our paper Global First Class travel passes.The rules on travel days seem to be quite strict - do we lose that day’s travel?If we spend money on another train do we have to claim that on travel insurance?

SalveSto cercando di prenotare i posti per l’interrail direttamente dal sito. Seleziono tutti i treni che mi interessano e quando vado in fase finale mi da sempre un errore  Spiacenti, si è verificato un errore. Non siamo riusciti a salvare i tuoi dati. Riprova o contatta il Servizio Clienti se il problema persiste. Non riesco a proseguire Inoltre vorrei sapere se c’è una modalità online di prenotare i posti per le tratte gestite da Eurostar in quanto sia da sito loro che dal portale non riesco. Grazie

Hello! I have used these passes before but this time - it just seems more confusing so I hope someone can help.1. On this site - it asked if I wanted to generate a pass cover to use on trains trains - sure?. What is a pass cover? This is different than my Eurail Global Pass so what is this for? Can I book directly on other train sites?2.Also - I already worked out my itinerary and bought my tickets - can I still make a trip plan so I can see it more organized on this site (as well as that I bought some tickets through RailEurope)? 3.My trips show up on laptop but not on app - suggestions? ​​​​​​​THANKS!

Hi, I’m going to France this April.I have got the App from SNFC, now I can buy ordinary tickets to most trains in France but...going by Interrail means you only have to buy reservations - and on certain trains.On the app I miss the option to book ONLY seat reservations - anyone who has tried the app and actually booked a seat reservation on this app?I know that I can book reservations through Interrail, well, sometimes it´s easier to buy through the rail company.My actual problem is: Going by nighttrain from Paris to Capdenac and then from there going on to Lourdes. I have bougt reservervations the first part Paris/Caperdanac. In the morning I have to take at first a TER-train heading Toulouse and then lastly a Intercite from Toulouse to Lourdes. And then it would be nice to use this SNFC app and buy a seat for the last part - the Intercite train.I know it is not always mandatory on the Intercite trains in France to have a seat reservation.

Hi there! I’m a little lost at the moment. I try to get a reservation for a couchette to get from Utrecht Central to Basel SBB on 25-07-2025 departure time 20.47, arrival time 06.20. I can literally see on OBB that there are tickets available, but I don’t have a credit card and therefore am unable to pay. Is there any other way to get such a reservation? I’ve tried with NS international, but as far I can see, you can’t add an interrail card as a discountcard.

How to determine the start date of a global pass?

I would like to make a reservation for my trip in September, does anyone of you know why I can't add it to the cart?

Hi All, I am new to Eurail and trying to book a seat reservation from Barcelona to Lourdes.  When I use the Eurail website, it shows the leg of the journey, and there are 4 different legs, with one leg requiring a reservation from Narbonne to Toulouse.  The rest of the leg states “You’re ready to Board.”  My questions are this:When I received my seat reservation in email, it only shows the one leg of the trip, but not the others.  How am I supposed to remember the original time that the train leaves on the leg that I don’t need the seat reservation? Is there an easy way to document the entire trip with all of the different legs on the website, or do I need to write them down?Some of the seat reservations are triple the other ones, but travel in the same amount of time and leave roughly at the same time.  Why are they so much more if there’s no benefit to riding them?Thanks for any assistance with these questions.

Would this be an overnight trip and is it possible to book sleeping quarters if it is?

Are England, Scotland, and Wales considered separate countries when using the Eurail Pass?

Hey all! Ok, I am planning a family trip on the train from Paris - Switzerland.  I have added the trains/times that I need, but the train in the middle does not have a way to book a seat.  Since I have it added to my trip, and I am not activating my pass until March 14th, is that ok?  Basically, I am worried that once I activate my pass and get my qr codes, that specific leg of the trip will be full which would totally mess up all the connections. Or since I do have this leg saved to my trips, am I ok?  This is my first time traveling via train if you cant tell, lol.  I have seat reservations for the first one, but the second one is what I am worries about. 

Hello everyone !  I am in a deadlock as I want to travel by train from Sofia to Istanbul, but it's impossible to book a ticket online with the Eurail pass. Every website says I need to buy tickets on-site at the station in Sofia. My first question is, is it really impossible to book in advance, and secondly, is it risky to wait and buy the tickets on-site? Are there frequent trains that make the journey between Sofia and Istanbul?