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Question avout the pass

  • August 2, 2026
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Hi ! I’m new here, and I’m planning to travel to Scotland from France. I just had a few questions about the pass. 
 

1-When booking my seat is optional, do you advise me to book it anyway (it adds extra fees to the travel) or is it usually easy to just hop on the train without booking ? I mean do I need to secure my ride because it’s often crowded ? 
 

2- I’m travelling from France, which is my home country, do I have a time limit to reach England ? Can I book separate trains on different websites in order to reach England ? Or am I forced to book the itinerary suggested on inter rail website ? 
Do I need to “declare” this first journey to get out of my home country somehow ? Does it count in the 15 days of the pass ? 
 

thanks in advance to the kind people who’ll take the time to answer me ! 
 

Jeanne 

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    ralderton
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    • ralderton
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    • August 2, 2026

    Welcome.

    You can only travel on two days in France (usually, one for your outbound journey and one for your return). This means you have to get from your home to Paris, and take the Eurostar to London on the same day. 

    If you split this over two days, then you would have no France travel days left for your return journey. 

    You can take any route and trains you want.

    As soon as you add a journey in France, it will automatically ‘declare’ that as a France travel day. 

    Yes, these come out of your total. They’re not extra. 

    The Intercités, TGV, add Eurostar have compulsory reservation. Reservations on trains in the UK (except Eurostar and Sleeper trains) are optional. If you want one, never pay for it. You can make a free reservation by following these instructions 

    https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm#great-britain

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