Does anyone have an axperience about travelling with a dog and an interrail pass ?
We want to travel in France and Italy with our dog next week ( 29 march-6 april). We havn't buy the interrail pass yet because we can't find a clear information about how to buy him his ticket.
Indeed, we can buy a ticket for a dog in the website if we buy an adult ticket. But with interail we dont buy an adult ticket. So how to buy the dog ticket ?
We already called trenitalia and they dont have an answer.
So we are a bit blocked.
Thanks a lot !
Best answer by thibcabe
I will be blunt: it will be much much less hassle if you use regular tickets. Follow these links:
Hours spent on the phone with customer service, queueing at ticket counters are not worth saving a little bit of money with Interrail (every high-speed train in France and Italy requires seat reservations, extra costs).
If you'd like some tips to save money, mention route and travel date.
Hours spent on the phone with customer service, queueing at ticket counters are not worth saving a little bit of money with Interrail (every high-speed train in France and Italy requires seat reservations, extra costs).
If you'd like some tips to save money, mention route and travel date.
In the last three years (interrail) we traveled with our working Spaniel through Europe and in most cases you have to use the local train company app or you visit the station to book your dog ticket :
Belgium - (Dog ticket)- dog can be anywhere on the train
Netherlands -(Dog Ticket) - dog can be anywhere on the train
Germany - Child ticket - dog can be anywhere on the train
France - Depends - dog can be anywhere on the train
Switzerland - Dog ticket - dog can be anywhere on the train
Poland - Child Ticket - dog can be anywhere on the train
Luxembourg - Free - dog can be anywhere on the train
Denmark - Child Ticket - dog has to sit with you in specific area (near Cycle Area) There will be a sign on the door. Best to reserve a seat
Sweden - Free (Dog ticket under 40 cm height) - Dog has to sit with you in specific area (near Cycle Area) There will be a sign on the door. Best to reserve a seat
Norway - Free (Dog ticket under 40 cm height) - Dog has to sit with you in specific area (near Cycle Area) There will be a sign on the door. Best to reserve a seat
In general it is very nice to take your pet backpacking , we normally take her bed/blankets , her bone and bear with us. We put a blanket down between us, we try to reserve seats so we know were we will sit.
In France / Germany / Poland/ Denmark/ Sweden they might ask you to put a muzzle on , although we have not done this in our 3 years of traveling.
Don’t forget to register your dog when you want to go to Sweden.
For Norway , your dog will need a worming tablet which has to be taken 24hr -120hr beforehand and has to be registered by a Vet in the Passport or Animal Health Certificate. In our case we got that done in Denmark.
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