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  • February 20, 2025
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I have a small question that I have not been able to find a clear answer in the community. I'm interested in taking a 5-day global pass and I've read that trips inside/outside the country of origin don't subtract days from the package.

To leave my country (Spain), I am most interested in travelling from Madrid to Barcelona and from there abroad (in my case, Lyon). Is this possible within the ‘day of departure’ allowed by the pass or can I only make one trip (example: Madrid to Lyon) to leave?

Incidentally, this consultation is equally valid for the return to my country.

I hope you can help me in the community. With anything, thank you.

 

Best answer by rvdborgt

On 2 of your travel days, you can also travel in your country of residence. Most people use those 2 days to leave their country and to return. That also means you should travel across the border on the same day, e.g. from Madrid to Lyon (or the reverse). It does not matter how many trains you use, as long as it's on the same day.

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On 2 of your travel days, you can also travel in your country of residence. Most people use those 2 days to leave their country and to return. That also means you should travel across the border on the same day, e.g. from Madrid to Lyon (or the reverse). It does not matter how many trains you use, as long as it's on the same day.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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LorFion84 wrote:

I have a small question that I have not been able to find a clear answer in the community. I'm interested in taking a 5-day global pass and I've read that trips inside/outside the country of origin don't subtract days from the package.

To be clear, these aren’t ‘extra’ days. If you have a 5-day pass and you use one day to leave Spain and one day to return, you will only have 3 days remaining.

As ​@rvdborgt says, you should leave Spain on Day 1. 

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LorFion84 wrote:

I'm interested in taking a 5-day global pass and I've read that trips inside/outside the country of origin don't subtract days from the package.

Where did you read that? Could you post the URL? It's definitely incorrect.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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rvdborgt wrote:
LorFion84 wrote:

I'm interested in taking a 5-day global pass and I've read that trips inside/outside the country of origin don't subtract days from the package.

Where did you read that? Could you post the URL? It's definitely incorrect.

There’s this possibly confusing sentence :

one outbound journey and one inbound journey that occur during travel days at any point in your trip (outbound and inbound journeys are not extra travel days).

https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/what-is-interrail/travel-your-own-country

which can be understood as “outbound/inbound don’t count as travel days”. But the rest of the page is clearer so this should be understood as “outbound and inbound don’t add extra travel days”.

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  • April 14, 2025

Hello, first of all, thank you all for your replies. You are very kind.

My question, as you indicate above, is about my interpretation of the content of the following link: https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/what-is-interrail/travel-your-own-country

I interpret that if I have a 5-day pass and it includes the exit and entry of my country, those days that I use to enter and exit my country do not consume days of the pass, but they consume that day of exit and, on the return, of entry to the country.

This is what I would like to clarify because, depending on my interpretation, I would organise my trip in one way or another. It is not the same to make an extra trip to leave the country (to be able to stay overnight in another country and start using the voucher the next day) as it is to leave my country and have it count as day 1 of 5 of my voucher. 

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LorFion84 wrote:

My question, as you indicate above, is about my interpretation of the content of the following link: https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/what-is-interrail/travel-your-own-country

I interpret that if I have a 5-day pass and it includes the exit and entry of my country, those days that I use to enter and exit my country do not consume days of the pass, but they consume that day of exit and, on the return, of entry to the country.

As you can see on this page, the in/outbound days are not extra travel days.

It's just that on 2 of your travel days, you can also travel in your country of residence.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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But you can travel both within your country of residence and in another country on an inbound/outbound travel day. It is just a normal travel day where you also can travel in your country of residence. 

Please note that I don't work for Interrail/Eurail and that I don't reply to personal messages.

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