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Tania BaeyensKeeps calm and carries on

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Don JojoRail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

The use of inbound/outbound when passing through home country

Hi,I wanted to travel first from my home country Germany to Sweden and using the outbound journey day for this. Afterwards I wanted to use the inbound journey day to pass with the night train through Germany to Austria and then continue on south. Afterwards I wanted to drive home to Germany using regular tickets.But the Interrail Info about passing through your home country says:“Keep in mind that when you want to travel from one country to another, and you have to travel through your country of residence, the app wil apply both the inbound and the outbound journey to this trip. “Does this mean that I need to spend both the inbound and the outbound journey day to pass through my home country, although this only ‘costs’ one travels day?And a second question: When I return from Sweden using the over night ferry Goteborg - Kiel (Kiel is in Northern Germany), do I have to spend one of the two outbound/inbound days to arrive at Kiel? Or can I stay two days in Kiel and then start the inbound

1 year ago

mcadvFull steam ahead

posted in Train connections & reservations

About making reservations In France/SNCF

As I am now in FRance and travelled yesterday and then overnight to the south a few points to clarify due to recent topics raised. These are from trying out on the long-distance (purple) machines to see how it works and what is available. These machines work the same all over FRance. There are also blue machines for local tickets only without any REServation and the like.It takes a fairly long way but it is possible to make REServations as passholder (differntiated between IR and EU and for both 1st or 2nd). Set up trip, probably for ´later/other station´ then there follows a very long list of types of pax (age, help needed for handicap, etc.) and then a page for ´reductions´ (I always use the French text-you can set them to /en/ and mostly also /de/). Click on MORE/autres there comes the Ir/EU option etc.It will take a few seconds but then appears an overview on date/time chosen for connections and prices to pay. To my utter amazement sometimes it even showed 2 connecting TGV for 10€

1 year ago

cyberbubKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Train connections & reservations

Spain reservation fees

I’m just considering buying an Interrail for me and my son for a 10-day trip from the UK into France and Spain. Last time I had an Interrail was 30 years ago - all paper-based, and very very few reservation fees!If we want a train journey with a connection (for example Granada to San Sebastian, which has at least 1 and maybe 2 or 3 connections) - do you have to make and pay for a reservation for every single ‘leg’ of the journey? For a journey with 2 connections, that would be E10 + E2 Interrail reservation fee on the app.. x 2 ‘legs’ = E24 just for reservations, per person? Is that correct?I have even read that you can’t actually book reservations on the Interrail app for Spanish trains, is that correct? So how would you do it - only in person at the station? It all sounds like a nightmare, possibly not worth it!!Thanks for any info!

1 year ago

Marie BrunnRail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Global Paper pass; do I write my return date to homecountry before I start my trip?

Hi guys do i have do write the date of my return to my homecountry on the pass before i start the journey or can i do that like one day before my actual return?

1 year ago

BillBurkeRail rookie

posted in Train connections & reservations

Eurail & France reservation Issues

After much searching, I have finally come to understand how miserable it is to try to use a Eurail pass in France. This was not the case last time I used the pass many years ago. I now have 2 first class passes, and I cannot seem to make any reservations for any French trains. Eurail claims that they can do it, but everything comes up “price not available” even months in advance. DBahn also has the same issue. B-Europe says it can’t find any trains. My first leg is 05/27 from Paris to Bayeux (small town in Normandy). There are multiple trains per day going that route, and there’s no way they’re all booked at this point. I have $70 worth of long distance charges trying to call SNCF (didn’t expect that from my phone plan!). I wait on hold for 15 minutes, and the automated system says something very fast in French and hangs up on me. Great use of time/money! I’m completely fed up with this whole process. I’m about ready to cancel the stupid pass, rent a car, and drive everywher

1 year ago

Natalie HesfordRail rookie

asked in Train connections & reservations

Printing reservation tickets even if I have a mobile pass. Why is this needed?

Hi! I am traveling using a global Eurail pass this summer for France, Italy, and Spain. I have a mobile pass and have paid for seat reservations on trains from Bordeaux to Paris and Florence to Rome. In the emails for our bookings they say we need to print out copies of our tickets, even though we have the mobile pass. Why is this the case and what will actually be needed when we board the train? The email says this: “Remember, you’ll need physical copies of your reservations to show the conductor on board the train, along with your eurail Pass. Showing this email won’t be enough, so make sure you keep your print-outs somewhere safe.” I just don’t understand why we’d need paper copies if we already have a mobile pass??? We’re also trying to find trains from Paris to Barcelona but now realize you must have a paper pass that is mailed. How realistic is it that we could book a train a few days in advance from Paris to Barcelona at a station in Spain in person when we get there?

1 year ago

emmakatharineNew aboard

posted in Train connections & reservations

Concerned about not getting seats on popular train routes Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal)

Digging through the posts about Portugal reservations, I understand that I won’t be able to make my reservation until I am actually there. However, I am concerned about actually being able to get seats on a popular train route (Faro-Lisbon) for the dates that I want to travel. It’s all over the eurail website to reserve ASAP because clearly summer is a busy time. I won’t be in portugal until 4 days before I want to take the train (in July). I think I have read somewhere that Portugal does not have the same restrictions as France, etc, on the number of eurail passholder seats per train - can someone confirm this or help point me towards more information? Thanks! Also, is anyone else disappointed in the Eurail program for southern europe? I ended up just buying tickets for Spain individually and am going to just leave travel days unused because I was watching trains fill up before my eyes (for dates months out), because I had no way to book reservations and didn’t want to mess up destina

1 year ago

RangerlikeRail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

App not accepting Pass Cover Number

I was trying to add my pass cover number to the app and it says it won’t accept it. It is only showing 7 numbers rather than the 8. Has anyone else had that problem? It seems like it’s happened quite often, but I didn’t see a solution in the comments accept reaching out to customer service.

1 year ago

KayaRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

The trains available on the website are available for reservation If I buy the Pass?

Hi! I’m thinking of buying an interrail card; however, i am not sure whether there are seats for the train i want to. If i search through the Interrail website, are all the trains I see available for reservation? Or will there be some shown that have already been fully booked? Thanks in advance! Best,Kaya

1 year ago

Simon SmithFull steam ahead

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Do I need to set an itinerary in the app, or is it enough to have specified the day I am travelling?

Hi there — I’ve bought the pass, validated it, set the first day, bought the Eurostar reservation.Don’t think I need a reservation for my Avanti train from Coventry to London (although the Trip Planner in the app says I do). Does anyone know?Do I need to set an itinerary in the app, or is it enough to have specified the day I am travelling? The trains I want (including the Eurostar I’ve booked and paid for) aren’t available, so setting the itinerary seems pointless.The Eurostar reservation (from Interrail) says I have to print the PDF out. That seems strange — is it true? I can print stuff for the beginning of the trip, no problem, but I’m not planning to book the whole trip in advance, and once I’m on the road it’ll be hard to find printers I’d have thought.All responses gratefully received!

1 year ago

Rona GrayKeeps calm and carries on

posted in Train connections & reservations

Sleeper Edinburgh - London. Any way to avoid two travel days?

I am trying to book a sleeper from Edinburgh to London bu can I avoid the 20 mins of the night I leave being counted as a day of my pass? I leave 23.40..the app seeems to suggest I book it from the next station but I cant do that at a booking office

1 year ago

AlbertRight on track

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

When the time of my pass begins to run?

Hello, I want to book my trains in advance, the app asks me to activate my pass, if I activate it when the month of the pass begins, from when I take the first train or from the day I activate it.I would take my first train on June 7, if I activate it now I would lose weeks of being able to use it.help

1 year ago

anotherstuartRail rookie

asked in Train connections & reservations

Can't book Vienna to Paris nightjet Thur 21 July

On the interail reservations page I cannot book and I cannot get any tickets at all fro this train on the Austrian rail https://tickets.oebb.at/ website - whether or not I put in the railpass discount. This is the 1930 from Vienna arr. Pris Est at 1094. Out of interest on the https://www.nightjet.com/ site there are no trains showing apart from Mondays and Saturdays, generally. Or so it seems to me. Any help in knowing if the train exists and how to book it would be welcome. Thanks

1 year ago

BasNew aboard

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Transferring pass property

Hey,Sadly due to personal reasons a friend of mine is not able to join us on our trip (which we haven’t booked yet, only have the date and location sorted out ourselves). However, is it possible for him to transfer his pass property to another friend of mine who is able to join us. F.Y.I. We have done nothing with our passes yet except activate them. Thanks in advance for your answers!

1 year ago

MAureliusxliiNew aboard

posted in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Pass Cover Number needed for mobile pass

I need my cover pass number as soon as possible. I need to book the seat reservation for the TGV train in France that leaves tomorrow and I do not want to pay full price since I already bought the global pass. I tried emailing support but they said they would answer in 2 days and that would be too late. I’ve already sent private message to some of the staff with my Eurail Global Pass order number. Please respond, and please consider providing this number on your website as it seems many people need this to make seat reservations.

1 year ago

mthomasRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

Budapest to Bled - booking issues

Hi we are travelling in July (mobile passes). Trying to book seat reservations on the train from Budapest to Bled. There’s a few changeovers and it goes through the night which is why we wanted to reserve for peace of mind. On the interrail’s reservation site it is showing one of the trains (maribor to ljubljana) as unable to book reservations for. I looked on the OBB website and it also won’t allow me to book ‘seat only’ reservations for this train (says ‘not available’). But on the interrail site it shows all our connections for this journey as ‘reservation not necessary’ ie we can just get on the train with our interrail passes. So should we just turn up and do you think we will get on the train without seat reservations? Or does ‘not available’ mean the train is already fully booked and we will not be allowed on? I’ve heard that especially in places like Slovenia seat reservations are really not necessary, is this true? Grateful for any advice thanks :)

1 year ago

EmmaEmmaEmmaNew aboard

asked in Train connections & reservations

Travel from Milan to Zurich. Can't find journeys in August

Hello, I'm looking to travel from Milan to Zurich via st moritz in mid August.I can find the journey for today (may) but not August. Does anyone know why this might be? Thanks Emma

1 year ago

Caity CoxRail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Is hardcopy Global Pass needed for discounted Greek ferries

If I purchase a Global Pass and use it to get discounted ferries in Greece, do I need the hard copy of the pass? Or is that only for the Greek Islands Ferry Pass?

1 year ago

Fabián Ojeda AguayoNew aboard

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Greek islands are included in Global Pass?

Hello I am travelling to Europe for month and a half in april. I wanted to buy the Global pass of 2 months. The thing is that in my trip I go to Greece and I saw that there is a 6 day Greek Island pass too that give a free ticket from italy to greece and another from greece to italy and discounts on the greek islands. If I buy the global pass, it also includes the benefits of the greek islands one?

1 year ago

elliejanelFull steam ahead

asked in Train connections & reservations

Does this require a reservation on German ICE trains and Domestic Belgium trains?

I’m getting this train in a couple of days and it says there’s no reservation needed. Is this correct or do I need a reservation. I don’t mind being on a longer train journey with more stops so am happy to not pay the extra fees.

1 year ago

Leo HughesNew aboard

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Can't activate pass and no response

I can’t activate my pass. I keep getting the same error message as everyone else. It’s really urgent. I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app. Error logging is on. It’s the latest version. I literally don’t know what else to do. Please help

1 year ago

Susan SweeneyRail rookie

asked in Train connections & reservations

Pass refund due to Eurostar London St Pancras- Paris being unavailable

we purchased 2 global pass first class tonight and then tried to book London St Pancras to Paris for May 31 .. none available May 30, 31 or June 1 .. this was the most expensive train on our trip and the pass doesn’t make sense if we cant get a seat. do we lose 15% to cancel same day as purchase? Am I doing something wrong with the reservation or is this something that happens a lot? This is the message I get iwhen trying to make the reservation ,,, Prices unavailableNo price results were found for this connection. It is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out. Please try searching for another connection or check 'More information' and try other ways to book this seat reservation. If no pass holder seats are available anymore you need to buy a separate full fare ticket to board.

1 year ago

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