Hello, never heard of the website Inntouch and thank you for sharing it. Hope you having a great Interrailing adventure.

Hello from London! I’m a UK based father of two, using Interrail for the first time in 2022 to travel in Germany. We want to avoid flying and make the most of the opportunity to see a bit more by travelling more slowly.

Hi, I’m John and this will be my first Inter-rail experience. NB: That sounds a bit like Alcoholics Anonymous. 

Anyway, I was 25 when Inter-railing started so I’m a little late. I’m from Manchester (UK) but I left there in 1972, and have lived in Belgium, Luxembourg and now Italy. I’ve travelled quite a bit, especially in Eastern Europe and in Italy. For my first inter-rail - there will be more - I have decided to head to Scotland, to the far North, to Orkney, and maybe the Shetlands. I don’t know Scotland at all. I’ll also drop into the Netherlands, Belgium and France. 

All you folks with experience, what is your one piece of advice you woud give me?

Cheers

John

Hello,My name is João and Im portuguese.I have already visited some countries but without experience in train travel. 

  I like to know new things, new people, new cultures, new worlds. In love with food. I'm happy with little things.

Hello Nanja,

My name is Jessica Cubas, I’m from Perú. I’m going to Europe on September. I’ve already bought a Euro Global Pass on First Class for two people. I’m want to do my reservations but I don't know how to do it? thanks

Hello all People folks!

My name is Ville, I am environmentalist minded electronic music enthusiast based inTurku, Finland, - I managed to get a hold of Interrail's 50 years anniversary travel pass for 2 months, and I’ve been traveling for bit more than two weeks now. :) 

What I hope from this journey, is -first and foremost- to meet people after such a long time, get to know new people, and visit friends & friends of friends across Europe. 

My other interests would be meeting up with grass roots environmental activists, alternative communities, artists, environmental/sustainability minded people academic or not, burner-community, etc.

I’d also be happy to meet up with small local underground electronic music organizations like TYEMYY (Turku based community),  Dj's, clubs, event organizers, producers etc. to hook up and, if possible, I'll happy to play Dj-sets as well. I am prepared to play anything from techno, house, 90-trance, to ambient and chill out stuff. I don't mean this so much as a super professional thing, but rather more along the lines of rave community, Peace Love Unity Respect kind of thing - again to meet up with people and get inspired together- but yes also to, who knows, to plan possible bookings to play in Turku underground and vice versa, too. I've played sets for dance floors 10 years now, but mainly in Turku, so I'm happy to take this also as a spontaneous 10 years adventure tour, too

So if you want to share tips on local electronic music communities or share similar interests, feel free to PM me :) 

All these are possibilities - but the trip is also just for chilling and seeing new things, hopefully dancing to some good music and enjoying a discussion and cold drink with friends - new or old.

Ps. I am currently in Leipzig and probably heading next to Dresden, Prague, Budapest … still got 6 weeks left on my pass, still a lot of opportunities for spontaneous travel plans! :)

Hello,

I travel by train often but it’s gonna be my first official interrail from 16th august to 30th august 2022. 

Starting to Paris to Amsterdam then heading south to Croatia. 100% flexible.

Before that, I traveled in Europe, Australia, Japan and South Asia. Love to exchange good vibes with other travelers and go on adventures. 

Also, I just finished this new website (webapp) to find other interrailers easily in real-time: https://www.inntouch.fr

Looking forward to see you so we can meet-up!

PS: Dear eurail/interrail team, feel free to delete this post if it’s not welcomed. Please keep in mind I created this as a side project and won’t gain money with it, just trying to improve the interrail experience and come back home with lifetime memories. Thank you 

Hi, I'm Jill...a 50 something Chartered Surveyor based in Cambridge (UK). Off interailing with my partner in Sept 22...my third time! The first 2 were in the late 80's... highlights being seeing Pink Floyd playing in Venice...the night boat crossing to Greece...Corinth...beach parties in the south of France...and the many travellers I met / travelled with along the way 

Booked first class this time...looking forward to a bit of luxury...hotels instead of camping and sleeping on trains! 

Got a loop planned taking in some new places and returning to some old... counting the days!

Hi my name is Giovanni, am from a little island in the caribbean named Puerto Rico. I’m 58. I like to travel with my wife, friends and family and learn about other cultures. Previously I have traveled to Spain, Italy and France. I really enjoyed traveling by train in Spain and Italy. We are planning to travel to Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic next May. I hope to learn from you how to make the most of the trip.

Thanks

Hello Fellow Travelers.

My wife and I are 65 years old, retired, and live in Houston, Texas, USA. We haven’t traveled very much but we are excited to make up for lost time. We wetted our appetites by traveling to Ireland and Italy recently. 

Since we’re retired we have flexibility around when and how long we take trips. We’re planning on traveling by rail around Europe in May 2023 for the entire month. Other than those details we’re wide open to suggestions regarding where to visit and things to consider. 

We’re delighted we found this forum and we are looking forward to learning from each other and sharing suggestions and experiences. 

Happy travels!

Jim

Hi all! 

From Ireland here. We are currently planning to do some travelling in June 2023 -  never done interrailing before. Here for some advice, tips, trick and suggestions. 

Greetings fellow adventurers. I have joined this group in the hope of connecting with fellow enthusiasts and to ask/answer questions related to Interrail.

My name is Liam and I live in Glasgow, Scotland.

In 2019, I travelled from Krakow, Poland to Ljubljana, Slovenia using the Global Pass: 5 days in 1 month Interrail Pass.

In 2023, I hope to travel to Bucharest, Romania to Brasov, Romania and Tallinn, Estonia to Riga, Latvia.

I have featured in a couple of Interrail’s Instagram posts.

Hi, I’m Heidi from Finland and planning my first Interrail. I’ll be travelling for 6 weeks, end of March - beginning of May. I have 15 travel days in 2moths pass. I’ll start from UK, Scotland… Easter in Spain. Rest of it is open. I would love to get good tips and inspiration here. While travelling I would like to meet new people, learn about their culture, speak more English and get more comfortable with speaking. 

Hi, Heidi. Your proposed adventure sounds amazing. I would be happy to provide some advice on places worth exploring in Scotland. In the interim, if you have any questions regarding Scotland, please don’t hesitate to ask me.

My name is Don from Vancouver, BC, Canada, my wife, Barb, and I have decided to travel to Europe for the first time. We have been retired for several years now and most of our other travels were south to Mexico, Hawaii and Caribbean Islands, so this trip will not be like anything we have done before but looking forward to travelling by rail, so we may need some help.

Looking forward to visiting historical sites, sight seeing and trying local foods, this fall. We have 6 weeks, starting in Amsterdam heading south, stopping along the way, ending up in Rome.

Bonsoir, je viens de faire mon premier voyage grâce à un pass. Je suis partie, avec ma fille ado, une semaine de France vers narvik en Laponie norvégienne. Nous n'avons passé qu une journée sur place,  il fallait rentrer les vacances ne sont pas extensible mais c était une très bonne expérience. J'ai hâte du prochain voyage ! De magnifiques paysages,  plusieurs langues, quel dépaysement et un rythme vraiment différent des autres vacances.  Je recommande !

Hi all! Im Charlotte, 21 (almost 22) and from Utrecht NL. Im travelling in spain/france/italy and maybe switzerland in the coming two weeks. I really love the freedom and seeing so much with just you and your backpack. 

HI!!!! 

Hello, new to this level of train travel, and desperately trying to figure out how to put together a trip for six by rail.

Hi,

My name is George and I am with a multicultural background, speaking four languages fluently.
On the paper I am American, but with a very heavy Central / East European background.
I am a computer engineer and in mid-1970-s, when I was a teen became familiar with international railway tariffs (MPT,  TCV).

I keep it up, recently more traveling by car or using EURail (can also use InterRail, by EURail is more convenient) than by calculating tariffs.

I am somewhat of a “rebel”, so don’t be surprised if my answers are more reflecting the reality on the ground than the “official” version from the owner of an office desk.

Hiya I’m Liz from the US, I’m a Southern California Girl.

I love to travel (I know a shocker there), Scuba Dive, Dance and Sing.  I’m also an animal person.  I have many of them.  Horses, goats pigs (yes in multiples), chickens, dogs, cats and an Albino Corn Snake.  

I have had the travel bug since I was a child many years ago.  Until late into my 40’s I had traveled to more countries than states.  I have since rectified that :D

I love the rail system across the pond (Europe).  They are on time, many of them, easy to ride and get tickets for.  The light rail is light years ahead of us here in the US.  The fast trains are amazing.  Comfortable and VERY fast.  I remember the first time I rode on one with my husband and our fast train crossed another fast train we were just amazed.  So, in essence I love train travel.

Hi, my name is Mike and I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  My wife and I are a couple of seniors who love to travel and besides travelling by train in North America we also have over 35 cruises under our belt.  My wife is originally from the UK so we have travelled there by train when visiting and by train to France and Spain.  We had purchased a Eurail pass for a trip around part of Europe last September but our plans were scuttled by Covid-19.  We received a refund and are now planning another trip.  We are cruising from Ft. Lauderdale to Southampton in March and would like to take the train from St Pancras to Brussels, Prague, Budapest, Venice, Bavaria, Amsterdam and back to London.  Considering this and all of the testing required from country to country is it doable to travel and spend a couple of days in each place before moving on? Or is the testing and forms for each country an impediment?

Hi everyone, am Azees from Singapore married with 3 lovely kids. I died in 2014 due to a freak accident but came back to life. This is my 2nd life.

I have booked my flight from Singapore to Zurich on the 3rd Dec 2021. Thereafter travelling to Paris, Berlin, Milan, Rome and back to Zurich all in 18days. We have been seating like a duck in our home town for almost 2 years. Enough is enough and its time for us to come out of our pond since the travel lanes from Singapore to Europe is now open. 

So much information in the web and some are really confusing. Should I use Eurail or Swiss pass? or purchase both? Flight and hotel booked and now I need to connect all the locations via train. Seriously, am going insane. Need a helping hand here pls. Cheers all and keep safe.   

Hi everyone! My name is Sarah, from Western Canada and I am passionate about seeing new places,  learning about new (to me) cultures, and trying new things. I haven't traveled nearly enough, but I am trying to remedy that. 

I have never traveled before on s train (!) But I am booked for the spring to fly to Rome and plan to make my way up to Paris, by train! I have many questions, but am very excited for the adventure, experience, scenery, and wine!