As a Brit I've travelled to all these countries except Portugal in the last seven months and not once been asked for proof of vaccination. I hope that offers some reassurance.Of course, you can always check the latest FCO advice on entry requirements before setting off on your trip.Worth having masks with you just in case there is an expectation. On German trains and buses I was asked to put one on.
Sorry to hear that the disruption impacted this leg of your trip. I totally understand why you'd want to pan the plan to go through France, but you would have the right to be put on another train (at no extra cost) if it happens again. Where did you buy your seat reservations? Badger the original seller for the refunds for those.Consequential costs like flights aren't going to be refunded by SNCF or Interrail. The suggestion to check your insurance in that case is a good one.
@cdwatkins19 is right. As your train was cancelled though, they're obliged to offer you an alternative. Perhaps there were no 2nd class available. If there's time go back to the service centre and get the reservation changed from 1st to 2nd. If they can they will. If they can't, ask for a note or something "class upgrade due to cancellation" you can show to the train staff. If there's no time left, talk to the train staff before and after you board to explain you're happy sitting in 2nd class and due to a cancellation the reservation got changed. Unfortunately my experience of the French rail staff during this strike was hit and miss and some are not at all accommodating. So make sure you properly add and activate the right journey (date and time) in your trip in the app so they can't find any fault with Pass itself. Let us know how you get on.
InOui is operated by SNCF so the same.In terms of getting the reservation costs refunded for the Barcelona-Montpellier train that got cancelled.. if you booked the reservation through SNCF then they're still the ones to follow up with. If you did the reservation through Interrail/Eurail then try following up with them, including all the evidence (pics) of the cancellation and unused reservation.Delay compensation form for Interrail is on their website. Might get a fraction of the total Pass cost paid back as suggested. All other compensation (bus, tram..) I think that's up to SNCF as per rvdborgt's message above. Not sure it'll be easy!
You could try ringing Eurostar's contact centre (+44 (0)3432 186 186), explain your mistake and ask, if they're in a more forgiving mood, if they could exchange the duplicate order value for an e-voucher.You'd hope they'd see the benefit in doing so: it's not a refund and they could then resell those seats at full value. And you could use the voucher for another Eurostar trip (Pass or no Pass) or on one of their hotel deals.Not a guarantee but I'd give it a try too.
I had a very similar experience, @Ian. I was going to reply to my original post, which was kindly answered by @rvdborgt, but instead I'll add to this thread in the interest of sharing.Recap: my Sunday/Monday night train Paris Austerlitz to Perpignan was cancelled. We had reservations booked through Eurail. We never received any messages about the cancellation but knew about the strikes and could see on sncf.com that our train was cancelled.Calling SNCF (from London): Got through to speak to someone who was nice enough but not much help. They could find the booking and confirmed the cancellation but initially said they wouldn't be able to do anything because the reservation was booked through Eurail. We pushed them to look up alternatives but the trains they found were all fully booked. They suggested to try at the station when we got there and see if the guards would let us on a different train depending on how urgent they deemed our situation to be. At Gare du Nord (arrival in Paris):
Try Paris Austerlitz to Cerbere (France) on Sunday 25 June (day earlier). There is the night train (NT3637) at 21:41PM. It's just a 4 minute local train from Cerbere to Port-Bou (make sure you include the little dash in Port-Bou in the app) and then on you go.
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