Thanks Anna. My issue was not with finding seats as I had made the booking and paid for it but problem arose at payment stage. Anyway thanks for the other link - I was able to book seats with them!
Thanks both for these replies. I have a continuous pass so travel day is not an issue - I did still use my pass on the 10th. My question was regarding using an outbound journey from UK but sounds like I probably can't get that back. I will check with customer support though.
Thank you very much. You guys are great and I should have known you would reply quickly - I stupidly bought a ticket as I was in a panic! Thanks so much.
Thanks thibcabe. It clearly helps that your geography is much better than mine! I only know where I want to go (to visit friends) but don't know very well routes between one place and another!
Sorry another question. How do you find these routes from milan to London without reservations? I've put in no reservations but they don't come up presumably because you need to reserve eurostar from Brussels (or paris). I did get the route thibcabe suggested but not sure howi did it! And I can't work out how to find the cologne route that someone suggested. Thanks.
Thanks Thibcabe. I might look at an earlier train from Milan.
Thanks Yorkie. Yes I got the pass number when I made my other booking yesterday. I don’t understand why I can’t make the eurostar bookings via interrail site though - it’s so annoying. Anyway I’ve managed it via the sncb website.
Oh another question, will the train from Lugano to Basel wait for the connection from Milan since there is only 4 minutes?!
Thanks Yorkie. Yes that’s the route I was looking at. I’m now having an issue with booking Eurostar on interrail site. I had the same problem yesterday trying to book for London to Brussels on 10th. All my credit card details were correct but it didn’t go through so I ended up booking on SNCB site. Today the same thing is happening when I try to book the Brussels eurostar. So frustrating! I’ll have to use SNCB again I suppose.
Thanks both. For the brussels-cologne-swiss option I presume it includes an overnight somewhere?For second option via lugano thanks for train suggestions. I'm thinking of this route but leaving milan evening of 25th and arriving london afternoon of 26th via bussels.
I was only booking 1 train for 1 person which cost 4 euro on sncb & would have been 2 euro on interrail. But I'm more bothered about why my payment didn't go through - very annoying!
Many thanks Anna. I was trying to book eurostar to Brussels on interrail website but my payment wouldn't go through & all details were correct so I've booked on sncb website which worked fine - cost €2 more tho!
Many thanks. I'll try again!
Thanks but which site did you use oebb or another? I know I need reservation on night trains but when I was looking for options from salzburg and Zurich I couldn't find any on oebb.
Thanks a lot. This is very interesting as I'm sure when I looked for overnight from Zurich I couldn't find anything. I don't need a cabin, even a seat is ok so will definitely look at this. Was it on oebb site? Also scenic route sounds lovely & I'm not in a rush.
Thanks Ralderton, that's helpful.
Sorry to bother again! Is there any route where I can leave Budapest on 20th and get to Milan on 21st using an overnight train? I'd prefer not to have to book accommodation on 20th but travelling overnight doesn't look possible. Thanks.
Many thanks again, you are a star! Yes the oebb site looked good but clearly the overnight train I looked at was fully booked. I will check out these other options and at least now I’m not so worried about getting on some train anyway!
Oh sorry I do have another question! If none of my trains need reservations can I really just turn up or could they still be full? If I add them to my travel pass does that mean I am guaranteed to get on them - even if I’m not guaranteed a seat? And presumably any that do need a reservation I should really make a decision and book them in advance? Thanks.
Thank you again, very helpful and your scenic trip tip sounds great. Using travel days is not an issue for me as I have a two month pass and I definitely won’t be using all of that. More food for thought but it is good to know I can use options - it’s just hard to do that when you don’t know how the sites work and getting reservations etc but you have been very helpful.Carole
Thank you so much, really appreciate it. Another question, sorry, is there a night train option from zurich? I have a friend there so could possibly stop off in zurich for a few hours then take night train onto milan - if I can get a reservation! Carole
Thanks for this. I think I did look at this option but didn’t really want to leave Budapest that early in the morning (although technically I could) but also the short time between trains at Zurich worried me a bit). The Innsbruck option looks okay. Also I wasn’t sure about travel in Switzerland; I assume interrail pass is okay for that? My Salzburg reservation was only 3 euro so not a big deal! CheersCarole
Many thanks Yorkie. The problem seemed to be the overnight section from Salzburg to Milan but by breaking it down as you have it seems I could get the late train and then at least I would only have 4 hours to hang about Salzburg - still not ideal but better! As a newbie I don’t know how to break up journeys, but the alternative routes you suggest across the alps sound good - I suppose again I really need to break the journey down rather than put in budapest-milan?CheersCarole
Many thanks Anna - very helpful and clear!Carole
Thanks Anna. So I could also change start date to earlier than 11th or nor? Sorry for being so needy! Carole
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