In France only the TGVs (high speed trains) need a reservation, the regional trains are free with an Interrail pass.If the reservations are the problem, you can also use the option in the app “no seat reservations required”. The journeys showed take longer obviously, but no reservation means you can do that as a last minute solution.I found Paris-Bayeux trains in the app, not sure why it didn't work for you, but..Lastly I noticed that for a specific day there was not a single train departing from my favorite station in France. Super weird. And after a bit of research, I found out that the trains where cancelled that day for construction works on that line.
I don't know for Italy and Spain, but in France you can totally use the mobile tickets. Of course the email is not enough, but it contains the ticket as a PDF in which the QR-code is. Showing this in the train or at the gates (for TGVs) should be enough. And maybe you can even import the ticket in the SNCF app if you have it (but not necessary and I didn't try that).
I’ve taken the Eurostar with an Interrail Global pass, the day this question was asked. At that time, a major reason (motif impérieux) was needed to enter France from UK. Being french (or being married, etc) is one of those reasons. And if you are just passing, staying less than 24 hours for changes to travel to another country, you probably don’t need to be french.
I’ve travelled two times in Scotland with an Interrail Global pass, and noticed that, although the “Rail Planner” app (from Interrail) says a reservation is required, it actually is not. In my case it was Avanti West Coast. These trains have one (or more) coaches of seats without reservation. Which means the Interrail pass alone is enough. (I did it last time yesterday, and the app saying “reservation required” confused me. I’ve been looking for alternatives, until I found out that it was wrong).
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