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hello, I have a few questions about the rules of home country travel (I need 3) and calculating travel days when using nightjet. Haven’t used the ticket before, but seems to make sense for a multi trip i’m planing in Germany/Italy/France this summer.Anyway I posted a really really long question and it just disappeared - it’s not showing in my profile either. Is it just being checked by moderators and will appear later or have I lost it for good? Thanks!

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Ibby
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NanjaRetired Community Manager
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  It's probably lost. This is your first post, according to your profile. Best is to try again (or use the search function because I have the feeling your questions have been asked before :). You can also type your question in a text editor and copy it in the textbox, so you don't loose the text if something goes wrong again. oh no! it took ages to write!!! i’ll do it again tomorrow. I did search but that exact question hadn’t been asked as it was rather itinerary specific

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ok, i’ve rewritten it, maybe the shorter version is better anyway.  If anyone’s feeling generous, take a look at my question please! arghhh! I think i'm in trouble, with home country travel rules | Community (eurail.com)

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Oh! I was advised it's been deleted so i created a new one! Sorry for the confusion this has created. 

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arghhh! I think i'm in trouble, with home country travel rules

Thanks for confirming that, appreciated. This just won't work, as i mentioned the nearest German connection on the Amsterdam-Munich night train is too far away and is very late at night. I'm traveling with the family. It's such a shame this rule exists, i will have to find another way to travel. Als i'm not coming home from Milan, I'm coming home from Cannes. Sorry if i sound annoyed, it's not with you, it's just the disappointment that what could have been a lovely adventure had been scuppered by this restriction

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Does my itinerary count as 4 travel days and how to go around the inbound/outbound rule?

I created a shorter version of this post here:https://community.eurail.com/ask-a-question-40/arghhh-i-think-i-m-in-trouble-with-home-country-travel-rules-1666?postid=6561#post6561 ...as i thought this one had been deleted (it was on hold for moderation). Apologies for the confusion

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Does my itinerary count as 4 travel days and how to go around the inbound/outbound rule?

Ok thanks, i will need to figure out another way to travel. I don't actually want to go to Amsterdam by the way, it's just the easiest route. I also don't want to go to Munich, but there's no other night trains that take the right routes. I think the train services just aren't good enough for such specific travel requirements. 

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arghhh! I think i'm in trouble, with home country travel rules

Thanks for the ideas, I'll continue trying to find a way to make it work!  You've maybe hit ion a need us i didn't see before The problem i see with interrail passes is that, for those like me who don't live near a main connecting station, they need to get a train within their country to connect to the train out of their country. So 2 trips within their country is an unreasonable limit.  It's fine if you live in Berlin or Düsseldorf, but for the rest of us it means paying for extra tickets. Which defeats the object of an all in love inclusive pass.

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arghhh! I think i'm in trouble, with home country travel rules

But the way, do we know when the July 22 timetables are published? Right now I'm checking times and routes for May, as that's when it goes up to. Maybe there will be additional routes in July?

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arghhh! I think i'm in trouble, with home country travel rules

Ah, so did i misunderstand? If i get the train to Düsseldorf on a Wednesday, and then connect to the nightjet to Wien hbf, can i count that as one journey in my home country? That would be awesome, as the train to Düsseldorf is quite expensive for 3 people. I do it quite often to get to the airport, sometimes, for shorter trips, it's actually cheaper to drive and pay for parking there. So .. 1. Münster to Düsseldorf +Düsseldorf to Wien nightjet and stay a night or two.2. Wien to Milano nightjet plus onwards to Genova (i want to stay there a night or two)3. Genova to Cannes, stay for a week4. End of beach holiday, direct train to Paris (daytime) and directly connecting to Münster (all in one day)= Total 4 travel days and 2 home country travel trips. Have i got that right? If so, you've just saved my holiday!  

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Does my itinerary count as 4 travel days and how to go around the inbound/outbound rule?

I'm so sorry for causing confusion, as i started yet threads on the same topic, thinking my first one had been deleted. And in getting great replied on both topics, both with different solutions, so i didn't want to delete either of them! Thank you Angelo, you've been super helpful in both threads! The korridorzug thing is new to me, very useful to know!

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Does my itinerary count as 4 travel days and how to go around the inbound/outbound rule?

Following up on the Korridorzug idea, would that mean the night jet train between Amsterdam and Austria, via Germany, wouldn’t count as travel in my home country (as I wouldn’t actually set foot in Germany)? example:Amsterdam Centraal 19:30   Utrecht Centraal 20:03   Arnhem Centraal 20:37   Düsseldorf Hbf 21:44   Köln Hbf 22:16   Bonn-Beuel 23:22   Koblenz Hbf 00:18   Mainz Hbf 01:19   Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf 01:39   Frankfurt(Main)Süd 01:49   Würzburg Hbf 03:07   Nürnberg Hbf 04:44   Augsburg Hbf 06:28   München Hbf 07:28   Rosenheim in Bayern 08:05   Kufstein Bahnhof 08:28   Wörgl Hbf 08:39   Jenbach Bahnhof 08:55   Innsbruck Hbf 09:14  

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arghhh! I think i'm in trouble, with home country travel rules

Awesome! Thanks again for all your help @Angelo  @rvdborgt , I was pretty much resigned to finding an alternative, now I’m looking forward to visiting Vienna for the first time! 

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Does my itinerary count as 4 travel days and how to go around the inbound/outbound rule?

Thanks for confirming. In that case, the solution in my parallel thread seems to be the winner.  apologies to everyone for my complaining and whining at the beginning. I was rather stressed at having committed to a holiday without realising the implications of travel restrictions! I’ll create a new thread soon to check a few other things. Have a good day everyone.

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Either 5th or 6th July

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From Düsseldorf to Vienna

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Thanks in advance for any help!

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Thanks for the answers, makes me less anxious now. No, I'm not booking fancy first class cabins (i wish!). I've booked a holiday house in south of France for the Saturday and want to take 3 different t trans, including 2 sleepers, to arrive there over the course of the week.  So my special requirements are more to do with dates, and the places i want to visit before starting in France. Cheers

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It looks like this will be more expensive than i expected! Interrail pass plus train reservations and/or couchette = ouch! But I'll do it, we said we wouldn't fly this year. Getting the ferry to UK at Easter too.

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I want to travel nightjet to Vienna, then nightjet to Milan, then trains to Cannes area. Then in the way back, train to Paris, train to Germany. So it's several journeys overall. I'll still compare, but as i can't book everything yet is kind of impossible!

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