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Me and 3 friends are hopefully going to take an interrailing trip next year in July, and I am wondering if this route would be good or not or if anyone can help me make some adjustments. The plan would be to fly across to Brussels from the UK on the 6th of July 2026, and spend 2 nights there before heading off to Amsterdam on the 8th, then after spending 1 night there head to Berlin on the 9th and spend 2 nights there, then to Warsaw on the 11th and spend 1 night there, after that heading to Prague on the 12th to spend 2 nights there (taking a sleeper train between Warsaw and Prague possibly), then heading to Bratislava on the 15th and spending 2 nights there, after that going to Graz on the 17th and staying 1 night, then Venice on the 18th and spending 3 nights there, after that traveling to Nice on the 21st and staying 1 night there, then finally going to Paris on the 22nd and spending 3 nights there before heading back to the UK on the 25th. If anyone could suggest some adjustments,

Hi CommunityI would like to travel from Lisbon (or any other city in Portugal) to London.  Can anyone help with route recommendations please.  I'll be travelling at the end of October 2025.Thanks in advance.Sabyj 

Ich will am 20 Juni nach Paris und habe mir das interrail Ticket gekauft  und ich wollte fragen ob man den Qr Code kriegt am Tag der Abreise 

Hi all, We’re travelling from San Sebastian to Madrid at the end of July - when I input SS to Madrid into the interrail seat reservation query, it takes me via Valladolid and on to Madrid-Chamartin - the first leg of which to Valladolid can be booked online, the second leg of which can’t be (says it has to be booked at a train station in Spain).However, I realised that the first train to Valladolid actually terminates in Madrid-Principe Pio - so then if I specify Madrid Principe Pio in the search engine, I can get all the way to Madrid direct (on a very slow train!) and can book seat reservations for the whole journey.My question is - is there a reason why it didn’t just send me to Principe Pio in the first place? Can anyone recommend a better (faster) way to get between SS and Madrid, and if so, what’s the best way to book seat reservations if they can’t be done online? Thanks, ‘Helen  

Hi, I want to book the sleeper from Cerbere to Paris in August, for me, my husband and my son. On Seat 61, he says that if you want the whole compartment to yourself you can add and pay for phantom children. I just wanted to check - is it really ok to do this? I’ve had a look at booking on trainline (without using the interrail pass) and I can’t seem to find the option to just book the whole compartment (because there’s only 3 of us I think?) so I’m considering booking the non-existent kids! So my questions are: Can I book WITH the pass and add phantom children (or can I not do this because the ‘phantom children’ won’t have a pass? Or should I just book without the pass and add the phantom children?? I’ve promised my son a sleeper train at some point in the holiday otherwise I would maybe avoid it! Thanks everyone :-) 

Hi,I took EU rail passes for.my parents from india.We started our journey from munich to zurich(day 1) and want to travel.back to munich.(day2) Will the return trip be counted an outbound trip , i have a 15 day -2month pass. Thanks.

Hi, anyone struggling to reserve seats from Strasbourg to Salzburg on the 12th June 21:18?NJ468 Night jet Direction Paris Est Not sure what to do if I miss this train.

Hello everyone, I've been trying for months to book seats for the Berlin-Budapest train on July 20th at 7:28 PM, but it won't let me. Now, this train doesn't even appear anymore; instead, it appears to be one with a transfer. And on the company's official website, it does appear, but it says tickets aren't available for any date (including June, July, August, etc.). Does anyone know why the direct train isn't listed, if there isn't going to be one, or what's going on? Thank you very much.  

I’m thinking of reversing my trip a bit. We fly into Vienna and arrive at 11am. (From the US west coast - long flight.) We’ll need to go through immigration, but we do have Global Entry so hopefully that streamlines things. We also carry on our bags so no need to go to baggage claim. Our plans were to stay in Vienna for 5 nights, then take the train to Prague for 3 nights, then down to Salzburg for 2 nights, then back to a Vienna airport hotel for the last night. I’m wondering if it’s better to land in Vienna and go straight to Salzburg. That way we can add another night there, and end our trip with the 5 nights in Vienna. A little less   moving around. Is it easy to get from the airport to Salzburg? Do we need to take the airport shuttle to the central train station first or is there a train from the airport? I see conflicting info.  If we have to take the bus to the central train station, on a Tuesday would we need to purchase our tickets to Salzburg in advance? Ideally we’d love to

Hello everyone, I've been trying for months to book seats for the Berlin-Budapest train on July 20th at 7:28 PM, but it won't let me. Now, this train doesn't even appear anymore; instead, it appears to be one with a transfer. And on the company's official website, it does appear, but it says tickets aren't available for any date (including June, July, August, etc.). Does anyone know why the direct train isn't listed, if there isn't going to be one, or what's going on? Thank you very much. 

Hello,This summer, I’m going to travel with my daughters from Istanbul to Budapest, visiting Bulgaria and Romania. I’ll be traveling alone with them, without their mother. Do you know if the customs and border control usually ask for a consent letter from their mother to travel? Is it advisable to carry it in several languages, along with the Family Book (Libro de Familia)? I’d like to have everything in order to avoid any issues. Any tips for this route would be greatly appreciated!

If we bought multiple passes in one order and individuals travel on different days, does it count as a travel day for everyone if one person travels on a day or only for that individual.

Hi,there!I'm in Italy and want to visit Pompeii, but one-day tickets are sold out for Sunday and Monday.I’m thinking of buying the 3 Days Ticket will it still allow entry even if day tickets are gone?I couldn’t find time slot options during booking.I would be so sad if I couldn’t see Pompeii😢Would really appreciate any advice.Thanks. 

I am from India so I can only get Eurail and not InterRail. I am looking to travel three countries (Italy, France & Spain), so I will get a global pass. But while in one country, I will use one city as base and make day trips as required. Since it will involve onward and return journeys,, are those two considered two separate trips for the purpose of Eurail pass usage?Or can I make any number of journeys between any number stations in one day? Confused because some other threads said as much, but the passes are for ‘x’ number of journeys in ‘y’ number of days. For instance 7 journeys in 15 days. So will Rome to Florence and back on the same day be one journey or two?

I have spent all morning trying to book a reservation for us in August, using our Global Interrail Pass, for a Blue Star Ferry crossing from Piraeus to Syros.The Pass gives you a 30% reduction and this is indicated on the booking form, with the reduced ticked price. There is a box where you have to fill in your discount details and I give the pass numbers of our activated Global Pass. However, when I get to the point when I want the payment to go through, a box flashes up saying that “The document number is not valid”.I tried this several times, then called the Greek number at the bottom of the page. The very helpful, English-speaking person who answered tried to book this passage for me, but lo and behold, the Global Pass number was indeed not valid. It needed to be a different number from the Rail company, ie Interrail. Nothing on their site, but a useful post on this forum which gave a link to activate a Pass Cover number which could be used for making reservations, starting with I

I’m looking for clear instructions on adding ferry reservations to the mobile App. All instructions I have found are for train reservations. My inquiry directly to Eurail advised that  the ferry reservations need to be added manually to the App. However, there were no instructions on how to activate the pass on the App and I am unsure if this is even possible. Any help is appreciated:)

Hello, please give me a promo code for lux express to the Baltics.

I made a Seat reservation on a tgv to Paris, is this the online ticket I have to show in the Train?

Apparently InterRail-planner does not show regional trains on FS lines in Alto Adige, that are operated by SAD (e.g. Brennero-Bolzano-Merano). As SAD and FS are cooperating on these lines in a traffic and tarif cooperation it should be normal, that you could use either train (FS as well as SAD) also with an interrail-pass, If not, that would mean, that you would have a train only every second hour instead of each hour.I understand, that Interrail is not accepted on Merano-Malles as this is now an SAD infrastructure. On the line of Val Pusteria (Fortezza-San Candido) it is less evident as this should still be an FS infrastructure but operated only by SAD trains (when not closed for works).But I think, it should be accepted on Brennero-Bolzano-Merano.I would be happy to have an answer about experiences in 2025!

I’m going from Berlin to Copenhagen and I’m making seat reservations. In the interrail-app it says that it’s only necessary to make reservations for the second train, so we’re planning on doing that. But should we also make reservations for the first train? Or will there be space for us either way? Because the app does not even say that it is recommended, just that’s it possible. And for the last train, we thought that we shouldn’t buy reservations since it’s so short and there’ll be risks that we are late and might have to take a later train or something. And ofc we want to save as much money as possible. <but the app recommends us to buy reservations. But do you think it’s fine to just let it be? So my questions are if we should book the first and the last train, or if you think it’s ok that we don’t. (we’ll have to take the first train to get to the second one, so that one we don’t want to miss, but if there’s no risk of us not getting on it, we don’t want to buy reservations). T

Trying to book 1st class seat reservation for ICE train from Hannover, Germany to Vienna, Austria on June 10 but it says there are none available. However, if I go into the Deutschebahn app it still shows 1st class tickets available for purchase. Why can I not book first class seat reservations? I have a 15 day eurail pass and just want to book a seat reservation only. I can’t do this through Eurial or RailEurope. They all show no reservations, but yet tickets are definitely available for purchase in 1st class… Does this also mean I will have no place to sit on the trip in 1st class?

Hello I am trying to book a private compartment for 4 people on night train. First on the OBB Night Jet website, I have put in the global pass discount but no discount is coming off the total price. When I try on the interail website it let's me select a 4 person berth but doesn't say if this is definitely private. Ie will we definitely be together just our family, not put in a bigger compartment with others. Please advice how to book a private compartment for 4 people on a night train getting the global pass discount. We are looking at travelling from Amsterdam to either Zurich or Munich. Any other night train advice welcome too as we've not done one before. 2 adults and 2 children aged 12 and 10. Thank you!

I have a greek 6 day pass with 2 days out of 6 left. One for a domestic journey and one for an international one both on the same day 2 juneThe mobile app does not allow my to select the same date for a domestic and International trip.Has anyone had a similar issue.

How does It Work when you made train reservations but train suddenly is a different one and even the starting station gets changed or the trainswitch changes. Whe see all these different things apear?!.  

Hi communityI’ve got a Eurail pass and trying to book the Gotthard express (from Lucerne to Lugano) via the SBB.ch website.  As per advise on the Eurail website, since I have a second class pass already I should only be required to pay the fare upgrade to 1st class + seat reservation fee + 50% discount on the ferry.  However, “Eurail” pass discount option is not available (see below).  What am I doing wrong? Help please!Thanks very much in advance.Saby