Hi,
This is my first time Interrailing and while the opportunity is fantastic, I’m finding the organisation rather stressful and often nebulous. I am also doing my planning rather last minute as I decided to join someone on short notice so I don’t have a lot of time.
I am planning a trip from Geneva to Tbilisi (Georgia), starting next Friday (14/07). I will be going from Turkey to Georgia by bus, but doing all the previous bits on my Interrail pass. Two questions :
- I need to book Budapest > Bucharest on the 15/07 either at 15h10 (ideal) or 11h10 (changing trains in Arad). The Interrail site is only offering me a paper ticket which I am too late to get. I have tried going through the MAV website, I found an Interrail discount (Bérlet (pl.interrail) ) so I thought I could book this way, however I noticed the prices given are the same with and without the discount…. Is my only option really to book in a train station ? I will have hours to do so in Budapest, how likely is it I may be confronted with a fully booked train ?
- The following day (16/07) I want to book Bucharest to Istanbul Halkali (10h50, but other times would be fine). Again, is buying a ticket physically in a train station my only option ? I’m really uncomfortable not booking in advance for such a huge journey. In Turkey for trains in general (such as moving on to Ankara or even Erzurum) will I have to book in the station in Istanbul ?
Thank you in advance for anyone with advice.
Happy adventuring,
Loretta
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