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Hi there, Im travelling with my friend this summer and we are keen to do some hikes across Europe. We are interested in Triglav and the Dolomites but are open to other suggestions for healthy, young but begginer hikers. We are travelling in late August time, and plan to spend around 1-2 weeks travelling.  We are wanting to make the most of the interatil ticket but dont want to not take everything in. Any advice would be greatly appreciated 

I need to submit a receipt to the company. I need to specify the payee and the purpose. I don't know how to do it.

hi, I am looking to get the Pass Plus 5 day for a trip in August from Wales > Paris, Paris > Florence, Florence Zurich then Zurich .> Wales. four people, 2 adults, 12yo and 8 yo. The pass+ says that it includes three reservations.  is this three in total or three per person? It is not clear to me.  I would otherwise buy a four day pass. Also, if I bought the pass now, so that I could benefit from Eurostar booking, would it be usable when booking for currently unavailable trains that appear to be released around two months (late June) before travelling? I’m confused about what happens if the train is canceled and have to get a different one?Thanks 

I am a first-time Interrailer; started by planning my journey via Trainline and similar non-Interrail sites, calculated the point-to-point prices and concluded that an Interrail pass would be worthwhile. I then bought some reservations and only later tried to use the planner to produce a nice tidy itinerary for my journey. I am confused on two fronts:The first stage of my journey is from home in Derbyshire to London and it tried to send me via the continent - a journey of over 24 hours! Doesn’t matter how many moons I choose (I assume these are nights away for the whole trip?), it won’t take me straight to London. When I tried to delete the journey and start again it told me to delete the travellers too. But I’ve already paid for reservations for them and don’t want to do anything that might compromise these vital documents. Can I safely delete existing travellers, given that the reservations don’t seem to be explicitly linked to any rail passes at this stage? 

Hi, I just want to check how this works.  Am I right to think I can use one day of the pass at any time during the travel day validity period of the pass to travel within my country of residence and another day at any time during the travel day validity period of the pass and that would cover any number of train journeys?  For example with a 10 days in 2 months pass I may fly from London Gatwick to perhaps Sicily, spend 4 travel days making my way to Paris, then board a Eurostar to London St Pancras and take a Thameslink train from St Pancras to return to London Gatwick and the travel from Paris to London Gatwick (day 5 of the pass) would be one of my days for travel in my home country.  Then later in the 2 month period I could take a train from London Gatwick to St Pancras, change to Kings Cross, take a train to Edinburgh, change for a train to Aberdeen all in one day (day 6 of the pass) where I catch a flight to Oslo.  From Oslo I take train travel for 4 days (utilising my 10 days of

Quick question about the Eurail/Interrail 7 days in 1 month pass:Are travel days counted as calendar days (00:00–23:59), or 24 hours from activation?If I travel overnight from Berlin to Paris (depart March 2 night, arrive March 3 morning), does that use 1 travel day or 2?Does it change if there’s a train transfer after midnight? For example I board a train at Berlin at March 2 night and then there is a transfer at 06:00am from mannheim on March 3, then how many days it will consider.Thanks!

Hi! We are trying to reserve seats in May from Prague to Munich and are seeing that resverving seats is optional however are being given this message additionally: “No price results were found. Pass holder reservations may be sold out for this connection, but there are other ways to check for available seats—more info below our timetable.” Does this mean the train is sold out? We are quite confused. Is there another way we could still reserve seats or will we be okay without a reservation?

Hi everyone!! I'm Antriana (19) from Greece, and I'm looking for people to travel with me during the summer (2026). Im open to any date (from July to September) and destination, except from my country and Turkey (I've been there a lot). If you want to discuss further, you can also find me on Instagram: _adriana_vr_

How do I add tickets/seat reservations made by my husband to my account  

I started a trip on my rail planner app and connected our passes. Our dates have changed so I started a new trip with the correct dates however my passes are not connected. How do I connect my mobile passes to my new trip and delete the old trip from my app please?thanks in advance.Gip

I’m travelling from Brussels to Berlin in June. The Brussels to Frankfurt leg is bookable now, but the Frankfurt to Berlin leg isn’t bookable until 60 days prior to departure. Can I book the first leg now and come back later to reserve the second leg?

Hi everyone!! I'm Antriana (19) from Greece, and I'm looking for people to travel with me during the summer (2026). Im open to any date (from July to September) and destination, except from my country and Turkey (I've been there a lot). If you want to discuss further, you can also find me on Instagram: _adriana_vr_

I'm planning a night train journey soon and have a question regarding the Interrail mobile app's behavior. I'm hoping some experienced travelers can help me out!My journey details are: Departure from Budapest-Keleti (19:10 on July 8th) and arrival at Dresden Hbf (05:53 on July 9th).From what I understood, for direct overnight trains, only one day should be marked as a travel day. However, the mobile app has marked both July 8th AND July 9th as travel days for this specific journey.I've attached two screenshots.  The first one shows the full journey preview, and the second highlights a potential change point at Břeclav (though the train number seems to continue as EN 40476).Is this normal behavior? Has anyone experienced something similar or knows why the app might do this? Do I really need to use two travel days, or could this be an app glitch? I plan to contact Interrail support, but wanted to get some community insights first.Thanks in advance for your help!  

Buongiorno a tutti, per i miei 40 anni vorrei regalarmi ciò che non ho fatto a 20 anni e cioè un viaggio in treno.A tutta la famiglia, soprattutto al bambino (9 anni) piace tantissimo viaggiare in treno e vorrei unire, viaggio in treno, nord europa e 40 anni.L’idea è arrivare al circolo, appunto a Rovaniemi per andare a trovare Babbo Natale, partendo in treno dall’italia e sfruttando i treni notte.Qualcuno l’ha fatto? vorrei capire i costi extra per ogni treno, naturalmente con il bambino dovro optare per una cuccetta o vagone letto. Dove posso trovare le informazoni sui sovrapprezzi e i treni inclusi?GrazieValeria

I’m traveling from Geneva to Bern on May 11, 2026 using my Global Eurail Pass. I would like to take the scenic route on the Golden Pass Express from Montreux to Spiez. Is the Global Eurail Pass still valid on all Golden Pass Express routes during 2026? Are seat reservations required or optional? Is there a chance that the train will be full if I do not reserve a seat? When I query a route from Montreux to Spiez via Zweisimmen, the Panoramic Express portions of the trip all note “Seat recommended.” Presumably this means seat reservations are optional. There is also a note that indicates that “Reservation fees vary based on the route,” but I’m not sure what this means. Any clarification would be appreciated.  

I would like to take a One-Country pass for France but I start my journey from Lausanne and come back to Lausanne (Switzerland). I cannot find out if the one country pass is available from Lausanne. 

how do I activate my pass on the first day of travel? Do I just board the train and what do I have to show that I have the pass? I am entering 2 travelers on the pass, do we each get a pass or is one pass good for both

Hello!I am trying to buy Minicabin reservations from Vienna to Rome on the 01/04 Nightjet on OBB’s website, but I am getting an error:“currently not available: Due to construction work or missing timetable information, it is currently not possible to book a reservation for this train. It is not yet possible to predict when the information will be available. Please check regularly to see whether your connection can already be reserved.”I’ve checked 10 days ago and everything was fine: now, there are no dates available until June or July and I’m wondering which alternative can work, because it doesn’t seem something related to lack of availability.It’s my first interrail and I’m travelling with my 12 yo daughter, I definitely need to be in Rome on the 03/04 morning the latest, because we have our flight from there to Cagliari on that day.I know I’ve waited too much for buying reservations, but we had some issues to solve…Hope you can give us some advice, thank you so much!

Hello,I’m not a newbie to European travel, having used the paper pass ages ago without problem, but now I’m concerned and confused about the digital disconnect between reserving seats and the pass activation and ticket QR code generation on the Rail Planner app. We have flights and hotels and trains picked and planned, I have seat reservations for our group of 4 for trains in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy (Amsterdam to Florence).  All of us have 10-days-in-15 days passes for the trip, and I’ve planned out the big connections so I could reserve seats.  Only the Switzerland to Italy train actually required a reservation.  Here’s where I get confused: if there are limited seats for Eurail pass holders on trains that require reservations, and the pass and reservations are completely disconnected, could a train hypothetically “sell out” and deny us the ability to activate and select that train for boarding with the pass, even though we have reservations for it?  Does that mean I should ac

I’ve been planning my 6 week travel in Europe using Eurail’s trip planner. Now when I try to Log In, I get an error message saying “BAD Request” then Bad RequestYour browser sent a request that this server could not understand.Size of a request header field exceeds server limit. please help, PLEASE 🙏 

I am traveling in Norway and would like to have a day where we hop off and visit areas and then hop back on. Do I make reservations for each leg? 

How do I activate my pass on first day of travel, do I just board the train and what do I have to show I purchased the pass? I entered 2 travelers when purchasing the pass, do we each get a pass or will both be on one

HelloWe are a British family living in Canada and have a trip planned for April 2026. 2 adults, 1 child and 1 teen, but picking up my other teenager halfway through.We have used interrail passes before and are quite comfortable with most aspects but….I’m not sure if it is worth it for this trip.Land Paris.Train Paris to Maastricht (this is the bit that I am struggling to work out how to book without the pass)Train Maastrict to The Hague (now we will be 5 people), maybe a day trip to Amsterdam in there.Train The Hague to YpresTrain Ypres to Paris to leave So it would be a 4 day pass (or should we make it 5 days and include the daytrip to Amsterdam)? Or each train directly. Happy to firm on timings. Thanks so much for any suggestions.Jen

I am planning to take the Euro Rail Pass  Heidelberg to Paris (2 days) - Brussels (1 Day) - Amsterdam (1 day) - Frankfurt airport Is this good enough or i drop Brussels and just do Paris and Amsterdam 

Is it possible to travel from Basel, Switzerland to Wilderswil, Switzerland using my First Class Global Pass?