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First time Interrail user here, so be patient!I'm trying to get from Angouleme to Strasbourg by TGV on 25th May, as part of a long journey to Salzburg in Austria. It seems that seat reservations are required but they are showing as unavailable. Looking at other posts on here, it seems that this isn't uncommon for TGVs, and the seats are likely to be released nearer the time. Being only 10 weeks or so away, I'm getting sweaty palms because it's my last day of pass validity and I need to get back to Salzburg that day.My originally planned travel option (from Angouleme to Paris Montparnasse) won't work, because the train I need to catch on that day is not available to pass holders. Any thoughts on whether the reservations will become available before I need to travel, or should I totally review my options? Thanks in advance for any advice.

For this journey on my Global Eurail Pass I get the error message ‘Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later or find another connection. This connection will be removed from your cart.’ Even if I change the date to closer or later I am still getting this message!

Good morning,I have just purchased a 7-day global pass for a month for the first time and I have a quick question. We planned the following trip:Paris → Wien (3 August : day of travel)Wien → Praha (4 August : day of travel)Praha → Krakow (7 August : day of travel)krakow → Bratislava (8 August : day of travel)Bratislava → Budapest (8 August)Budapest → Ljubljana (10 August : day of travel)Ljubljana → Lesce Bled (11 August : day of travel)Lesce bled → Wien (12 August : day of travel)Wien → Paris   (12 August)in total, we have 7 days of travel, are we allowed to return with a night train? (knowing that our pass is valid for the entire month of August)What is an outbound or inbound journey? (interrail.eu) this link seems to say no, however it is possible to enter the last train on the application.sorry for my poor english (I’m french) and thank you in advance for your answers. Regards,  Roméo 

I just purchased a Eurail pass, but for some reason, I can’t find if there is an app to go with it.  If not, how do I use it?

¡Hola! I’m from Argentina; I’m traveling to Europe in May and I’m analyzing the convenience of purchasing a railway pass.Day 1) ALVIA 04095 / Madrid - Santiago de Compostela Day 3) ALVIA 04134 / Oviedo - Madrid Day 7) EUROSTAR 9126 / London - Amsterdam Day 9) NS IC145 / Amsterdam - Berlin Day 11) DB IC60408 / Berlin - Zurich Day 12) FFS IC3    / Zurich - Chur // RB IR38 / Chur - St. Moritz Day 13) RB RE9 / St. Moritz - Tirano // Trenord RE8 2827 / Tirano - Milano //  Trenitalia FR 8803 / Milano - Ancona Day 14) Trenitalia IC541 / Ancona - Roma Day 15) Trenitalia FR 9503 / Roma - Napoli // Trenitalia FR 9662 / Napoli - RomaI have 3 questions for you:1) I’m seeing that some sections require a seat reservation (from 5 euros in regional to 40 in the Eurostar); others say that a reservation is not required, but it is recommended (for example in Switzerland, 10 euros) and others directly say that a reservation is not needed. In these latter cases, how is travel guaranteed? Is there always a

What is the CHEAPEST and EASIEST route to barcelona from paris.

how far in advance should i book trains? do you need to book a seat on every train? i am travelling june-august

Hello. Over the past couple of years, I have noticed that Interrail have not advertised their promotional feature that enables travellers to share their photos/videos with Interrail in the hope of being featured on their official Instagram page. It seems like they feature Instagram reels instead of photos. Also, I noticed that Interrail has a TikTok account. It doesn’t look like they use it as much or in the same way as they use their Instagram account. Does anyone know if there is a promotional feature with Interrail via TikTok? Finally, I notice the hashtags #interrail and #createyourownstory that were once promoted by Interrail aren’t promoted anymore. The use of these hashtags and hashtags in general on Instagram posts seems to have majorly declined. What’s your thoughts on this? I’m gearing up for a year of travelling, so it would be good to know what other people think. Thanks. Liam

We bought a 10-days (paper)pass for february and march, but the trip didn’t went as planned, due to the strikes in France. Instead of travelling back in 4 days to Denmark (we had a deadline because of work) from Spain via France and Germany we flew to Berlin and took the train home from there. So now we have 3 days left, but used our in- and outbound travel already.Any suggestions how we can use the last 3 travelling days, without spending a fortune for getting out and in to DK to use the pass in neighbouring countries? If I’m not mistaken, there is no way to get a refund or change of passes. Though it would be really nice, if we could use the rest of the days in DK or at least in and out DK included.Thank you in advance.

the railplanner app and the railplanner on the website does’t seem to know Sant-Malo in france.i used the france name aswel as the bretons name.how can i make a ticket if interrail does't know the city?thank you in advance

If I buy a 4 day travel pass AND I have activated it/used the first day, do I have to use the pass every time I travel during that period? (Would I have to use a travel day every time I travel on one of the trains during the activation period?) Or could I still buy a single use ticket for a particular day and save the remaining travel pass days for future use? This might happen if I want to take a quick regional train where a ticket would be inexpensive, so it might make sense to save the travel days for a longer more expensive trip. thanks

Hello! I’m new here and have a few questions on how this eurail works. 😅We’re flying into Lisbon and traveling to Lagos and then Porto and then over to Barcelona. We have to get the global eurail pass since we’re traveling between two countries, correct? How do we choose the ‘high speed train’ or ‘AVE’ in order to shorten our travel time? We essentially need to choose enough travel days for our pass in order to cover every day we take the train, correct? The days we use the train twice in one day will only count as 1 travel day. And the days we stay put and don’t use a train, we won’t need a travel day for? Thank you so much for you help!!! 

New this booking tickets this way. Any help appreciated.My son is looking to travel for 3 weeks through France, Spain and Portugal. He would like the freedom to travel on days when he is ready to move on. Can anyone suggest the type of ticket he would need? Thanks in advance. 

Hello, i accidently put the wrong gender on my son’s pass.I choose “Ms.” instead of “Mr.” so, it stated his gender is female.Would it be a problem for the trips?

If seat reservations are optional and we choose to not reserve a seat (we have a 1st class Global pass), how do we know where to sit ie. what seats have been reserved and what seats are vacant (not reserved). Just wondering about this and know that the Community can assist. 

Hi there,I am senior British person, living in the UK and will be traveling with my niece from Brazil, who is 22. As I am the one making the purchasing (and paying) for both tickets, I would like to know the following:1 - Can I put both Apps & tickets on my phone, or does she have to buy it herself? I understand it’s not possible to transfer the tickets from one mobile to another.2 - We are planning to travel from Nottingham to Paris, my understanding is that I can start my trip from the UK, but what about her? If we activate her pass in the UK, would it count as “travel day”?3 - Do you have any tips for two people in our situation to make the most of our trip without much worries?Many thanks,😉   

I’d like to have a clarification about the 4-day Greek Islands Pass.It says on the site that it lasts 4 days but it does not clarify if once you activate it you have 4 consecutive days where you can use it, or if you have 4 different days in one month usage.It’s 2 very different things, whereas in the second option you have more time and freedom on when to use those 4 days.

We plan a tour including Albania (probably by bus since there are no trains running) and wonder how to travel from the Albanian border to Croatia / Split. Any suggestions?

 Good morning,:I wanted to receive directions for a trip I plan to take in the summer. We live near Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. We want to go to northern Italy with the intention of seeing Venice mainly and take the opportunity to visit Verona and some other place we haven't decided on yet. I am looking at trains from Pamplona to Milan, from Zaragoza to Milan, or from Barcelona to Milan...or any town near Pamplona with a train connection to Italy, preferably without transfers, but I understand that it might be impossible, but it is proving to be very complicated. I am traveling with a person who is 70 years old. We want something simple. I have come across your website. Could you tell me if there is any way to make this trip by train?

I am trying to book ferry tickets to Greece using my Interrail cards but hitting 2problems 1 The ferry from Bari to Igoumenitasa which used to be free no longer appears in the list of benefits. Has this been scrapped?2.I have tried to book Brindisi to Igoumenitsa on Grimaldi lines using a pass cover number generated by Eurail for my mobile pass but Grimaldi lines booking site doesn’t recognise it. Any help would be appreciated  

I'm looking to get confirmation on my math for the Swiss Pass or Eurail pass.I will have 7 days of traveling or benefits from the Eurail pass. only 4 of the days will be used in Switzerland (STP). My hotel in Lucerne provides the local passes.Below is a breakdown of each day of travel and expected costs. I priced out the Seat reservation itinerary againsthttps://www.eurail.com/en/plan-your-trip/eurail-timetable#/This will be for One adult and a 6 year old in April Day 1 Paris to Frankfurt       120.35EUR Includes seat reservation, ICE / Eurail Seat Reservation costs 19EUR PPDay 2 Frankfurt Flugen to Mannhein 17.9 EUR. I need to go to Heidelburg Station, how would that work, separate ticket for the S train? The Eurail site included the ticket there. Seat reservation not required Day 2 Heidelburg to Zurich HB    69.9 EUR Seat reservation not requiredDay 3 ZurichDay 4 Zurich to Lucerne        23.4CHF IR trains, Seat reservation not requiredDay 5 Mt Rigi       50% for Eurail and STPDay 6 T

Hi all,I have an interrail with two ‘country days’, and am a UK resident. Are these fixed such that you get one ‘inbound’ and one ‘outbound’ journey, or can I travel ‘inbound’ (ie Belgium → UK) twice instead?Many thanks,Lily

We have a 1st Class Global Eurail Pass. Now looking at seat reservations for Amsterdam to London in mid June. We are seniors and the price for the seat reservations is close to $300 AUD. Is this normal? Or is this because we are travelling in peak season? Seems very expensive. We are still learning how to navigate the websites,

Hi. I am looking at booking to seats from Paris to Amsterdam on Rail Europe. We have a 1st class Global Pass. I can book the seat reservations but cannot see where I can select specific seats. Is this possible on Rail Europe or at all?