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Hi! Another question from a newbie. I am planning on doing the following trip: will I need 4 or 5 days?Dates may change. 15 jul - Italy (outbound journey) to Carcassonne20 jul - Carcassonne  - La Rochelle26 jul - La Rochelle - Paris30 jul - Paris - Nice via night train + 31 jul Nice to Italy (inbound journey) Thank you for your precious help!   

I want to travel from Paris to Madrid but I want to leave Paris in the evening. However there is no direct connection so there only connections like the one from the link below. There you need to change the train in the morning. So my question is if i book this whole journey in advance (2 different trains) do i need 1 or 2 travel days from my global pass?https://www.interrail.eu/de/plan-your-trip/interrail-timetable?ol=Paris+%28France%29&ov=8724855&dl=Madrid+City+%28Spain%29&dv=7199999&vl=&vv=&t=1721210451173&ar=false&rt=&tt=&mc=&mct=1

Hello! Next month I want to take the AVI from Marseille to Madrid. Unfortunately you cannot reserve seats in advance. I don't arrive in Marseille until the evening and the train leaves at 8 a.m. Has anyone ever taken this connection and booked a seat reservation at the train station? Can this be done at the ticket machine? I don’t know what to do and DB and renfe couldn't really help me... Thank you for your tipps :)

HelloLooking at another trip, this time;London  → HamburgHamburg → CopenhagenCopenhagen → CologneCologne → LondonObviously there is always the Eurostar suppliment/reservation but I’m getting mixed messages about the 8 euro reservation on the ICE’s from Brussels and back to Paris, some searches say required and some say recommended. It’s end of July/August so may be better not to risk it but I wonder if I’m missing a trick?Thank you in advanceSarah

Dear community,I would like to travel with interrail from London to Paris in the end of July. However, the reservation system says that it is not possible to reserve any seats on the eurostar any more. What are my options to get to Paris now? As I have a specific date that I have to be in Paris, I am not flexible with that.Could I take a train to Dover, take the ferry to Calais and then take a train from Calais to Paris again? I think train tickets are not yet available for that route yet. I guess that I have to pay for the ferry ticket extra and cannot use interrail for that?If there are any other options, it would be great, if you let me know. Thank you very much.

Knowing all the issues now I feel like I should have gone with the paper pass but here we go..I watched the tutorial and some others video but they don't explain everything.Having a 2 month Mobile pass does it start counting the days from the moment of the activation or from the first day of travel?What are the conditions that make you consume a travel day? Since I will do a lot of start and stop do I need to deactivate some how the pass to not lose travel days?Do I need to create a QR code for each movement like: if I take 5 trains in a day do I need to add all of them in my trip then generate a qr for each? and if a train is canceled can I undo the qr creation?Can't I just insert the start and stop of the day?What are the steps that I need to do before start traveling during my travel days?Does it support Offline mode? There's a solution to provide assistance in situations with no internet?Does exist somewhere a Mobile pass simulator where you can test the usage before the departure?

Hello everyone,is there a way to get a trip report after my mobile Pass expires? I have to fill a travel expenses claim and I need to prove that I used the Pass just for two days.Thank you in advance. 

Next month my family and I will be travelling from the US to the UK. It will be my wife and I and our two children aged 7 and 10. We intend to spend 11 days in the UK only, then return to the US. No additional European travel required.We have decided to travel by train and had intended to buy a Britrail pass (8 day flexi pass) and I’ve put together an outline for each day’s travel. Even though we would only be travelling on seven of the days, the 8-day Britrail pass seemed the best option.Then an ad popped up on Facebook advertising Eurail. So I started to investigate and the pricing is considerably cheaper, plus I can select a 7-day flexible pass.So are there any material differences between the two services? The only real difference that I have found so far is that Heathrow Express is included in the Britrail Pass and not Eurail. London Underground is covered by neither. But we need to travel out of King’s Cross and will need to take the tube either way (either from Heathrow with Eur

I see that Interrail pass holders get a 30% discount on the Flåm railway in Norway. However, I don’t see any way to book discounted tickets in advance. It’s not possible on the Interrail app. The Flåm railway website redirects to www.norwaysbest.com which only sells full price round-trip tickets. It tells you to book on vy.no for single tickets but that website of course does not do Interrail discounts. Any ideas? Turning up at the ticket office in midsummer hoping for availability is too risky.

If less than 180 days - why won't it let me book? The tickets are available but displays this warning instead of letting me select a price. 

Apologies for the novice question. I am travelling from London to Athens using the global pass. It feels sensible to work back so I am trying to book my last journey first - Thessaloniki to Athens on 26 July. I have seen some info saying you can only book from a local greek train station (very unhelpful if true) and other info that you can book online in advance. I have looked at the Hellenic website but that doesn’t show any trains for the 26th July but this is a popular route. Surely that can’t be right?My two questions:Where can I find the times of these trains because no where seems to say they have any trains on this route on this day, which seems strange?Can I book a ticket in advance for this train, if so what is the best website to do which takes interail global pass?All help greatly appreciated.   

Hi all,This is my first time going to Europe and I’ve never purchased a eurail pass before. I will be in Europe for one month. I need to travel to Paris from Spain for 4 days, from Spain to Rome for 4 days, then to Florence 4 days, Positano 4 days, and back to Rome where I fly home. Is it better to buy a Global pass or a 10 day in 2 months pass? Any advice you can give would be helpful.Annette

HiHeading to Germany in June for Euros,. travelling from Scotland and planing on doing 3 trips there and back.June 13th  Edinburgh to Munich  (overnight train)  2 travel days   June 15th Munich to Edinburgh  1 travel day June 18th Brussels to Stuttgart 1 travel day  (Edinburgh to Brussels extra cost)June  20th  Stuttgart to Brussels)  1 travel day  (Brussels to Edinburgh extra cost) June 22nd  Brussels  to Cologne  1 travel day  (Edinburgh to Brussels extra cost)June 24th Cologne to Edinburgh  1 travel day   (Brussels to Edinburgh extra cost) So 7 travel days pass would be fine if I’ve done my research rightI know i have to pay for seat reservations and for the extra trips back into Europe.If i have missed anything or there is a better way please let me know let me knowKenny  

Thinking of getting an Interrail-Eurail pass and you're trying to be as cautious as possible considering how much money you're going to have to put out before you even get started?? Good for you for checking! Now know this . . . the Interrail-Eurail PASS IS A SCAM!!!!! Here's why. A few months ago my husband & I bought 2 passes. Yes, we read all the fine print. As early as possible on the very 1st day we were allowed to make reservations, we tried to do just that, but shockingly, we couldn't because seats were already sold out!!! How are seats already sold-out when seat reservations had just opened for Interrail-Eurail passes???!!! We tried and tried, but nothing. We read somewhere on the website to go to our nearest train station. That's what we did and were told that only a very few seats are allotted for Interrail-Eurail pass holders. Then, what exactly is the point of selling (from Google) OVER 600,000 passes? I'll tell you what it is. It's simply a devious way to make (by make

Hello, We are traveling with kids from Zurich(alternatively Geneva if that works better) to Paris mid August 2024. We prefer a direct high speed train where we can use our Gobal Pass.Are we too late or too early to reserve? What is best website to reserve and use our global pass?We are first time travelers and completely new to train bookings so any help/input from you is very much appreciated.Thanks Karthick

I see only on train from Venice to milan on aug 4th morning. Is it because its Sunday or is it because I am checking too early?I am using global pass.thanks.

Hello everybody,I want to book the ferry from Travemünde (Germany) to Malmö (Sweden) for my Interrail trip.I red on this link (https://www.interrail.eu/de/plan-your-trip/tips-and-tricks/trains-europe/ferries/finnlines) that I can book the ferry from Travemünde to Malmö, and using the “RAIL” code, I will receive a 50% discount on the booking of the ferry, but on the finnlines website the code isn’t valid.Does anybody know why and if there is another valid Interrail Code to receive a discount? Thank you for your responses :)  

Hi! Please, I would like to know which pass I should buy: Interrail or Eurail once I'm Portuguese living in Brazil (outside EU) and I'm going to travel from London to France and inside France for more 4 times...

Hey Community, I was wondering when exactly a trip is counted as inbound? Is the point where I cross the border the deciding factor or does it matter who operates the train? I plan to take a cross border train from France to Germany, which SNCF operates until the first stop in Germany, then DB takes over. Can I ride until this first stop across the border without using an inbound day or do I have to get off at the last stop on the French side.Thanks in advance.

Hello,I  want to change date and time of an existing reservation. I dont see how I can do that in rail europe desktop version.  Please help.

Hi, is the night train from Munich to Paris included? If so, what are the seat/ cabin reservation costs for 2 adults, a teenager and a child please? Thanks! 

Hello, my name is Tobi, I‘m 18 years old and I‘m from Germany. I will start my Europe trip in june alone and I would like to meet some new people:)I want to go to Belgium, France and Italy, but I‘m not really sure about my route right now. If you‘re interested to meet up, you can text me on Instagram: tobi__2305

I wanted to make an Interrail trip to Portugal this year, then when I started planning I found out there are almost no train connections between Spain and Portugal…On the Interrail page I saw an article that said there are two trains per day from Vigo (Spain) to Portugal, but it’s from 2017 and in the Railplanner App it tells me there are no connections via Vigo.My original plan was to travel through northern Spain and enter Portugal from there and travel back through southern Spain.Now I just want a route where I can be sure I get into Portugal and out again without too much stress because I only have about 14 days of vacation. I am thankful for any tips or tricks or experiences to help me out, thanks in advance.

I’m hoping to travel this spring with my 3 kids, one of whom is under 4.  The rules say that one parent can take two kids but under 4s don’t need a pass.   So the other two kids can use the child pass associated with the parent but can I still take the 2 year old without issues? 

Hi, I have an Irish passport but have lived in China for over ten years. I’ll be arriving into the UK and staying for just under 2 months this summer. I’ll be travelling within the UK/Ireland and throughout Europe over those 2 months, so the 15 travel day Eurail pass looks perfect for my needs. But I’m wondering if the Chinese residence visa within my Irish passport will be sufficient proof of residence in China? I have about 5 consecutive years of residence visas within my current passport. The only other official Chinese IDs I have are my university teacher card and foreign expert certificate, neither of which have a Chinese address on them. I do also have the rental certificate for my apartment, but it’s entirely in Chinese.  Cheers for any advice,Ben