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Hi everyone,1/ Is the reservation fee, bought on Interrail website, refundable?2/ If I need to change train : can I do it after I bought the reservation fee on the Interrail website? If yes, how can I do it?3/ Can we select the seat in order to have a window? aisle? or solo?Thanks

Hi! My wife & I will be travelling to Europe around 17 days and was choosing between Eurail Global pass and Swiss travel pass.Schedule:Arrive in London end of Apr, 1 day in London 2 days in Paris 2 days in Lucerne, 2nd day Lake Lucerne Boat Trip to Mt Rigi 3 days in Interlaken, 2nd day to Grindelwald and 3rd day to Lauterbraunnen 2 days in Zermatt, 2nd day taking Gornergrat Railway to see Matterhorn 4 days in Florence (will have to pass through Milan via train from Zermatt), 2nd day to Cinque Terre and 3rd take to Tuscany via tour  Back to Milan for 2 days Appreciate any advice and factors that we need to consider. Thank you so much and appreciate the community here!

Hello everyoneI am French and have a global pass to travel to the UK.I plan to use my outbound journey like this : from Paris to London and London to Liverpool. But Eurostar trains are opened for reservation 6 months in advance and I would like to make a reservation now for my Paris London, and I would like to make the reservation for London Liverpool later (it’s not possible now). Can the outbound journey with several trains  can be reserved in several times?The same question apply for the inbound journey: I want to do a Edinburg => London => Paris => Toulouse the same day. Can I book now my train London => Paris and book my Paris Toulouse later and that all of this is counted once on my inbound trip?Thank you!

Does anybody have any information/experience/perceptions of if the availability of passholder tickets will be impacted by the current capacity issues on Eurostar? 

Hello! I bought an interrail Global Pass Promo Youth on 11th of MAY 2022.I know that i must activate the pass by the 11th of APRIL 2023, but do I also have to START MY TRIP?Am I "obliged" to travel up to the 11th of MAY 2023 or can I travel beyond?Thanks so much!

Hi everyone,I’m planning for my last day of my Interail Global Pass to go from Copenhagen to Paris next June.The best trip I found out is leaving Copenhagen at 6:56 with 3 short transfers:One in Fredericia st. : 7 minutes One in Hamburg Hbf : 19 minutes One in Mannheim Hbf : 11 minutes to get the TGV at 17:38 (I have a booking)My question is: in case I would miss the last connection in Mannheim, because of train delays, can I take the following ICE train at 19:40 without reservation? It is important for me to know as it will my last pass day. Do you think that this trip, although officialy proposed by DB on their website, with short connections is unrealistic? Thank you for your advices

I have my app on my phone all set up and ready to activate closer to the date of travel. I have added my proposed journeys into My Trip and booked and printed seat reservations where they are needed.My question is I can’t see the grey switch to toggle when I want to add the journey to my pass. Will this only appear once I have activated my pass?Am I right that on the day of travel I flick the toggle switch to yellow to generate the QR code for all journeys on that particular day?Thank you in advance for your answers! As an older lady it is sometimes difficult to get your head around this stuff!

Hello, I would like to make sure I understand the Interrail day system ! I've drawn a trip I'd like to make and the calculator predicts 8 days of travel. I live in Clermont Ferrand, so I would only take the train 7 times to get home when I read the map. Why does the system advise me a minimum of 8 days ?Best,

Dear mermbers, While trying to make a reservation from Berlin to copenhagen with Seat only (no ticket), in DB Bahn site, it mention the following information.Could you please tell me know what does it mean ? Is EURAIL not concerned and cannot make reservation ?......................quotation ................…What important things should I know about seat reservations?When is a reservation included in my ticket free of charge? Integrated seat reservation cannot be provided for offers that are not based on a timetable (e.g. RIT or Rail&Fly, Good for Train, Interrail, Eurail, etc.).ICE Sprinter and night train services are also not included. ...........End....................… Thank you

I wonder if you can access all the trains with the global interrail pass or just those on the map?THANKS

Hallo, ich hab mir zwar schon einige Beiträge hier im Forum dazu durchgelesen, aber so richtig verstanden habe ich es trotzdem nicht. Und zwar habe ich meinen Pass jetzt schon aktiviert. Allerdings überlege ich mir eventuell vor Reisebeginn ein neues Handy zuzulegen (zwecks besserer Kamera etc.). Jetzt stellt sich mir aber die Frage, ob (und wenn ja wie) ich den Pass auf meinem neuen Handy wieder aktiviert bekomme. Der Reisezeitraum hat natürlich noch nicht bekommen und wenn ich im Pass selbst oben auf die drei Punkte gehe, wird mir die Möglichkeit des Dealtivierens angezeigt, als auch den Pass auf ein anderes Gerät zu verschieben. Geht das darüber oder muss ich den Pass über einen anderen Weg verschieben? Ich danke schonmal für eine Antwort! :)

Hello travelers!If I choose a one country pass (like Italy, for example) is it possible during one day of travel to only cross a country like Switzerland? Because I'm living in Dijon and to join Venice, I have to cross Switzerland.Thank you in advance :)

For certain dates (London to Amsterdam) the Eurostar site says “Sorry, no trains are available on this date. This could be because the train is sold out, the service is not running, or because tickets are not yet on sale. Please try a different travel date, or check back later.”It’s quite important to know what the reason is - if the train is sold out or not running, fair enough, I’ll plan my visit for another date. But if tickets just aren’t on sale yet, I’d still like to plan my visit for that date and book as soon as tickets go on sale. Does anyone know how to find out? I have filled out a Eurostar query form but they sent me an irrelevant response and then closed the case!

I am looking to book train from Interlaken to Winterthur Switzerland.  All trips for May 6 and 7, 2023 are coming up like this: 07:00INTERLAKEN OST (Switzerland)2h 29mIC 809IntercityShow facilitiesYou're ready to boardYou can buy a seat reservation if you like but it's not required.Prices unavailableNo 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.More informationShow all stops09:29WINTERTHUR (Switzerland) Any help on how I can book this train trip or is the train not running on Saturday and Sundays? Do I need to book directly with the train company itself on the weekends?  Thank you so much in advance for any help you can give.

I bought the pass through another site.I'm currently traveling and would like to make a reservation for a train, but the app doesn't display the reservation button.That's why I want to book through the website instead of the app.However, web reservations require me to have a pass and be logged into my account.So I just created a new account.However, I don't know how to link the newly created account with the pass I purchased on another site and have already started using.How can I connect in this case? Also, how can I make a reservation for the train?  I'm sorry if it's hard to read because it was written mainly using a translation app.

Is that normal that my reservation made on Eurail, which is now showing in my summary of reservations, has no indication of a link to any rail pass?  It seemed to pull information (class, passengers) from trip information but mentions nothing on the e-billet that I am a pass holder.

Hello: I am trying to help my parents plan their trip through France this summer.  I was looking into the reservation process and costs for certain trains and it seems that almost all the Nice to Paris trains say Pass not valid.  Similarly the two earliest trains from Annecy to Nice said Pass not valid. These dates were for June and aren't even on sale yet so they can't be sold out. Is it just the certain trains do not allow use of the EU rail pass? Thank you!

Higlobal pass can be used to get benefits or offers in many services. my question is, 'would using the pass to get such benefits be considered using the pass one day. for example, if I have a 5 day pass and use it only for benefits any of the days, does it mean that day is considered one of 5 days?’ thanks in advance

Llegamos a Madrid, el 19 de mayo y queremos comprar el Eurailpass 4 días en un mes, ya que estaremos hasta el 6 de junio. Queremos ir a La Toscana en Italia. Como puedo diagramar mi viaje? Gracias

Maybe someone who has been to Spain in the last year or so can help me. I was able to get all my seat reservations from DB on paper. Can I just go to my train using the interrail pass and the reservation or do I have to trade the reservation in Spain into a different ticket of some sorts?

Hey! Is it considered to be safe to travel alone on interrail? Is there something that i need to know about in this case? Like i am wondering if something happens and I miss a train so that I am stuck at a train station at the middle of the night, would that be dangerous?

hi, i bought a 3 days travel ticket for 1 month for france.  but I want to use my tickets between france and germany.  how can i change this?

hi, i bought a 3 days travel ticket for 1 month for france.  but I want to use my tickets between france and germany.  how can i change this? or how can I use 85% refund of this ticket. Because because i need to buy a plan to travel from france to germany

Hello!I have a question about my 4 day interrail ticket!!Ive been wondering;If my night train starts at 6pm and arrives at 4am the next day. Does the journey count as 1 or 2 traveldays??thanks, Madita 

I have created two trips wtth 2 different passes as the app would not let me link 2 passes to the same trip.