Interrail Passes

Are you eligible to buy a senior ticket and would you rather sleep in a bed than in a tent? Do you have time outside the school holidays and are you interested in sharing parts of your travel adventure? Then you’ve come to the right place, and I look forward to hearing your stories. Perhaps a special group of senior citizens will form here.My Story: 1st Trip in 1979, then 1980, 1981, 1983, long time for business, kids and family, still beloved and married but interrail single, last trips 2024 and 2025. Now I’m planning a one-month trip (313€ yeah) for 2027, but I’m not yet sure exactly when or where I’ll be heading.

Hello, my name is Nolan. I am currently living in the UK and have the official proof of temporary residence but I’m not a permanent resident. Should I choose the Eurail Pass or Interrail Pass？Thanks a lot！

I bought four Eurail Global Passes (around €1,193) for a trip with my parents, who flew in from India to visit me. It was meant to be a relaxed European holiday for them. It became the worst travel experience I’ve had in years of living in Europe — and I say that as someone who works in customer success for a living.The pass is sold as a simple, flexible way to travel. In reality it failed us at almost every step. At Munich we were refused boarding on a full train and waited three hours with my elderly parents. On the Paris–Brussels Eurostar there were no pass-holder seats, so we were forced to buy full-price tickets on top of the pass we’d already paid for — paying twice for the same journey. We were hit with repeated mandatory reservation fees on other legs, spent around six hours reaching Brussels, arrived at 10pm, and lost a full day of pre-booked activities. Several travel days we paid for were simply wasted.When I complained, it got worse. Over two weeks my case was passed betwee

I bought four Eurail Global Passes (around €1,193) for a trip with my parents, who flew in from India to visit me. It was meant to be a relaxed European holiday for them. It became the worst travel experience I’ve had in years of living in Europe — and I say that as someone who works in customer success for a living.The pass is sold as a simple, flexible way to travel. In reality it failed us at almost every step. At Munich we were refused boarding on a full train and waited three hours with my elderly parents. On the Paris–Brussels Eurostar there were no pass-holder seats, so we were forced to buy full-price tickets on top of the pass we’d already paid for — paying twice for the same journey. We were hit with repeated mandatory reservation fees on other legs, spent around six hours reaching Brussels, arrived at 10pm, and lost a full day of pre-booked activities. Several travel days we paid for were simply wasted.When I complained, it got worse. Over two weeks my case was passed betwee

Hi everybody, we’re about to start our trip on Saturday and I started activating the passes (7-day global), realizing I need an ID document to activate the passes. My children aged 8 and 5 don’t have any ID yet. Do I need to activate the children’s passes at all for they’re not paying anyway? Thank you for your help and advice 

Hello, I want to apply for https://www.jugendherberge.de/en/membership/eurail/ German Youth Hostel Membership - but there is a “Please submit a copy of your Eurail invoice as a “PDF file”.” And I did not pay for my pass - it was granted to me as a part of a programme. How do I get an invoice or some other document that they will maybe accept?

Hello,I have won a 7-day Polish-German Friendship Pass, and I have a question about how it works.In the tutorial video, I noticed that it might be possible to pause the pass. Does this mean that, during my trip, I can stay in Berlin for three days, pause the pass during my stay, and then reactivate it afterwards, so that I still have six days of train travel remaining?Or, once I activate the pass, do the seven days run consecutively, meaning that the pass continues to expire even if I stop travelling and stay in one place for a few days?

Hi everyone, Hope you are all good.I have a specific interrailing question that I would like to be answered, and I will need a reply soon because today is the last day I can refund my pass, as I purchased it a week ago  as part of the 50% discount. This was on a bit of a whim, not really sure if I was going to use it or not. It is now getting towards the deadline (this is today) by which the pass can be refunded and I will need some more information, quickly as to if it is worth progressing with.It is a months long continuous interrail pass and I will be starting in London, UK.Due to work commitments I will (realistically) only be able to take up to 13 potentially 14 days off holiday (this is Monday to Friday so two and a half weeks working days) to go interrailing. This could be extended to 18 days if I include the two weekends . So this means S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S, M, T, W. Realistically however I can’t see myself taking the additional half week off so will p

Bonjour,J'ai pris 2 pass pour moi et mon fils, ajouté mes réservations place assises et ensuite j’ai compris qu'il fallait activer le pass. Mais là je ne saisis pas pourquoi sur le pass de mon fils, il est indiqué 2/5  utilisés et non, sur le mien, ai-je fait une bêtise??

How to activate my bookings daily which are already booked a d paid for

I used Interrail a month ago to travel between Switzerland and London. The only people I could find that knew how to work the app worked at ticket offices non of the ticket inspectors could help me. Is there a seamless way to use the pass. Also is there a pass that can be used over 3 or 6 months?many thanksAfam

Hello,can I risk booking my eurostar before interrail has released its timetables?Specifically, I need to book a eurostar from London on 17 December and then again back to London on 03 January but Interrail doesn’t have timetables for my journey, yet (am going to Italy and back via France - Paris and/or Lille).And can I book seat reservations directly with Eurostar (since I can’t add journeys to my pass yet), if so where/how?Thank you!Julia

Hello. My partner and I have selected 1st class Interrail passes for our December holiday to France. I’ve waited until 30 September (as advised) to book, however still cannot find any trains to book along our proposed journey. Paris - Reims - Strasbourg - Colmar - X - Toulouse - Bordeaux - Paris

Hi,  I bought 3 global passes, one for me and 2 for my children , about 3 months ago.    When do i need to activate them ?   And should i connect the childrens passes to my ‘ trip’ ? What is the downside to activating a pass now or waiting until later ?  Thanks in advance   

Just had a notification saying I should go online within 48 hours to keep my pass valid - I’ve used one day and will use day 2 on Sunday - does this log in count as being online?

Dear all, I have booked my global interrail ticket. I would like to make a reservation for the trains leading to Barcalona, but how to proceed without the interrail environment?It looks like the travelplan options for second half December and January are not yet visible in the interrail environment. Not in app and not online. I checked the international site for the Dutch rail company, and it is available there… What to do? Do I book through Eurostar site? How does that reservation end up in my interrail app?Lybrich

As my wife and I approach our 80s, and having eschewed travelling by plane, we feel we want the added comfort and ease of 1st class rail travel.  We have used interrail a number of times previously for special journeys, but assumed that it would not be cost effective for a straightforward trip to Italy and back.  To my cost (literally), I have discovered that is not the case.  So in December, returning January we are going London -Paris-Lyon-Milan-Venice and then back - a total of four days of travelling.    Aside from the London to/from Paris journey, we are booking 1st/Business class seats.   As is often the way, you book tickets for various stages as the tickets become available.  All has now been booked apart from the Venice/Milan journeys where tickets are not yet available.  What is clear now, is that if I had gone through the interrail option, purchasing two 4 day 1st class pass, we would have saved around £100.   We would have also saved ourselves having to deal with dynamic pr

Need to cancel my pass struggling with that plz help as pass reference is not being recognized and no reply from agent yet 

Hi,I searched all the inbound/outbound Qs but didn’t see my specific Q. If I have a 2 or 3 month Global Pass but would like to have multiple 5 day trips, section 4.2.2 is not clear on how I would pay for my residency outbound. If I depart from my country of residence and either at my final destination in the new country in a single train/couchette or my trip includes a stop in the new country but I will be taking another train for my final destination, how would I pay for my outbound train cost? will the Interrail app show me the cost and I can pay it there because I have no more outbound/inbounds available?  Or, do I need to buy a separate ticket myself and only book my Interrail after I arrive in the new country? Thanks

As an interrail addict I bought a 3 month interrail at last year's (2026) promo, planning to use it Februari - May this year. A broken ankle prevented me from travel. Latest start date is November 8. Obligations make it difficult to travel until mid-January. I will still use it form some small journeys. But is it still possible to get a refund of 90% or was that zero?(And yes, of course I'm buying a pass in the current sale)Thanks

Hello,I’m trying to book a trip with a 3-day pass for France. I got this message. Anybody knows why, what I could do? I tried to get an answer via the Chatrobot, but got stuck in a loop.Thank you! Ester 

I would like to know if the pass, in addition to including train tickets, also covers accommodation in the cities you plan to visit during your Interrail trip.

Traveling first time from Kuwait to France and zurich, can I purchase Interrail pass and use

Bonjour, En vue de la situation sanitaire en Europe, je pense sérieusement annulé mon voyage interail prévu pour aout avec mon conjoint. Nous devons aller en Belgique Allemagne, Slovaquie, Hongrie, République Tchèque, Autriche et Suisse. D’autre sont dans mon cas ? Je n’ai pas encore réservé de train donc mon pass sera toujours utilisable l’année prochaine en sachant que je l’ai acheté en janvier dernier ? Nous avons juste prévu le voyage sur l’application. J’avais reçu un mail disant que nos pass étaient prolongés d’une année.  Merci beaucoup pour votre aide et vos avis ! 

We are looking at a months interailing next summer departing United Kingdom and travelling around Central Europe ( France, Switzerland, Austria, Northern Italy ) and were wondering if it would be more beneficial to purchase a 1st class ticket as opposed to a second class ticket. Not sure how reservation costs differ between 1st and 2nd class and whether that added bit of luxury coming with 1st Class will outweigh the difference in cost between the two passes. Having already completed 2 2nd Class month Interail passes in the past we were thinking it might be a bit of fun to try a 1st Class one this time. Would be good to know what the benefits of travelling 1st Class on European trains are. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you.