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 pricing, knowing precisely the cost of our trip from the start.
