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I am planning a 16 day trip this month to travel from Switzerland to Italy. Arriving in Zurich airport and going to Lucerne immediately. Will then travel to Grindewald for a few days before going to Zermatt. However, my next stop from Zermatt to Venice seems to be very more than 9 hours (based on the train schedule from SBB). I am planning to go to Rome after Venice before my final destination at Milan which is where I will fly back home.My questions are :(a) Should I buy Swiss Travel pass to travel within Switzerland? What pass should I buy since there are 2 countries i am travelling (b) Is there a faster train ride to travel from Zermatt to Venice? Based on what SBB provides, it is a very long ride with the need to make 5 train changes so I am hoping to find a shorter train ride. (c) Could I obtain advice which route requires seat reservations and should I purchase 1st or 2nd class seats? Thanking in advance. 

Hello,I’m travelling with a few young girls and want to make sure my first few days of travel go as smooth as possible. I’m planning to travel from Amsterdam to Istanbul. I need to be in Istanbul on a specific date for a wedding! Therefore, my question is… do I need to take ‘buffer’ days into consideration? Or do the trains typically run when they are supposed to run in these countries? Thanks a lot!Cheers, Bauke/Anne

I am aiming to go interrailing next year in 2026, however am very prepared and like to have a look at various route options, and to accustom myself to the process I will have to go through when eventually booking my trip. I looked up the routes I want to go on during my trip with my partner, and also had a look at some of the seat reservation options for 2025 in May (which is when we want to travel next year). I see that you can book seats up to 90 days in advance, but found EVERY date within 90 days in the future completely booked up! 90 days from today is specifically the 7th of July 2025, and even those tickets were completely sold out. How do I avoid this or ensure that I can reserve a space on the more popular routes? I did check at 11am, should I be checking at midnight or early hours of the morning? The route I am talking about specifically is Avignon to Barcelona. 

Hello Fellow travellerswe are coming in may and i cant seem to get any answers to my questions!do each of us (two adults and 1 youth - 16 year old and two 9 year old) need our passes on our own phones? .kids dont have internet nor devices my 16 year old has a phone but wont have internet access if we get a pass from example:  Zurich to MIlan but decide to stop over at Como - will we lose our seat reservations? if we are on trains that dont require seat reservations and we dont book them, is there a place we can sit otherwise if the seats are full?your assistance is appreciated!family of 5 coming in from Australia to Europe!

Hello is this a good plan Need to get travel London to Split. Any advice greatly appreciatedLondon → Amsterdam (26th June) Amsterdam → Freiburg (27th/28th June) Freiburg → Vienna (29th/30th June) Vienna → Zagreb (2nd July) Zagreb → Split (4th/5th July) 

I want to make a seat reservation for the train from milan to ventimiglia. I can do this through the interrail page, but I would like to choose the seats so that I am on the right (coastal) side. This is not possible with interrail. Via OBB I can find the train (one way & discount interrail) but there it says “no ticket available”, while I clicked “only seat reservation”. How/where can I make a seat reservation for this train? 

SOY NUEVO EN LA COMUNIDAD Y NO TENGO EXPERIENCIA . QUIERO HACER EL SIGUIENTE RECORRIDO:MILAN A LA SPEZIA - (IDA Y VUELTA) MILAN - TIRANO - SANK MORITZ - (IDA Y VUELTA) TREN BERLINA AMSTERDAM - ROTTERDAN (SOLO IDA) ROTTERDAM - LONDRES (EUROSTAR) SOLO IDAAGREDEZCO PUEDAN INFORMARME SI EL EURALIPASS (GLOBLAL) CUBRE LOS TRENES PARA DICHOS RECORRIDOS …... COMO HACER LAS RESERVAS..…. Y LAS SUGERENCIAS QUE PUEDAN APORTAR SOBRE MI CONSULTA……. MISMO DONDE PUEDO CONSEGUIR MAS INFO AL RESPECTO.CORDIALMENTE. NORBERTO

I plan to travel from grindwald to Lucerne with golden pass. And I have eurail pass. Do I need to book seat revervstion or other pass for the train? If yes I need to buy it onlime or at train station? If I can buy at train station which one, at grindwald or interlaken station? 

Is my Interrail Pass generally valid for one day, or only for the trains I'm planning to take? So, if I miss a train, for example, can I just take the next one?

Do I have a Chance to aktivate a pass with an iPhone 6??? Thanks for help! 

Hello!I’m trying to book seat reservations on trains between Maribor and Chioggia on 12 July, but am wondering if they’re not yet available? Can anyone please confirm?Also, a while back (actually quite a few years ago) I took a train from Ljubljana to Venice, but I’m not sure such a train is still running? The suggested routes seem to be to head north to Austria before heading down to Venice and then Chioggia. Is it no longer possible to take the train from Ljubljana to Venice via Trieste?Thanks for your help in advance - it’s hugely appreciated!Mel 

Sorry if this is a silly question but I’m new to this and finding it harder than I thought!I want to book my trip but trains don’t appear when I try to add the journey for example trains from Helsinki to Kemi  and Narvik to Stockholm at the start of July.Why is that? and what should i do?Thanks for any help

Hi,I bought last year the Interrail Global pass during the sale in July. It says I need to activate it before 18 June 2025. Just to be sure: if I activate it for example on 17 June, than I will be able to use it after 18 June? Or should I use all the travel days before 18 June?Thanks!Greetings Bart

Hey,on April 17th, I need to go from Prague to Berlin.i tried to reserve a seat, but it looks like there aren’t any available .according to Eurail , seats are recommended , not required .is it still possible to get on the train?or should I find an alternative ?

I’m planning to travel to Sicily from Belgium by train in a few weeks. I was able to book seat reservations from Brussels to Messina using the Interrail web planner. However, I need to get from Messina to Palermo, and I can’t find an available ticket online, even on the ÖBB website, as recommended by other Interrail users.Has anyone encountered this issue before? Do you know the best way to book this ticket?  

Hi, I have a friend who resides in sweden who has a 15 travel day pass and wants to use an outbound journey from gothenburg to copenhagen and then go back in gothenburg without activating inbound journey (He will buy a separate ticket). Can he then use the remaining travel days to get to stockholm?. so basically travel within his country.  *Reason for traveling to stockholm is for him to catch a flight from stockholm to eastern europe and start his remaining travel days there

Hi, we’ve got 4 nights in Florence early July 2025 and looking at taking a day-trip over to Pisa one day and possibly across to Venice on another day. Can we use our Eurail pass on these trains please?I’ve checked the timetable and it seems like there’s plenty of trains departing Florence to Pisa, looking at the 08.28am train. Seems I’m unable to make seat reservations however. Do we simply board the train and show our Global Pass or I assume we need to validate a ticket somewhere? 

We are travelling this summer from Marseille to Brussels with five people on Interrail passes. There is almost or no availability on this route for seat reservations, I tried a few seconds after they were available to book to no avail. So I ended up booking seats to Lille (easy and great availability) and figured I’d pay cash for the remainder of the trip to Brussels.However, the very same train with the same number 9868, was “Fully booked” from the moment the tickets were released, even for cash tickets, from Lille to Brussels. Though a very similar TGV train, with the number 9864 travels the exact same route at the exact same time.  I managed to book tickets on this one. But my question is, is this actually the same train? It seems odd to run two TGV services at the exact same time on the exact same route, and having one be basically unbookable. This is all very to confusing, and Im hoping we just have to change places/carriage at Lille, and not run to a different platform (with only

My answer to this is no, despite it being advertised in the Eurail planner. After a long flight from Australia, trying to activate our mobile pass for the first time, the train attendant tells us it isnt valid...because Heathrow Express isnt part of Network Rail (the UK rail consortium that combines all the tracks). Im aware of this, and I was happy that the Heathrow Express was listed as being part of the Eurail pass. But no, the ticket lady said it wasnt part of the pass and that they had tried to explain to Eurail many times that they werent involved in the scheme but they kept having travellers come up to them (like I did) showing them the Eurail Planner rules/inclusions and expecting to be able to use it. Can anyone else confirm if it really is part of the pass or if it isnt and Eurail are just false advertising?

I wanted to regarding the interail outbound and inbound rules, I have a friend who lives in sweden (GOT) and is planning to meet us in copenhagen. He plans to use the outbound journey to CPH and then headback to gothenburg without using inbound journey  and then continuing the travel days within sweden from gothenburg to sweden. Will there be a problem using a travel day within sweden if  he used an outbound journey? (Like does the app consider him being out an issue)

Hello folks,I’m wondering if I book a reservation for GWR in UK (return trip from London to Oxford), would that use one day of my Global Eurail Pass (Flexi pass)? I have already planned out all travel days for my pass and I won’t be able to use the pass if GWR requires one. Thanks.

Hello, I am trying to book 2 seat reservations from Milan to Zermatt for May 25 2025.  When I checked the Eurail website a week ago, there were plenty of seats available and the website stated no reservations needed.  When checking today, the only seat reservations are for a bus from Milan to Domodossola. Earlier, there were trains available.  Also, there are still seats available for a train from Milan to Zermatt, but those trains depart at 0745, which is a bit early, and also seem to possibly book before our trip.  How can I book seat reservations from Milan to Zermatt without needing to ride a bus on the first leg to Domodossola?  If I do need to book a bus seat on that leg, is there a link where I can do this? Thanks for any assistance with this. Best Regards,Mike Bechtold

Hey! I’m Rene from Estonia. I'm 18, and I’ll be using my DiscoverEU pass to travel around Europe this summer—starting in Paris (June 6–10) and making my way through France, Spain, Portugal, Monaco, and Italy before heading home in early July.I’m up for anything—exploring cities, chilling on a beach, trying weird local food, last-minute plan changes, doing sports, partying, or just going with the flow. It would be awesome to find someone to travel with for part of or even the whole trip!If you’re on a similar route and wanna team up or have ideas, hit me up!I speak English, a little Russian, and a tiny bit of French.IG: rene_reineberg

Folks, Can anyone recommend the best places to keep an eye on for diecounts on a pass purchase, promotions etc?  Any will do. 60+ even better ;) Just completed an exhilirating trek across Europe on the pretence of a job interview.  Packed my suit & heels but also hiking boots.   Can't wait until the next trip!Thank you most kindly.Karla 

I’m trying to book ICE319 from Brussels to Cologne on Friday 27th June, but the reservation systems are telling me that it can’t be booked because the carriage layout isn’t available.I’ve tried booking the same train on other dates and the layout is there alright.I’ve checked the train running dates (banhof.de is my new favourite planning tool) and it should be running that day.Any ideas on what the issue is?Normally I would be happy enough to worry about it later, but I’ve just booked a Eurostar into Brussels and plan on taking the EC7 from Cologne the next morning and my options for getting between the 2 cities is limited at that time of night.There’s also a Thalys/Eurostar, but the reservation fee is enough to put me off. An error has occurredThe carriage layout is temporarily unavailable. Please continue your booking without selecting a seat in the carriage layout or try again at a later time.