Interrail Pass

Advantages: Total freedom, fantastic sights and interesting people.
Disadvantages: When I got back, my toothbrush had been thrown away. Cankles.

...month of train travel with Interrail and I am bronzed, toned, still in one piece and ready to put you in the picture! Before I went I read every internet article I could get my hands on, they mostly covered the experience and many did it justice. I hope I can convey the fantastic time I had, with a route that defied all logic and convention and involved endless laughter, confusion and foreign officials. However, before you buy Interrail tickets, ...
...has a lot to learn! Interrail gives you the freedom to travel at a reduced rate, it's a massive saving compared to the cost of paying for the individual journeys and it means that you can go somewhere 'just because you like the sound of it'. Every experience will be different and I've tried to include both the pitfalls (in the hope that you can avoid them) and the highlights. The section entitled Train Practicalities is worth reading if your trip ... Read review

Advantages: Pretty cheap, the chance to be spontanious, an adventure, safe, fun, exciting
Disadvantages: Not everybody's cup of tea

During the final year of my A-levels, me and my fellow sixth former friends decided it would be fun to plan a post A-level holiday. After thinking it through for months and coming up with a variety of different ideas on what kind of trip we wanted, we finally opted for an inter-railing trip round Europe. For those of you who do not know what inter-railing is I will tell you a little about it. Inter railing, involves travelling round Europe by train, ...
...and £405. The price you pay depends upon your age and the amount of zones which you would like to visit. Europe is divided up by Eurail in to zones for the purpose of this pass and the zones are as follows, Zone A- UK and Ireland Zone B- Norway, Sweden and Finland Zone C- Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Germany Zone D- Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina Zone E- France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium Zone ... Read review

Advantages: Flexibility, price.
Disadvantages: Some hidden costs.

...searching and found that only InterRail (I think it is a division of Rail Europe) had a viable solution. This is in the form of an InterRail ticket – a booklet that provides unlimited travel on selected rail networks for a period of time, normally one month. The ticket’s price is determined by which areas (‘Zones’) of the continent you want to include. If I remember rightly, there are eight, including Ireland. Oddly, Morocco ...
...in other Ciao opinions, the InterRail office told me that none of the tickets (which come in 1, 2, 3 or All Zone flavours) include either travel in the UK or transport to the continent. You can check this out with them, online at www.inter-rail.co.uk . I selected a three zone, month-long pass that covered the French, German and Eastern European zones. That set me back around £189, but I think the price has now gone up around a tenner. Although we ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, flexible, a great experience!
Disadvantages: Some hidden costs, does not cover home country.

...short time, read on - Interrail is a great way to achieve a low-budget, high-intensity travel experience. THE EXPERIENCE: I spent a month Interrailing round Europe with a friend during one summer at uni. In that time I visited about 10 towns and cities in 8 different countries, and travelled through several more. We shared train compartments with Spaniards, New Zealanders, Canadians, Bulgarian football fans, and four generations of a Romanian family. ...
...very major part of an Interrail trip. PLANNING: It's great, but it can be tiring if you try to go too fast. It's worth having a rough itinerary to make sure you see everything you want to and have enough time to rest between gruelling sightseeing expeditions and overnight journeys. We had about 3 or 4 days per stop, and I would recommend this as a minimum. Don't put too much effort into planning though, because the wonderful thing is that it's ... Read review

Advantages: a very cheap option of getting around Europe
Disadvantages: some countries require annoying supplements to be paid along with the pass

...of the thrill of choosing Interrail is the complete freedom it gives you to travel wherever and whenever you want within your zones (as long as it is by train, of course). It is my opinion that even the most precise of people, who would plan ahead such a journey to the exact day, are vulnerable to changes in schedule. For instance, unless one has been to every destination on the route – very inadvisable, since one of the main themes of Interrail ...
...thought of visiting. The Interrail pass, restricted to European citizens, provides free travel on most regular trains in most countries. With my one-month trip mainly confined to France and Italy, I could already see a significant variation in the applicability of the Interrail pass, which no doubt becomes more noticeable the further one wishes to travel. France was Interrail-friendly, with very acceptable supplements only necessary for high-speed ... Read review