Interrail Pass

...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 ...

Malibu_jenny 12.09.2006 · Read full review
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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 ...

lbr102 22.08.2005 · Read full review
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...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 ...

anotherwiseguy 28.09.2001 · Read full review
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...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 ...

Camda 03.11.2006 · Read full review
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...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 ...

Marechal_Grouchy 01.05.2001 · Read full review
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With an Interrail ticket you pay upfront for an all inclusive ticket which allows you to travel unlimited journeys for a set amount of time. There are various tickets you can buy, valid for different times and destinations. Here is a breakdown of the different tickets available, and their respective prices: Europe is split up into 8 different zones (A-H) and so- 1 Zone (16 days) £159 (under 26), £223 (Over 26), £111 (Child) 2 Zones (22 days) £215 ...
...about £12. Although the interrail ticket covers all lines within the zones you have paid for, for some of the faster trains, there are suppliments to be paid (for example to get from Amsterdam to Berlin I had to pay a suppliment of about £8), and on certain trains (like the TGV in France), to have to book your seat 1 day in advance (this only costs about £1). Most of the trains in Western Europe I went on were pretty impressive, but the further ...

Benn3004 13.09.2004 · Read full review
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There are several ways of seeing the world. One of the most common is to get a eurorail or amtrak unlimitred travel card and go and visit as many countries you can in your 8 week summer holidays. These type of travelling holidays are great for tasters about where you might want to return to. Or you could try doing it my way. This is purely a suggestion, but I've found that people who set out to visit as many countries as they can in a short space ...
...country or it's people. It's like spending three days in London, then thinking you've see the UK. The way I like to travel is to save up money then take as much time as I can afford (usually one week - a month) and choose one country to visit. I'm always on a budget, so I stay in hostels and use a Let's Go book to get around. Talk to the locals - they'll tell you the best places to see, and don't inhibit yourself by staying in the city, although ...

avitallly 25.05.2001 · Read full review
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...lot since I went on interrail holidays but those holidays have remained in my memory as if I went last year. Travelling by train in other countries is an excellent experience as you are close to the people who live and work in these countries. Trains can be a great place to strike up conversations and learn about the country you are travelling through. If you can speak a little of the language of the countries you are passing through it is even ...
...about their country and their lives. I could regale you with my experiences of trains, places and people I encountered during my trips but it is much better if you go yourself and experience these things yourself. Here is an old timers advice:- 1) In one month you cannot cover the whole of Europe so before you go choose where you want to go. 2) Do some homework on the countries you want to visit what there is to see, where you can sleep, when ...

mjbarkley 08.05.2001 · Read full review
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If you're on a tight budget but have the time available to travel then inter-rail is by far the best way to see Europe. The pass entitles the holder to free travel on all the railways throughout Europe for a month and cheaper passes are also available where travel is limited to a specific 'zone' and/or length of time. Due to the weakness of the Euro a 31 day all-zone pass is cheaper than ever and won't set you back more than £250. For those of you ...
...or 2 zone option is better value still. The biggest draw backs of the pass are the fact that 'supplements may apply' but thankfully never very much and mainly for fast or over-night routes (a convenient way to save money on accommodation is to travel by night.) The other problem is in planning. Although you're entitled to free travel you're not guaranteed a seat and most services on the continent don't operate a 'turn-up-and-travel' service. Booking ...

roons_y 22.01.2001 (20.01.2001) · Read full review
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At the moment an Interrail Pass for anyone under 26 years will set you back £285 for a month which covers all 8 zones, i.e. pretty much everywhere in Europe and also including Morocco. I would strongly advise that you get the extra insurance which is available with it that costs about £13 ( I think). This covers you if you should lose your ticket, then you can continue your trip but paying for all the train journeys yourself, however, when you return ...
...truly. For me, the Interrail Pass was a great buy. This summer it enabled me to go to Paris, Rome, Naples, Venice, Split (Croatia), Bled (Slovenia), Innsbruck (austria), Vienna, Prague and Brussels in a month. The trains in general are nice enough, but I would recommend you bike lock all luggage when you are not so likely to be able to keep a consistent watch on them, nothing happened to me or my friends whilst travelling, but it is definitely a ...

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The Inter-Rail pass and Euro Domino pass are becoming one, this means that Inter-Rail's classic global pass will remain the same for 1 month and 22 days (albeit more expensive) however the 16-day one zone pass will be withdrawn, along with all the current zone system, in its place will be a series of one-country tickets that operate on a certain number of days within a set time. e.g. 10 days in one month, although in general prices are going up. ...
...than geographically for example a one country ticket is more expensive for the zone containing Germany, France and Great Britain, than other zones containing the Czech and Slovak republics for example. This comes in to operation on the 01.APR.2007 so if you did want the old zone system then you would be required to buy your rail pass between now and the end of march, be warned you can only order rail passes up to 6 months in advance. This is meant ...

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