#interrail

[dreamyberry]

Travel journal spreads summer 2023

[luvbecca222]

excited to backpack europe⛰️🏞️

[frei-sein-oder-tot]

[paleb1ueyes]

"Why do you take your camera everywhere?"

[mereljournals]

In case you're still looking for a Christmas present: my very own book Paint, Paper & Going Places was published last November! It's a guide to creative travel journaling and it was inspired by my 3.5 month Interrail trip through Europe. I'll teach you everything about scrapbooking and painting in your (travel) journal. You can find more info here. Enjoy!

[j-oo]

My page for amsterdam! I have been on a train for like 9 hours WHEN WILL IT END. (plus a postcard too good to scrapbook)

[coto524]

Interrail is something I've not considered before. Do you mind telling us what you did last time?

I can't work out if it would be fun for me or not. At its most basic level, is it just a flexible ticket for any train? And then I can choose everything else?

Thank you

[answering out of order bc it's easier]

Is it a flexible ticket for any train? TLDR: yes! Interrail's Global Pass (which is usually what people mean by 'Interrail') is a pass that lets you travel on almost all trains in Europe. For some trains you do need to pay an extra fee (e.g. night trains, Eurostar to/from the UK, France's TGVs) but it really does cover a lot, and you can avoid the fees if you don't mind catching slower trains :)

Continuous passes let you travel any time in a set period (e.g. 15 days in a row); flexi passes are usually a bit cheaper and you need to mark off each travel day (e.g. after you use your first day, you have another 6 travel days you can use in the next month, but they don't have to be all in a row).

If you just plan carefully and buy tickets well in advance instead of using a pass, it might be cheaper ... but the pass is a lot more flexible and lets you change plans at short notice!

I can choose everything else? Basically, yes! When you buy a pass, you can activate it (i.e. start your travelling) any time in the next 11 months, so you don't need to know exactly when you're going to travel.

You need to plan/record your journeys before boarding, but you can do this on the same day. I often saved multiple possible trains into the app because I didn't know which one I was going to catch, and then all I had to do was toggle them on while waiting on the platform ^_^

If you live in one of the participating countries, you can only use the pass in your home country on two days (to stop commuters using a scheme that's meant to be for tourists, basically).

But in terms of accommodation, where/when you travel, and what you get up to, that's up to you!

Do you mind telling us what you did last time?

Last year and this year, I used a flexi pass and spent a few weeks backpacking, basically! I've lived in Germany before and I have a lot of different friends all over Europe, so some places I was familiar with (e.g. Berlin, Prague), but other places were entirely new to me. I got to see a lot of sights, try new food and drink, meet a lot of people, and get up to plenty of gay filth

I can't work out if it would be fun for me.

Neither can I! I don't know you, dear anon, but what I can say is that it is what you make of it.

I treat myself to a 1st class pass and don't mind paying a few fees for a reserved seat or a faster train; some of my friends keep to a strict budget and only use the free regional trains.

I travel solo, like a lot of museums and castles, and tend not to do too much drinking, but in the hostels I met plenty of people travelling as a group and going clubbing in basically every city.

FINAL THINGS:

Interrail website - if you want to buy a pass (in the sale or any time of the year!)

Seat61 - if you need help planning, want advice on specific routes, or just can't work out where to buy a night train reservation, THIS is the website for you. This website has helped me so many times and I cannot recommend it strongly enough!

[i-think-pictures]

Cinque Terre