X3minater
Traveller
0 comments
Posted 10 years ago
Hi everyone,
My cousin and I are doing an interail next month (if you people were wondering why i was in this forum :) ), and among many other questions, this one has been pretty unsettling.
I'm Portuguese, she's Portuguese-Canadian with a Portuguese citizen's card, currently living in Canada. So my question is, does she need to buy an Eurail pass?
I know the official answer is if your place of residence for the last 6 months has been somewhere in the european union, you need a interail pass, but since she has a portuguese citizen's card, i was wondering how strict would a ticket checker be on a situation like this. Or if it wasn't a problem at all.
Much appreciated for the answers :)
Awesome site btw, it's been a HUGE help ;)
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
You know the official statement. On the citizen card there is no city of residence written so I cannot tell you whether conductors will check for it. In my experience, conductors rarely check passport/ID so you might be just fine getting the IR...but that decision is up to you... ;)
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nltrainer
Traveller
1404 comments
1.there is usually no problem wit that. BUT DO note that IF she uses the PT=card, then you canNOT use in in PT itself! She could do that with EUrail as Canuck.
2.EUrail is not always the worst buy, mainly because it allows much longer time, so you can spend more time in the towns you want to see. With IR you mostly have to rush=hush. EUrl is also reduced for young people <26, and even more with group discount (saver pass)-but that you cannot use of course