anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Posted 14 years ago
hi ,ive been checking on trains prices and have found it will cost loads to get to france and back.i was going to get an interrail ticket but i cant use that in england to france.i was looking at prices and it was from 59.00 to france and more expensive to get back.do they do a return journet ticket for 10 days later as i was going to get 5 days in 10 interrail.i will be taking my 11 yr old and it didnt show any difference in child ticket prices. do we get discount ticket with interrail ticket.
also when would my interrail ticket start,is it when i get to france.if im going to move straight through france to another country should i go after 19.00 to make use of night train trick.can i just get on any train in france to else where.do i go to ticket office to book night train supplement and pay there.
any way its seems like a big chunk of my budget will be used just getting to france and back ,could any one give me advice on this first leg of our trip thankyou
Head
Traveller
101 comments
The cheapest way to cross the channel in most cases is by air. If that suites you, check budget airline prices to your destination (I mean to the region where you want to go with that night train).
Or you can just find cheap airfare to any place on the continent, provided that you can travel from that place to your destination in reasonable time by rail with your pass.
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi ...
Like you said, by train it might be expensive. Options:
1) By an InterRail discounted ticket with the expensive EUROSTAR train crossing the channel (~EUR 65): [u]https://rail.cc/en/london-paris-eurostar-train/f1805[/u]
2) By a normal discounted EUROSTAR ticket (often cheaper than the InterRail discounted one).
3) By FERRY to France: [u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-london-paris-england-france/f1222[/u]
4) By FERRY to the Netherlands: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/from-london-to-amsterdam-with-the-dutchflyer/[/u]
5) By a lowcost airline like Head said.
It is in deed sad that you have to pay for travelling within your country of residence. But it is the same for everyone - living for example in Germany (in my case), you can't cross Europe from North to South without traveling trough Germany - and that's expensive as well. Lucky persons living in Luxembourg for example. ;)
If traveling by a normal (not InterRail) discounted EUROSTAR ticket to PARIS, you can stay for example in Paris for some days and start from there interrailing (the same situation using a lowcost airline).
Have a nice trip, Peter :)
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
hi am i right in thinking that if i have bought an interrail ticket then i get discount ticket to france .
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
if you want to use the Eurostar train, you will get the discounted ticket of EUR 65 - one way:[u]https://rail.cc/en/london-paris-eurostar-train/f1805[/u]often you can find even cheaper normal tickets. :)