the4economists
Traveller
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Posted 14 years ago
Hello,
I do a travel during May in Europe, I have already my destination but I have 11 days of travel.
I have 2 questions,
Does the first day of travel, from France to Germany (I'm French, my first travel is at 50% of the normal price and not include on the pass) is count like a day of travel?
In reality i want to know if when I'm in Germany, does I have 10 days left or only 9?
If i have only 9 days left, do you know if it's interesting to take by himself a train ticket or if it's better to take an unlimited 22 days pass?
Thanks
Paul
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
- If you want to get the 50% InterRail discount for your travel within France, your InterRail ticket has to be valid already, ie you can't get the discount on the, say, 1st May if your ticket starts only on 2nd May
- This 50% InterRail discount is only valid for travel up to the border of your country - you will need either a regular ticket from the last stop in France to your destination in Germany or you have to make use for one travel day for that part.
- If you dont want to use your first travel day for this, best solution would be to search for a cheap (online) SNCF fare for the whole trip France - Germany
Hope that makes things clearer, if not, please ask again to work this out. :)
Flo 8)
the4economists
Traveller
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[quote] If you dont want to use your first travel day for this, best solution would be to search for a cheap (online) SNCF fare for the whole trip France - Germany[/quote]
Ok, you mean than i can take a Interrail pass from France and activate him for the first day in Germany?
because i think that we should activate in the departure country.
The solution is to take a sncf ticket from Caen (france) to Trier (germany) without interrail pass, and to activate the interrail only from Trier to Frankfort?
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Option a)
Get a SNCF ticket Caen - Frankfurt and activate your InterRail pass only the day you leave Frankfurt for the next destination.
Option b)
Get a SNCF ticket Caen - Luxembourg and continue to Trier and Frankfurt (I dont know if you want to visit Trier, if not you can travel via Saarbrücken as well, it's faster but you will miss out the marvellous journey along Mosel and Rhein) with your InterRail ticket. Since you will use your InterRail ticket the same day as you leave France, you can get the 50% discount for Caen - Luxembourg/Saarbrücken.