BaschFF
Traveller
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Posted 12 years ago
Hey mates! Well, i'm about to interrail for the first time ever on Easter holidays. Happens that i have soooo many questions. I'm buying a (YOUTH) Global Pass, Everyday within 15 days for 298€. I want to travel from 23rd or 24th march til 7th april.
Well, my questions are:
1 - Can i interrail by myself, alone at the age of 17, if i my parents write some paper or so saying I'm able to leave the country etc? (Im Portuguese) And will i be able to visit any museum, any shop around Europe?
2 - How much money will i need for 15 days? Well not really for 15 days because some days i will spend in Switzerland where my uncle will pay while I'm there so lets say.... Is 300€ enough for 10 Days? (I'm not going to drink anything but water and i wont spend any on cafés, pubs or discos)
3 - I'm able to travel for free in any non-high speed trains right? What about night-trains, are they expensive?...
4 - In case i want to cross the channel (France-England) do i have to pay for it? or is it just some sort of normal train ?
5 - Will my Vodafone mobile from Portugal have signal while im interrailing, so i will be able to contact with my family?
6 - Can i take some food with me on my backpack for the first 2 or 3 days of the interrail in order not to waste any money? Thanks : )
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
1) I am not absolutely sure, but it should be fine. Only problem could be hostels, as they often want one responsible (=adult) person. So better to have a friend with you already turned 18.
2) Definitely depends on where you sleep, what you eat, etc. A camping gas cooker can save you a lot of money!
See also here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/overall-costs[/u]
3) Have a look at the hand-made railcc connections showing travel routes free of extra fees:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
Trains with extra fees are listed here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/u]
The additional reservations for night trains here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train[/u]
4) The direct Eurostar is expensive (~ EUR 75)! Either buy special price point to point tickets, or use the ferry (got expensive as well, one way ~ EUR 25). Other option is to use an overnight (saves the money for the hostel) bus using the ferry as well: ~ EUR 35.
All details here:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/paris-to-london[/u]
5) Yes. Check their website for the roaming costs.
6) Yes. I usually do it the same way. Having some bread with me, some jam or noodles and tomatoes. :)
But don't carry too much with you. You will find cheap supermarkets as well everywhere in Europe (except in Switzerland).
And finally, if you want to support the railcc project, buy your official Interrail pass at our railcc shop. Thank you. :)
:arr: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Peter :)
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
@6- in fact PT is quite expensive for food nowadays-you may find it even a little cheaper to buy the same things in other countries. The cheap chains are everywhere: Aldi, LIdl, but they are often not near stations. Except Germany-in some big central stations are even Lidl shops! IF you plan to stay in hostels then forget the cooker/burner-most have kitchens-that burner is only useful if you plan to camp, otherwise just too heavy to carry all the time.