Nbarra09
Traveller
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Posted 12 years ago
Hi, I am planning to travel with my partner for 3 weeks next April. Looking through the route ideas we really like the look of the central Europe for 22day and plan to get the 10 in 22 interrail pass.
The journey is from
London- amsterdam (2)
Amsterdam-hamburg(2)
Hamburg-berlin(3)
Berlin-prague(3)
Prague-krakow(2)
Krakow-Budapest (3)
Budapest-vienna(2)
Vienna-salzburg(0)-travel the same day
Salzburg-munich(2)
Munich-paris(2)
Paris-London
We live in London so from reading through the forum I'm assuming it's best to fly from London to Amsterdam and start my interrail journey from there.
I like to be quite organised so wanted to know
1. how feasible would booking all the journeys in advance be? and how far in advanced could I book?
2. Will I have to play supplement charges on each train journey I make or does the interrail ticket cover most of my journeys
3. To book a journey with my interrail ticket is there a site I can do this quite easily? Any rail sites I have looked on are not giving me an option to use interrail pass and the tickets are around £200 each from between just two of the destinations? Is this correct?
Would be grateful for any and all advice!
Thank you :D
Peter
Traveller
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Hi.
1) You can book reservations up to three months in advance. Not all are available online.
Please read here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/u]
2) NO. Read the reservation and supplement section. See link above.
Have a look as well on the railcc schedules. All connections you mention are listed there with details about free routes and the ones on which you have to pay extra: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
You will have to pay extra for:
Prague - Krakow, for the recommended night train
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/prague-to-krakow[/u]
Krakow - Budapest, also good by night train
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/krakow-to-budapest[/u]
Munich - Paris: good by nigh train
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/munich-to-paris[/u]
Paris - London: recommended is a special price ticket for Eurostar, don't travel by Interrail discount
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/paris-to-london[/u]
By the way, you can travel by ferry to the Netherlands, Harwich to Hoek van Holland, if you like:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-ferry/harwich-hoek-van-holland/17[/u]
3) Like I said, not all reservations are available online, some you have to buy at railway stations duting your trip. Berlin central station is a good option to get the ones for Eastern Europe.
Click the details of the trains and you will find information about where to book. Munich - Paris is for example available here on railcc. :) And GBP 200 is definitely NOT correct!
Peter :)