FColum
Traveller
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Posted 12 years ago
Hello!
We are going for our first (short) Interrail trip with a friend next Sunday.
We have are flying to Berlin on 10.6, then buying a 5 in 10 Interrail-card and travel trough Amsterdam to London, where we have a flight back to Helsinki on 21.6. (Possibly visiting other towns inside the countries as well, to use more than 2 trips out of the 5 :D )
I was just wondering about a couple of things conserning the trip.
First, I believe that even if we only make those two train-trips, it will be the cheapest way to buy the interrail-card? Or are there some cheap student-tickets on those connections or something?
Also, I only now noticed the nasty supplements. Amsterdam-London route looks like a very expensive one. Is there some way we could travel that for a cheaper price? Maybe first going to Belgium or France and taking a ferry/tunnel? What is the cheapest way?
+ All tips considering budget travel are welcome. :D I noticed Amsterdam is a very expensive city. I believe we will be staying on a campsite there to save some money. How much money should I keep for food for an example in Amsterdam? What about museums and other places to see with entrance fees?
What is a good daily budget for Amsterdam? What about Berlin and London?
Sorry about the many questions, but trying to figure things out for the first trip. Thanks a lot in advance! :)
Peter
Traveller
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Hi.
In deed expensive cities you selected (London for the Olympics and Amsterdam, very touristy) - but interesting ones. In Berlin you will find good hostels to a fair price.
A stop in between could be for example Hamburg. Nice music clubs and night life! :)
Berlin to Hamburg and Amsterdam is free by day trains.
Amsterdam to London: think about the ferry Hoek van Holland to Harwich. You can do it even overnight an save a hostel in London. The booking of this ticket with Interrail is possible via their Netherlands website.
Route (have a look at the connections labelled with ferry included): [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/amsterdam-to-london[/u]
Direct ferry information: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-ferry/hoek-van-holland-harwich/netherlands-united-kingdom/16[/u]
If you cook for yourself, you will save a lot of money. And beer from the supermarket is always cheap. :)
Peter :)
FColum
Traveller
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Thanks a lot for the answers!
Does the ferry ticket need to be booked beforehand to get the interrail discount?
Peter
Traveller
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No, you can get it as well at the ferry port, at least it was the case two years ago. :)
nltrainer
Traveller
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ONLY if there are still spaces available-not likely during Olympics!
Frankyl-forget IR for JUST these trips. Book Ber-Ams online on thes site or on bahn-from 29/39eur 9can do even for less as couple using loal German trains and changing often). Book AMS-LON online on nshispeed.nl-tic from any NL-staop to LON FROM 50 eur-via Brussel and €*