What I Wish I Knew Before Interrailing... | DiscoverEU Guide

how can i figure out whether or not i should book a seat reservation?

What? So you don’t sleep on the trains?

Ein searching for Something German people who wants to Travel with the EU Discovery, Pass with me

Hey🥰 I am 17 Years old and wanna travel europe for two weeks in summer. It might be a bit of a bold move, because I want to travel alone and I would say I am not a very open and extroverted person... But I really wanna meet new people. So my mind really overthinks this and I'm afraid I won't have enough courage to go up to people and really meet and talk to them... I am planning on staying in hostels and also night trains but I don't know if I won't just stand there awkwardly and overthinking it... 🤩
So... Do you or does someone have any tipps or encouraging thoughts specifically about socializing and meeting people in such a situation. I know I should't overthink this but I do haha, because I think I am the kind of persopn who otherwise just ends up staying alone for the whole trip

Came here for the title, shockingly disappointed.

Won this year

I GOT IN THIS YEAR!!!!!

Is it usually a bunch of people going interrailing at the same time and do u have to all catch the same trains/ buses to go to different places? What if u miss ur train

Hey my friend,
I love your video.
I have a question for you for my candidacy (discover EU)
How many candidates will say they want to travel with a group of friends?
Please give me an answer.

when you buy the interail ticket, will the month only start on the day you book he first train? or is it when you buy the ticket?

Hi Lucy I did win the interrail travel application for 2022 round. I'm having a big issue though cause I didn't get my ID verified within the 1st of September 2022 and even if I submitted the booking form I never received the confirmation email. I wrote several times to the customer service without getting any answers and now they just told me it's too late for verifying my ID so basically my interrail is gone.

Do you know how to handle with this kind of situation cause it's really frustrating since I really need to go on that trip as a lifetime experience and I think you know what I mean.
BTW great video and I'd like to watch more since they sound really interesting for interrail travels.

I won this year and got it recommended. Wierd

Half the reason I'm going inter-railing is because I'm a massive train nerd. So hopefully travelling isn't going to kill me. Also means that I'm the group's travel planner, so that's a bit hard

i didn't get selected for this year lol the saddest thing of 2023

this summer ich was on interrail for 1 month and hit 32 countries and over 26k kilometers

What if I buy pass from rail europe site?

Anyone who wants to go with me on interrail this year? I' m 19 years old, I can' t find anyone. I won the interrail ticket last year...

I once heard about the possibility to win an internal ticket. I did some research and only found a raffle for people older than 18. I'll still be 17 so sadly, that wouldn't be possible for me. Do you have any idea? Which ticket did you buy when traveling at 17 years old (like the option with 5 rides in one month and so on)?

Thank you for great tips, I won this year and i'm a bit confused about the whole thing but i'm really excited!

how can you enjoy Amstel Pils it's the worst in the Netherlands..

Lol, I just found out that I won, and this was the first video in my reccomendations

Hey Lucy, I didn't really understand how to use the ticket.. can we use it every time we travel somewhere in the period of 1 month? ( I would like to go to Poland and then to the Netherlands from Hungary..)

Hi, Thanks for all the tips. I'm going to solo backpack this Autumn & Winter as well. About the 'no reservation' topic, will there any ticket checking for it? just scared of a fine/penalty. ;(

im going interailling too😍

GRAZIE MILLE LUCYYY
♡♡♡♡

My experience is that you in fact need a reservations on most nighttrains. But in Germany it is not needed as much. But all other countries you definitely need reservations ex Poland. In Poland and Tscjekkia and Hungary you need to reserve. So reservations is in fact mandatory in these countries and if you don,t have one it can be VERY expensive. In Poland you can get a fine if you don,t have one. I have been interrailing the last 3 decades so I now this. Some statustrains do also have a "zuschlag" you have to pay as well. So going very cheap on interrail is not what is was before. In Sweden and Norway you need res too. The only exeption here is the Øresundståg that you don,t have to reserve, but other swedish trains you neeed one. Quite pricey too.

Such a useful video that I'm so happy I have come across!

How can you be spontaneous, when you have to do reservations to use the trains ?

Absolutely great video, thank you for all the tips! My girlfriend and I are heading off for a trip to Cote d'Azur, Bordeaux and Paris in 2 weeks and we are so exited 😆

"it it 100% to interrail solo,... If you are scared you might not meet people... you will find people..." says the young pretty blonde girl... i would have to get the point of vue of a man on that before going.

I just came back from my trip, and now i get it recomended lmao

I can tell you, I have NEVER felt more tired and exausted in my life than coming home from interrail, so one thing I will recommend is make time for resting during the trip, as much as needed. Take an hour or two to rest everyday, because its really hard work. I came home, woke up the next morning and didnt know where I was in my own bed, took me a few days to reset. Good trip though! Its amazing

wow that's wild, I'm going on monday

The procrastinatination is pretty insane, the freedom given is just too much to comprehend... Knowing myself I'm sure I'll book the hostels a week before I travel in a frenzy not to sleep at some trainstation and I literally don't have a single concrete destination other than ,,mountains"

Andate a Marsiglia che vi divertite

Why does this pop up exactualy as i am on day 2 lol. Currently on 4 hours sleep lol

Helpful tips as always 🙏 my problem is that my school ends at the beginning of August… so I’ll probably experience part of the peak travel time around Europe. Especially since I plan on going to Sweden, Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, and Greece

Did u have much trouble travelling at 17? Because I am 17 and going on Sunday

good tipps, thanks

I am planning to go on Interrail with my 4-year-old son. We start from Austria. If anyone has any ideas that could help us, feel free to contact us, or feel free to reply to my comment on this amazing video by Lucy. I wish you all a great time on your travels, maybe you will see each other on the tracks, at a station, or in a coffee house.
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Hi Lucy do you have an Instagram page as well? Also what's the difference between interail and eurail

Great video! Very good advise!

"you're gonna make unforgettable memories, so document them otherwise you'll forget it." 😁😁 Nice video

Hi, i am an italian guy and i won the pass.. I'd like to do a trip during this summer of about one week. Anyone wants to join?

I’m going in two weeks! Have you got any advice in booking the ferries? As I’m struggling to do that as it’s not on the interrail web site and you have to do it in the ferry websit but there is no area for you pass.

this is amazing! i was just talking to my mom about which hostels to book (i’m planning on going halfway July to August) and then your first tip came up… thank you! really eased my stress haha

I love you

Don't you think to watch a lot of videos en internet is like spoling yourself about the trip in which you are suppossed yo discover new things?

Like those trailers nowadays of 3 minutes in where you can see more or less the whole movie.

Did you just board a train that the app tells you a reservation is required?