Interrailing/Eurailing Advice Superthread (IMPORTANT: FAQ at start)

Any idea how the post office travel money card compares to these? im torn between this, caxton and fair!!

Currently in Berlin right now and having a great time. Despite the forecast, the weather has been great although I got sunburnt yesterday.

I'm travelling to Prague tomorrow so hopefully that will be just as good as Berlin.

Yes I think it said it would charge you 2.75% of any withdrawals that aren't in the currency that you buy. That seems to be a similar charge to other currency cards in that situation.

I decided against the post office once since it charges 2 euros each time you use an ATM, but it depends if you're just going to spend on it and not get money out I guess I think if you were just going to use it to spend on in shops/cafes then they all work out fairly similar in terms of the exchange rate.

Any idea how safe they are, like if it was stolen do I lose all my money? Or would it be covered by the company / my insurance?

Ooh and you can make train reservations on raileurope.co.uk, or bahn.com, or with the rail company with which you want to travel (e.g. trenitalia for italy, OBB for Austria etc). You only have to reserve if it's a very popular train (like the eurostar / the express trains in France) or a night train really though. You can check if you need a compulsory reservation by putting the details in on the DB Bahn website and seeing if it has an R symbol next to it Hope this helps!
Also night train reservations are a little more tricky to do, I had to ring up DB Bahn to book mine (even though it wasn't a German train).

I'm in Amsterdam on the 25th/26th, leaving for Berlin on the 26th with a 30 day pass

Anyone interested in travelling with me ?

FREAKING OUT have been unable to mae a reservation over the phone for the 18th for the overnight train from Budapest to Belgrade, because it is too near the time to get posted on time. I would be able to make a reservation there?

Also from Belgrade to Vienna on the 21st overnight?


Argggh! Meeting up with someone on Vienna.

Thanks.

Interrailing later this summer with two other 18 year old guys. We've paid for our flights, and will be getting an Interrail pass, but as yet we haven't booked any hostels or train reservations so our schedule is flexible within the flights we've booked.

Tue 21st Dublin > Berlin, 07:20-10:35
21st/22nd (2 nights) Berlin
Thurs 23rd Berlin > Prague, 08:45-13:26
23rd/24th (2 nights) Prague
Sat 25th (night) Prague > Krakow, 20:17-07:14
26th/27th (2n) Krakow
Tue 28th (night) Krakow > Budapest, 21:54-08:35
29th (night) Budapest
Thu 30th (night) Budapest > Ljubljana, 19:10-05:59 (1 swap, 1:30am)
31st (night) Ljubljana
Sat 1st Ljubljana > Bled, 09:45-11:29
1st (night) Bled
Sun 2nd (night) Bled > Florence, 19:18-06:55 (2 swaps; 9pm, 11pm)
Mon 3rd Florence
Mon 3rd Florence > Rome, 19:27-20:50
3rd/4th/5th (3 nights) Rome
Thu 6th Rome > Dublin, 11:00-13:00

In summary; Berlin - 2 days, Prague - 2 days & 1 evening, Krakow - 3 days, Budapest - 2 days, Ljubljana - 1 day, Bled - 2 days (a.11am d.7pm), Florence - 1 day (a.7am d. 7pm), Rome - 2 days & 1 morning (d. 11am).

We're just looking for some advice on what we need to see or do in each place, or whether we're spending too much or too little time in each place. Also, recommendations for cheap (but decent) hostels would be much appreciated.

A tidy! You going in a group? What are your plans for Berlin? I'll be there for the Euro finals, would be amazing if Germany won it! (or if England played them in the final, which won't happen!)

Where you thinking of going?

Am looking to concentrate in Eastern Europe to try and keep the costs down, plus hopefully will get to see more that way opposed to blasting through as many countries as possible

49 days to gooo!!

Have decided that I'm not going to buy a pass after all as I'm going to be sticking purely to Eastern Europe and have heard countless time that travel is so cheap there. Am I making the right decision?

I'm going for 3-4 weeks, starting in Krakow (Poland) and then working my way down, hopefully visiting Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Zagreb (Croatia), Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina), Dubrovnik (Croatia) along the way. Just a rough idea though, I don't really do planning out!

If anyone has any other suggestions on where to visit or advice on travelling in Eastern Europe as a solo female.. I'd be so grateful if you could share!

Hey!

I'm traveling next month (from the 25th)

I'll mainly be in Eastern Europe!

Got anything planned yet?