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Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks

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Re: Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks

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embedding-shape wrote: post #21
edent wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. The app makes it really easy to do that. In our last trip we did it a few times. But, as you get older, there's a certain joy in making plans in advance.

> But, as you get older, there's a certain joy in making plans in advance. Am I the only one who feels the opposite? I used to take great care in making plans, knowing what's up ahead, knowing what I should know and so on. Spontaneous moments like "Lets go to X" were very infrequent. Nowadays, as a Proper Adult, I much more like going places without knowing anything about them, with as little plans as possible, figur…

I never really planned in my youth, however as I'm older I have more responsibilities and planning in advance. We've just booked part of our summer family holiday for example

Re: Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks

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iso1631 wrote: post #42
embedding-shape wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But, as you get older, there's a certain joy in making plans in advance. Am I the only one who feels the opposite? I used to take great care in making plans, knowing what's up ahead, knowing what I should know and so on. Spontaneous moments like "Lets go to X" were very infrequent. Nowadays, as a Proper Adult, I much more like going places without knowing anything about them, with as little plans as possible, figur…

I never really planned in my youth, however as I'm older I have more responsibilities and planning in advance. We've just booked part of our summer family holiday for example

> however as I'm older I have more responsibilities

Yeah, same here, I guess that's why I'm opting for less planning, not more. I guess some people are just wired differently, that's what makes the world so interesting probably :)

Re: Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks

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Post by mrtksn »

Just like with the Erasmus program, it’s a transformative experience. It immunizes you against the BS you see on the internet about countries and people, be it the hype or fear mongering kind of BS. I did Greece-Bulgaria-Turkey many years ago back in college and since can just turn blind eye to the stuff Turks may say about Greeks and vice versa with no effort.

Just doesn't trigger me, I have seen the non-touristy parts of those countries on my journey and neither the hate nor the hype rings a bell. It's one of those low-key super successful government stuff. Maybe something like that should exist on global scale.

Re: Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks

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Post by edent »

AntonTrollback wrote: post #45

Self promotion, support a long time HN reader and get your pass via https://allaboard.eu/eurail or https://allaboard.eu/interrail It’s actually more affordable via us, as prices are net and we do free refunds. Loosing the Stripe fee but it’s worth it.

How do you handle seat reservation refunds? That was our most annoying experience with the Interrail app - a booking fee on top of the reservation, but little support when those trains were delayed or cancelled.

Re: Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks

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panick21_ wrote: post #38
kleiba2 wrote: post #14

Prediction: Germany is going to be your worst train experience.

Actually no. German trains are often late, true, but outside of that its actually very nice. There are a lots of lines and lots of collections. The only time its a bad idea is if you have a real time constraints.

But the problem is: everybody doing a trip with a transfer has real-time constraints.

With Interrail, that is doable. You’ll have to mostly plan for overnight stays in large cities, but that’s what most Interrail users want to, anyways.

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