HOW TO USE A EURAIL PASS RIGHT! ( Q & A)
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Here's my general experience in using the eurail pass on trains
- Germany, Netherlands, Czech = Eurail friendly (can show up on day and no mandatory reservations)
- Spain, Italy = Not bad (Mandatory reservations but doesn't cost much and can be reserved on the day)
- France (or any trains to/from france)= Crappy (Not only mandatory reseravtions, but a limited quota for eurail passes on high speed rail there)
+GazzaOak pretty spot on, France is difficult with the Eurail pass and almost always requires reservations and additional fees
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Hi! So I was wondering, how do the reservations work exactly? Like how do you pay for them if it's one of the trains (and you're taking 3 or 4 other ones)?
Hi! Did you have any trouble when you did your reservations one day before departure? I was wondering about international trains in Spain, France or Italy for example. Also, is it common for trains to be full in those countries? I'm aware of the fact that we must pay a reservation fee, but I'm concerned about doing so in the ticket stand at the station. Paying through the eurail online service sounds like a scam. They add 8 euros to the reservation fee! I hope you can help me because I'm kind of lost with all the weird info they provide on the website. Hope you are ok
Allison Basurto I’m going in July and have same concerns, any input?
I'm basque, from Donosti (Spanish side), and what surprised me the most was your "euskaraz bizi nahi dut" t-shirt :P I'm glad you liked the basque country...welcome!
You guys are very personable and well spoken in the delivery of your information. I learned a lot of very useful info and will come back again and again. Thanks guys.. keep up the fun tours... Your friend.. The Sass
+Bradford Sassenberg Thank you very much, hope you subscribed. :)
Great info, guys. I'm taking the family to Europe this summer. So stoked!
Yo Dan Lum thanks for watching Dude! Have fun this summer!
This was actually very helpful!! You guys should do videos like these more often :) Good work guys!
This is gold! Thank you so much! You guys are helpful!
Thanks for answering these questions guys - really considering getting one now sounds like not just a cheaper way to get around but also less stress than flying everywhere.
Stephen Parry it's definitely a chilled way to travel and wayyyyy less stress than flying.
Really awesome tips and sweet answers from these brilliant bros! Love this Q&A !! :)
Thanks for the information, i'm from Chile and this video helps me so much for my trip to Europe!
Loved this video!! My husband and I are moving to Germany in the next 18 to 24 months and we have been trying to figure out the trains and our options once we get there. This cleared up a lot. Thank you so much for sharing all your wisdom.
Joslyn Bloodworth awesome!! Enjoy your trip and make sure to check some of the other videos for European destination ideas. Have fun!
YAY! Thanks for answering my question in addition to all these other questions!
You're welcome. Thanks for commenting Vagabuddy!
I did a eurotrip 1 year ago with interrail pass (i'm european) in the spring. I have to say that I traveled across the Alps and it was the most beautiful place i've ever seen! Also a good way to save money is couchsurfing. In Europe couchsurfing is very good way to meet the locals and get to know the culture there. Nice tips guys!
+Dimitri Ls all great tips!
Glad to see other travelers who love the Basque Country! :) It's such a nice gem in Spain that many people overlook.
Wow I was so surprised to see that you guys used my question!! Thanks (: I love this channel!
Kaitlyn O'Brien you're welcome! Thanks for asking it! Glad you enjoy the channel and the videos! Cheers!
Such great tips! I bought the two month unlimited pass last year and loved it! Ended up seeing 22 countries because of how easy it was to get around
nice! just watched your video
Woo I'm going inter railing on June 25th..so excited!!
beautybargainbuster have fun! Hope the video helped!
Very helpful! Thanks!
Thank you guys for answering my question! This information was great in helping me plan my eurotrip in a few months =)
Erica Marie Heron Thanks for asking and for watching! Hope you enjoy your trip!
A very good video & useful !! The story of your parents meeting on a train using Eurail passes was very very sweet !!! 👍👍💖💜🥁🐉🎤🎵🎶💞
Very useful! thank you! I´m going to travel this summer so after seeing you I´m sure I will have to book asap and make the reservations too.
+vikindia thanks for watching! Hope you subscribed, more videos on the way. Have a fun trip!
You guys are amazing! Pure love you guys are! This is my favorite channel! Yuo guys are amazing! Pure love!
Great video guys. I was planning to go for a solo trip to Europe on this summer but many people told me it's to expensive on this time. Thanks for your advise and looks like I will do it on the next spring.
I'll be so happy to have you here in my country oman again soon to have special trips with you guys😁.
Ahmed Al-Abri Shukran! We love Oman! Hope you enjoy Europe!
That T-shiiiiiirt rocks! Very happy to hear that you liked the Basque Country!!
+Jon Salvador we are coming back to the Basque Country soon to make a vlog series! Stay tuned!
Excellent Video Guys
Thank you guys!
Muchas gracias por la información! Este junio mi hija de 13 años y yo 32 iremos a España y Italia. Tomare en cuenta todos tus vídeos ! Saludos desde USA 🇺🇸🎄
I love traveling by train and the Austrian railway (especially Wien Westbahnhof) is my home:)
Thanks for this video!!!
TheDecember1212 Thanks for watching!
Hope you guys had fun here :) But yeah Eurorail/Interrail is fast and easy way to go on tour in Europe and as said Its flexible and great for long distance. In Scandinavia and Swiss trains its often good for short trips as well. If you only doing one country, there some times are better offers or standart tickets are better (You can get from one end to the other in Hungary and other former east-european countries for less than 30$, often even less than 20$). You can travel trough all of Germany for 40€/45$ a day, if you are 2ppl for 50$ or 3ppl 60$ on regional trains. If you are 2 people for 29€/34$ in austria. Traintickets normally can be baught 3 month in advance in Europe, booking well in advance makes tickets often cheaper, but you are not flexible. Well and since its Europe and only 2 countries have english as first language, especially in the countryside ticket offices dont speak english. This making Eurrail better if you are first time in Europe and want to see 7 capitals in one week.
Best tipp to stay cheap is through couchsurfer and if you eat between 12-3pm, many countries have lunch deals, then you can eat lighter in the evening
Hey Vaga Bros! Just getting ready for my first rail trip Europe, and I'm beyond stoked! With the regional trains, is there anything you need to do at the station before boarding a train? or did you literally find the train that is going to your destination, and hop right on?
Thanks for answering the Eurail questions.
Big Dave
beefree2003 Our pleasure! Thanks for watching Dave!
Like because of the T-Shirt! ;) Great job!
;)
Im going on a trip next year solo after i finish my contract in korea. This videos helps out alot, just wish i could get sponsored too haha new sub, thanks
great t-shirt man!! that's from the basque country!! it says "I want to live speaking basque" which is our language
Xabier Arrieta I know! Aupa Euskadi!!! :)
New to your channel, thanks for the information.
Excellent INfo
Thank you guys , I really like your channel it's awesome and had a lot of information any traveler need it ... maybe we meet some days in the road .. & I'm planning to visit 20 Europe countries next spring any advice ?
OMG! I am ordering my 2 months for 21 days Global Pass tonight. I am heading to Ireland on June 28th and will travel through Europe and end my trip in Morocco. I am heading home on Sept. 4th!
Sindyred awesome!!!!! You will love it!
Greetings from Vienna :) hope you have enjoyed it!
hello! my friend is leaving for Europe soon and is still so confused about the Euro rail pass.
is there any chance you guys will be doing a video in detail of how to use the pass; filling it out, using the app and reserving seats, etc?
You guys are awesome. :) thank you
Finally someone knows about the Basque Country!!!!!! 😀😀😀
This reminded me of my first EuRail Trip 49 years back in 1973 October (18 th. October 1973)!.
It was First Class Unlimited Travel Pass for 1 month and I had paid $ 150 ! (I was 23 Years old then)
And again I had travelled by EuRail back in 1994 October for 1 month.
I had paid $ 630 for unlimited travel in First Class ! (I was 46 Years old then & traveled with my wife)
I have preserved All my Color Photo Memories of both my EuRail Trips)
I have still preserved those passes !
Great channel!
Gary Swanson Thanks Gary!
Could you explain how you incorporated your pass with hotel accommodations? Did you have to plan your hotel stays with the days you travelled?
Thanks for the infos guys!!!!! :-)
BBe Julia your welcome! Thanks for watching, liking & commenting!
Pretty nice intro, guys!!!👍👍👍
The travel with train is the most lovely for me
It's a great way to travel!
Nice tips!
Thank you for the video, Is the app good for families too with kids ?
6:04 coliflor that's the spanish for cauliflower
thumps up for Austria!! :D
Lena Anna Love Austria! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the Vid! was wondering if overnight carnages were included. would you have to pay a bit extra, or it it a completely separate ticket? thanks x
Great video, very helpful!! But what about accomodation and bathroom overnight haha? Do I need to book room in every city I visit? :)
Thanks so much for great video! I'm going to be in Europe for 8 months, some of the months will be in one location, but the rest I'll be traveling around, you guys were saying passes are beneficial for long distances, but would it be beneficial to get a single country pass? So if I were to travel around Spain for one month, it seems cheaper to buy a pass for less than $200 and use it 4 days of the month, rather than buying each ticket? Thanks again!
you're awesome!
Thank you Daniel
What most people don't realize, is that if you buy a regular unrestricted fare from say Warsaw to Lisbon, you can stop anywhere en route, and spread the travel out across several weeks -- amazing how much you can see on just one ticket...
just stumbled on your videos. you guys are such a help. planning my first Europe trip this summer. planning to get a eurorail pass. just wondering if you guys had any further experience taking night trains. would you say there are any safety concerns with luggage?
Your luggage goes in your room.
No safety concerns. Enjoy your trip.
Hope you subscribed!!
Oh, I love traveling by train.
Awesome info boys
Glad you enjoyed Shweta! Are you planning a trip??
Yes I am planng for Sept.. little confused on selecting countries..
Shweta Pawar same here! We leave Canada sept 4th! Eek so nervous!
We have always done self guided/self drive trips in Europe. Now we're older - this video was a big help. Want to know more. What is a day? How many offs and ons in a day?
You two are sooo good looking!!!
Great Info. Recently I bought the ticket (swiss travel pass), do I have to make a reservation? They charge extra 24.00 for the seat. Or should I go directly to the train station the day I'll leave? Thank you
Hi to both! thanks for the video. I'm going to europe this september (madrid/barcelona/Paris/Venice/Tuscany/Rome)
Right now our main concern is Italy because we are going to stay a week over there. We(wife and I) are going crazy about these train routes and passes and if it's worth buying a rail pass or maybe just buy tickets over there separately... I don't know! this is my first time.
All the countries that you visiting are fairly crap for the eurail pass. All will require reservations (unless if you want to travel really slow trains).
Italy and Spain, its cheap (10 euro for Italy for any route and Spain will vary) and you can often reserve the seats on the same day.
France on the other hand, is very difficult to reserve seats (especially on TGV), because they only give out an limited quota for eurail pass holders, and can cost quite a fair bit.
I went lucky reserving a seat on the barca to paris leg (i assume you going to do that considering the route), but at a 6am departure, and i reserved the seat 4 days out for my travel (the rest of the other timing were sold out for eurail passes). But do not hinge on that luck.
So with France (or just simply any trains which go/from to France), book way ahead of time. Spain to France is a bit of a nightmare, but not as bad in comparison to what i heard to from France to Italy, in which eurail passes for high speed trains are limited (and some trains don't even take eurail passes).
Like the Basque Country? I can tell from your T-Shirt!
I mean, how great is the austrian reiljet, right, right? :D
aweeesoooome!
Right on guys, good solid info. So how exactly do you get hooked up with that free Eurail pass anyway? I need to get clued into that sorta stuff so that I can start getting some more travel perks. I'm in "time to maybe think about a jobby job or else get creative" mode.
@@Olivierantain Yep. And I never did have to get a jobby job, things worked out alright.
Hello, thanks for the info. What is the cheapest way to reserve the trains at the internet?
Hi, need to know how is it to change trains in between of journey when you have only a few minutes in between two trains?
Thanks for the video! I had a couple of questions! If I get the Eurail Global Pass and wanted to choose overnight or a higher speed railway, can I do that? Does it cost extra? It seems as if all the high speed need a reservation and that looks pricy! Also, I plan on traveling from country to country 50% of the time (over 4 month period) and inside Germany the other 50% of the time. Germany offers their own pass but can the Eurail Global Pass be applicable if I wanted to go.. say from Berlin to Munich? I don't want to get two separate passes. Thanks in advanced!!!
How about a discussion on whether or not a first class ticket is worth it vs a regional 2nd class ticket?
I am planning a Europe trip in August, like for 2 weeks.
Looking forward to land in Vienna followed by Prague, Brussels, Paris ,Barcelona and Zurich.
Do you think I should buy a Euro pass.
Going through the internet I found airfare are much less if booked ahead of travel.
What’s your take ?
you guys ROCK,,,awesome info,,,just what i need ,,i have a plan for two months global pass, ,Thanks a Billions,,,,,
Are there staffed ticket windows in the Stuttgart and Munich airports, where one can get the Eurail Pass valdated prior to travel? Or....must one buy a machine ticket to the main train stations in town, and then have the pass validated?
Hey this might be a little late, but I am planning to take the Eurail this coming summer and had a question of what it means with the 7 day within 1 month means?
I'm travelling to europe by next week and I'm confused on the railway systems. Is it better to buy eurail pass if my destinations are france, belgium, amsterdam, germany, switzerland and italy?
thanks in advance 😆
5:36 that's one epic high five! =)
ternitamas indeed it was!
more pls
We also went backpacking to 22 cities in Europe, but we didn't use the Eurail pass though. I uploaded the video on my channel as well. 22 cities, 11 countries, in 22 days!!! Definitely wanted to stay longer. If given a chance, we'd definitely go back and explore more.
Do you have the link? Not able to find it
Do yo have a good route for going from Barcelona to Italy? Im heading over in September
Hello ! Vagabrothers , like your video so much ! I'm planing this coming late spring 2017 to travel to Amsterdam,Sweden,Norway,Spain,France,Germany,Italy,Switzerland each country 2 or 3 days by Eurail pass ,please give info
about Ticket price, place to stay, i' m a senior , thank you !
Hey great video! I have a question, I'm going to be part of an exchange program to Belgium next year. I was wondering what to do in Belgium during September-January and any bordering countries? How is South of Spain/Morocco in January? I was planning to fly after my semester.
Dominick D belgium is awesome ! you can visit brussels, brugge, the belgian coast even tough it might be too cold, Amsterdam, Paris are not far. germany is very accessible too
good luck
Dominick D South of Spain and Morocco are awesome. Bruge is beautiful.
Hey guys, very informal video.. first time going to EUROPE Feb 12-24.. arriving in London 2/13 for 2 days.. then to Amsterdam 2/15-2/17, then to Brussles 2/17-2/19 then back to London on 2/19 until rest of stay.. which pass would you suggest?
For traveling through the metro within a city, for example Paris, does the Eurail Pass cover those costs or is that a separate cost?
Can you take several train trips in one day/24hr period? i.e. stopping part way through a long regional trail, going for a hike, getting on another train, continuing to destination?
Yes you can :)
I thought I read one trip per day. My daughter and I are taking our first European trip next summer...18 days! I plan to get Eurail passes because we want to do Ireland, UK, France, Switzerland, and Italy. I'm confused about the on/off in one day. We've never taken a trip like this (backpacking our way). We plan to vlog/blog about the experience so friends/family can see our experience. If Eurail wants to let us have some tics, we'd love to make an advertisement for them about how easy it is to travel (even for novice travelers) using their services!
Omg... I didn't reserve my seats and I'm leaving in 4 days. So screwed :"( 20 hour train rides for me. You live and you learn I suppose. This video was super helpful!
I guess you lived and learned that you can just buy the reservations when ya go to use the train?
hey guys in april im planning on flying to amsterdam n taking a train to Brussels and than to Paris. Flying back home from Paris. Is it cheaper to buy separate ?
Another question: during my travels I've met SO many people who have done the banana pancake trail (southeast Asia) and loved it. I'm really thinking about doing it next year, any advice?
Kaitlyn O'Brien go to our website and check the writing section. Marko blogged his way across SE Asia in 2010. Really good articles. www.vagabrothers.com
thank you (:
On the card do you have to record the ones you have to have reservation for, or do you record those ones aswell
Alex Short non-reservations as well
Hey my brothers, i liked the infos you shared in your video. May i ask you how to get connected while you're travelling from country to other countries? i mean, do you got yourself a wifi portable or any provider that can help out ? Thanks
Most of the time we just use free wifi from Cafes, sometimes we have used mifi but almost always just free wifi
What do you mean by mifi ? any wifi on train? hehe. i'm considering about get connected while on board during my trip to other countries :) any advice ?
Thanks my bro
What is difference between SWISS pass and EURAIL Pass? And what is preferable if I will visit Swiss and Paris both....Does Rural pass is valid on swiss all rail network
does this cover bernina express? glacier express in Switzerland?
Hi, I just wondering If lived in Asia what is the nearest departure country that I can get into Eurail? And does I have to addressed the ticket based on my departure country or my origin country?
Most ICE and Railjet services don't require reservations, except services that go into countries where high-speed trains do require reservations (like Frankfurt to Paris)
I would like to do 7days travel by overnight train with bed. Where would you recommend to start and finish?
Can I get on different trains for different destinations in one travel day of Eurail pass? For example from Munich to Zurich and then from Zurich to Milan in the same travel day? Is it counted as one or two travel days?
cooler video
I want to travel the french basque country. any advice? where should I go?
You guys are consistenly making excellent videos and in my opinion your subs to quality of videos ratio is totally disproportionate. Keep on being awesome, I can't wait for your summer uploads :)
RonMD Thanks! We're just trying to make the best travel content that we can, week after week. Of course, the best way to help us grow our channel is by sharing it with your friends! ; )
vagabrothers done :)
My son and I are planning to travel to Paris, Rome, and Munich, is it advisable to buy the Global rail pass?
very useful Guys , thank you and please Go on like that!
my qestion is,
how useful do you think absolving studys is?
I mean, you studyd before travling?
thx
greetings from Berlin
+S j we
It's studied and graduated from university and we believe studying is a super important foundation for the rest of your life. Stick it out and get the degree, don't drop out ✌🏼
vagabrothers thanks a lot for your answer.