this is the ultimate interrail travel guide 17 must-know tips you need to know before you go
into railing i spent 26 days traveling around europe i went to 11 cities and nine countries
and it was incredible experience straight after i left school eight days after my final exam
and i recommend it to anyone who's just finished school get out there see loads of countries see
see loads of cities you would love it i'm now a travel content creator and i create videos
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that would be amazing before i get started the final two tips are about budget and the best
places to go this is probably the most common questions i get asked so stay tuned for that
they're good i tell you exactly how much money you need to travel in each country right let's
start with tip number one what pass should you get this is a common question because
when you go on the interrail website there are so many passes to choose from and you're like
which one am i going to choose and you've basically got to count how many days are you
going to be traveling because out of that month three weeks two weeks however long you're going
for you might only be traveling for five maybe seven days of that period so you don't need to
get a continuous one-month travel unless you want that real flexibility i personally use a
day continuous pass and i found that i didn't actually need that and i could have saved a lot
of money with the pass tip number two this is the night train rule it used to be called the
7 pm to 4 am rule but that is nothing anymore any information on that just forget it it's the night
train rule it's a lot simpler and basically if you leave on one day and you take an overnight train
to the next day it only counts as one train if you take another train on the second day that counts
as two travel days so but just one overnight train that is just one travel day okay tip number
three if you're looking to travel this summer summer 2021 coronavirus is the big thing about
at the moment we're not sure what's going to be available but if you click the link in my bio
i've got the latest coronavirus in trail like news and it will tell you exactly what countries you
can go to what countries are open and it will just give you so much more information it's very likely
that in the next year maybe two years that you're gonna have to still wear masks on the trains and
you're definitely gonna have to like sanitize hand wash you know keep a distance all that normal
coronavirus things you'll have to apply when you're traveling still okay tip number four are
you gonna go for a circular route or you're gonna go from one side of the continent to the other and
i personally started in london and we finished in split in croatia and we got a plane back but you
can instead if you don't want to take a plane you do a circular route so if you start in london and
you can finish in london but this just depends on what kind of route and where you want to go
so just take into account what countries what cities do you really want to travel to and then
you can kind of work out what kind of route you want to do another suggestion is finish
by a beach for example we finished in split and it was a lovely way to finish the trip relaxing
on the beaches so i do recommend doing that okay tip number five this is a tip which is not really
interesting but it's used buses because buses can be cheaper than the trains and often they are a
lot cheaper obviously they take normally take a lot longer they're probably going to be a little
more uncomfortable as you are strapped in but that is something to bear in mind if budget is an issue
then maybe travel on buses and not trains for example you could use it on a shorter journey
from like vienna to bratislava if you've only got a certain amount number of days you're allowed to
travel within the month then use it and you could save money and you can also save one of
your travel days tip number six is use interroll planner it's the website which i will link below
in the description and it basically helps you plan out the route so that you can see the map
and see everywhere you want to go and it tells you like the train times how long it's going
to take so it's really really useful definitely recommend doing that okay tip number seven this
is starting to go to tips about accommodation so what combination should you stay in when you're in
trailing i definitely would recommend staying in hostels this is the best place to stay why
because you can meet so many other travelers you get often get free breakfast there's free
walking tours and so many advantages advantages of staying in a hostel however airbnbs can sometimes
still be cheaper especially if there's a few of you splitting the price of an airbnb can be
cheaper than staying in a hostel so if you're on a budget have a look see what's the best option
for your budget tip number eight this is about the hostels so when you're looking for a hostel
make sure you read the reviews there'll often be a score out 10 if you use hostelworld which
is what i use and basically it will tell you what the atmosphere is like if there's a free
free breakfast this if there's maybe a free drink a bar at the hostel and basically it will
tell you everything that you need to know and you'll get other travelers opinions about the
hostel so definitely read the reviews because it can be so helpful tip number nine look at
the location of your airbnb and hostel because it could be right across the other side of the city
to where you got in in your station so you might have to walk like an hour or you might have to
take a bus and that could add to your expense so always make sure have a look where the hostel is
in the city make sure it's close to the station or if there's a cheap bus then you can just take that
but make sure you look where the location of your hostel is tip number 10 is all about budget and
stuff you can do for free or really cheap in a city because in a city there are loads of free
stuff you can do there's loads of free museums you can do free walking tours so take advantage
of these especially if you're on a budget because you'll save money and you do fun things without
spending any dollar bills or euros probably euros tip number 11 what backpack should i take when i'm
going into railing well i'll tell you you should probably have two backpacks a 50 to 60 liter one
and a day bag which you can put like a camera it's just stuff you need for one
day whilst you're in a city let me show you the backpack which you need i've got them here
this backpack is what i call a lucky dip backpack it basically is quite big and you
just the only way to get stuff is to reaching in and just grabbing stuff yeah this is not as good
because you don't know what you're going to pull out of there it's literally a lucky lucky dip draw
don't get it get a backpack like this which opens all the way out and when it when it's full it's
obviously not full at all at the moment because corona but when it's full you can literally see
everything that you have it's just like a suitcase and i definitely recommend getting
it because it's so much better i've used both and the difference between the both of them is
huge just please get yourself a suitcase backpack like that it will save you so much pain tip number
10 12. tip number 12 food all about food what food should you eat and it depends on your budget you
can obviously eat out all the time but that's going to get expensive if you want to eat cheap
cook yourself make sure hostels that you stay in have kitchens make sure if you stay on airbnb it's
got kitchen so you can cook yourself and you save so much money also you can go to local bakeries go
to um like local restaurants don't go on the main tourist strip because they're gonna be expensive
go down a bit out of town and you might find cheaper more local restaurants which are more
suitable for cheap travelers like myself tip number 13. this is a question i get asked a lot
what what bank card do i use how do i use money do i do i get money money how do i
do it basically use these eat one of these three travel cards use caxton revolu or monzo personally
i use monzo i think it's the best one it's got the best app and it's so easy to use basically
these have the best currency exchange rates and you basically use your bank card and you top it up
and you top up these travel cards with your bank card and it's so easy you can basically
pay wherever you go you can atm withdraw fees are not a thing with these whereas they could be with
your other bank account so definitely recommend getting a travel card monzo revolu or caxton
we're getting on a bit now tip number 14. these are two apps which i definitely recommend
downloading a currency converter because if you're in budapest and you've got hungarian
foreign or i don't know some weird currency you're not going to know the difference
so download a currency converter just so you can quickly type in see how much stuff is and also
download maps.me i've said this before in another one of my videos is the best app for backpackers
because it tells you little local restaurants it's and you can download the map so it's perfect
for traveling if you don't have data so please download maps.me and the currency inverter it
will save you so much time and pain tip number 15 1-5 let's go so bring a padlock one because
you want to use it in hostels sometimes they don't have padlocks to just bring a bad lock to to like
padlock your actual bag and three because sometimes in main train stations in europe you can
actually put your bag away in a train station lock it up and then you can go out for the day so if
if your train is in the evening but you've got to leave the hostel in the morning padlock it up
in a in a train station in the locker and you can save yourself lugging it around all day trust me
it's very useful okay tip number 16 the best places you can go into railing i'm just going to
have to do it from my experience and my experience traveling around europe but i've got to say
amsterdam is a brilliant one berlin my two favorite are prague and budapest these countries
no i'm not american these two cities are amazing trust me please go to them they
are probably the two best two best cities you can go whilst you're into railing also split
and paris split is beautiful for the beaches and paris is paris if you've not been you've
got to go whilst you're in training with your friends or even if you're solo please go to paris
okay the final tip tip number 17 budget i'm gonna put on the screen now a budget table of how much
you're gonna spend in each country roughly this is a guide it is not you're gonna spend this much
it obviously depends on where you eat if you eat out so take it with a pinch of salt but this
is roughly how much you'll spend each day whilst you're traveling around your own so if you want to
go on a cheaper trip stay in the cheaper countries if you want to go on a more expensive trip go
to the more expensive countries including my interrail pass and traveling for 26 days i spent
1500 pounds i spent roughly 40 pounds a day and i would use this as a guide for all over europe if
you go into a mixture of countries 40 pounds a day for traveling um because this kind of is a budget
but it's kind of a good budget which you can work with it gives you a bit of flexibility in places
like budapest you will spend less but in somewhere like berlin amsterdam it is a lot more expensive
you'll probably be spending more than 40 pounds but overall 40 pounds throughout europe is a good
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