A Guide to Interrail (My Experience, Best Routes, Saving Money, Packing + Tips!) | Jack Edwards 

Corona really be destroying my hopes of travelling

i’m trying to think of train puns but i just keep getting side tracked...

I went interrailing back in 1983, and I agree with so much of what you said. The best thing to do is manage with as small a rucksack as you can possibly get away with. If you can jog with it on your back then you're well ahead. Lay out everything that you need on a bed, and then throw half of it away. I managed with little more than just 3 T-shirts, jeans, a sweat-shirt, swim trunks, and probably no more than 3 pairs of underpants and socks (it's a long time ago, I forget, but somebody on the trip once advised that you can get away by turning them back to front, and inside out, and then you get 4 days out of them - I didn't try this!). The rest of it was a cotton sleeping-bag liner, water purification tablets (for Morocco - water wasn't safe then in North Africa, and even in Seville in 1983 the water was cut off for half of the day for some reason), an empty water bottle, a book, a phrase-book/language dictionary or two, and little more (when you've read the book, you swapped it with another interrailer). If you can get your bag to under 10Kg, you're onto a winner. Like you, I learned so much about myself, and life, in little more than a month, and picked up communication skills in Spanish and Portuguese that I can still remember to this day. I could still get by in both countries for years afterwards and later decided to learn both languages a bit more thoroughly in my 40s. I love the fact that you can now have an online planner. Yes, back in my day, you took a folding map which gave you some idea of the layout of the lines in Europe and just relied on the fact that stations would have timetables and that you would meet somebody who had come from the other direction who could give advice - we just hoped for the best and it usually worked out. The unique thing one has at the age of 17 to 25 is TIME - you will never have as much free time as you do at that age. Just make the most of it before careers take over. It's interesting that you managed with £1000. Back in 1983, the cost of the interrail card was £115 (yes, I know!), and I managed to spend a month travelling on little more than £200 which kinda equates to £1000 today. I wish any young people luck with interrailing and I despise the older people of my generation who voted for Brexit that will reduce your chances to travel

THIS WAS SO USEFUL! 🙌

I went interrailing last summer at the end of my A levels too! i went to paris, marseille, florence, rome, venice, budapest and vienna! if i had gone for longer or if i were to do it again i would love to go to amsterdam, berlin, munich etc... i loved interrailing so much, I'm a very anxious person but doing this really helped me chill out. Even though we hit a few walls we always made it in the end!!! i only went with one person and next time i will definitely go with a group but it's such a great way to travel and see some amazing places :) loved hostels, the sights, the food, the trains. all of it was amazing and looking back i will remember it forever!! also wish i had this video before i went its soooo helpful!!! xx

Overnight trains also cut the cost of hostels for the night ;)

If I can make a suggestion based on my personal experiences of traveling in Europe, don’t eat or shop around the touristy areas. Those are usually higher in price and are less authentic. When I was in Italy, I went down so many side streets in Bologna, Rome, and Florence and paid significantly cheaper for food and the food was much more authentic. Plus the small bars found down side streets are sometimes much more fun. I went to one in Rome (reply to this comment if you want to know which one) in Trieste and it was such an amazing experience. It was incredibly cheap. The drinks were amazing. The bartender was friendly. The patrons were accepting and just chill. I went there twice in 1 night. 1 time before a group dinner (I was on a week long study abroad trip with my history department) and me and like 4 other students went back for round 2 later that evening before hitting the clubs.

Thanks for recommending Interrail Planner, Jack!

My friends and I are saving up at the moment so we can travel from the Seattle to Europe for our first interrailing trip this summer, AFTER BEING INSPIRED BY YOUR INTERRAIL SERIES!!

This is such a helpful video! I've been dreaming about going interrailling for a few years now, and now that it's my gap year, I some how decided to make other plans... I'm hoping to go in a summervacation sometime when I'm in uni and then I will definitely come back to this video!

Me and a bunch of friends are going interrailing this summer and we still have a lot to organize but this was really helpful! Thank uou so much🙌👏

So useful!! All the things you normally hear once you've already left and wish someone had told you beforehand! Absolutely A1, and you're so watchable too, you seem so sweet and lovely!

I'm planning on going interrailing when I graduate in 2 years, so I'll definetely check out this video again, cause you were brilliant!

This is so useful thank you! Currently just starting to plan a Interail trip for next summer! xx

I’m going interrailing this summer after my a-levels so this was super helpful! xox

I am going interrailing this year, so this video was perfect !!! especially the attractions segment was great !!

Thanks so much for this! I’m going inter-railing next month with my friend and these tips are so helpful😊🤙🏼

Really useful tips Jack! Gotta go InterRailing before uni next summer for sure. Awesome video as always!! 😊

Been waiting for this video!!! Will be great use for me next summer as me and my friend are hoping to go interrailing.

That spreadsheet is GENIUS!! I will def use it next summer on my trip!

Always happy to see one of your uploads 😃

I’m so glad you’ve filmed this! I’m going in June after my A levels!

Omg, Lake Bled looks amazing, I need to visit Slovenia this year, such a green and beautiful country!

Hi, me and my friends found this so useful! Travel is the only way of life, keep up with these amazing videos young prince x

I DIED WHEN I SAW UR NOTIFICATION & OMG UR SO CLOSE TO 30k!! Congratulations!! ❤️❤️

Jack’s channel is where you find the best puns 😂👌 Would love to do this in a couple of years it looks so good 👍

I'm probably going on an interrail next summer, this is actually the most helpful video I've seen this far

Very useful! Great information. I'm dreaming of an interrail trip and this makes me wanna travel even more!

came straight to your channel after seeing you on jade's channel, I absolutely love your content + your attitude towards life is so refreshing!! Lotsa love x

I want to go interrailing next year after a levels so this is the best possible video for me!! Thank you 😘😘

this comes perfectly on time :D I am going on interrail this summer ^^

♡♡ I study medicine in Budapest and I'm planning on doing an interrail with some friends this summer! This video was so so helpful and I remember subscribing after watching your first interrail vlog hahah

Such a useful video and came at such a good time as I am currently looking at interrailling next summer!!

IM SO GLAD YOU MADE THIS! I cannot WAIT to go interrailing, mostly due to your vlogs haha, Thank you so so much!!!!! - also loving the patriotic bedding hahaha - xxx

Very usual video and gave lots of good recommendations which I hadn't thought of. Defo gonna make a spreadsheet.

Such a useful video thanks for this!! I hope I get the chance to go interrailing next year, it looks absolutely amazing!

big up Jack Edwards with the brilliant adviceee

This is sooo helpful! I’m gonna do interrail with my friends at the end of year 12 instead of going to Punta Umbria (Spain) with school, like everyone does, and I just can wait!

Haha I had no idea for what can I do during this summer :D Merci beaucoup ça fait plaisir ☺️ !!!

Thank you! Just what I needed, the lockers advice is going to be super helpful

OMG thank you for making this vid coz I never knew about interrail and it sounds SO FUNN xx

Very very helpful, gave me more ideas and ways to make things easier planning my trip. Thank you!

last year i visited ljubljana and lake bled it was honestly such an amazing experience, so beautiful!! im sad that you only had 24 hrs in vienna it's one of my favourite cities, so many hidden cute cafes and museums!! once again amazing video jack 💗 (ALSO YOU'RE SO CLOSE TO 30K WHAAT)

This makes me want to save money and travel around Europe! Superb!

I KNOW THIS VIDEO IS OLD BUT I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS VIDEO. I'VE BEEN INSPIRED TO INTERRAIL NOW WITH MY FRIENDS!!

This was incredibly useful!! My sister and I have only really started looking into and planning our interrailing trip and this answered so many questions we didn't even know we had 😂 so thank you!

Best video ever honestly so helpful I know I’m late haha but thanks!! Interrailing sounds beyond exciting

Yas immediately clicked as this was what I needed right now :)

Dangerously close to 30k subscribers you say? Haha!! 971k and going strong! Congrats and well deserved. Such a good informative video this!!

Thank you for this video, it’s pure gold 🙌🏼

Nice to hear that you have visited Slovenia! It's such a beautiful country, but at the same time not so full of tourists like Paris or London. Also thanks for the video :)

Fabulous video Jack. Thank you ! Loved it. Great tips. :)

I’m going interrailing alone this summer and honestly can’t wait!

been waiting for this video for so long! loved your series so much, this was a great add on. are you going again? hope durham is treating you well!

this was really useful! What struck me though is that you went to Cesky Krumlov... it is a two hour drive away from my home in Austria and I have visited it a few months ago as a school trip. We did not know anything about the town prior to the arrival and were pretty let down... it is pretty but it is so fake and there were only tourists from Asia. I find it really interesting that this town was on your route through Europe since I would've never visited it on my own even though it is not that far away

Thank you for making this video!! I’m going to Berlin, Vienna and Prague and this was really helpful :)

Thanks for sharing with us your experience and tips . Glad you enjoyed and learned 😊. FOOD ❤😍. Wow it was cheap and a wonderful expirence ... i can tell. You are an organize person, keeping tracking

I literally filmed a vid on how to plan a gap year that's being uploaded right now! 😂 I really, really want to go Interrailing - maybe this winter ;)

Thank you that was really helpful. Ill do it next year and im soooooo damn excited 😍

I thought it was so kind of you to laminate copies for your friends and parents, I’m sure they really appreciated that!! Also, in this video you celebrated almost 30k followers and now you’re at 1.3 million!! CONGRATS!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

So cool!!! Would love to go interrailing next year

This was so useful! I'm a bit put off by all the planning though, I prefer to be adaptive and go with the flow! To do an interrail trip would it be possible to have a rough idea of countries you want to go to and maybe how long for but change as you go? Basically do you need to plan it or can you just go for it and see where you end up lol

So so helpful!! thank you very much. starting to plan now... finding it hard to understand which trains are valid with the interrail pass and how you know what company it is on rail planner?? x

30K!!! Congratulations!

This was so informative, Thank you !

such a useful and detailed video thank you!

I'm planning a trip for june '22 en this was super helpful. Especially the spreadsheet tip :D

Great video Jack!!! 🤩

I found this so helpful, especially the Loot card thing because every country we're going to uses a different currency.... We're going Berlin-Prague-Krakow-Budapest-Maribor-Zadar-Split!

Really good video, great advice

This was so helpful! thank you!

This was so helpful, like beyond helpful 😂

This was so helpful!!

So helpful! Can't wait for some covid free traveling...hopefully soon🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

soo useful!! I'm also going to Ljubljana, Budapest, Prague and Berlin this July and can't wait. Did you have to book all of your trains in advance as well as having your interrail pass? Currently trying to decide if it's worth getting the pass or if i should book the individual tickets

Such a good video, Jack! I just have one question - did you have to pay some extra money on those sleeping trains - for the bed or reservation or something like that? Also congrats to 30,000, keep that great work,I like your videos!

Super helpful, thanks!

Hi! How are you? Fab as usual and I actually want to go traveling so this is usual and omg ahaha the interail joke made me laugh so much 😂👌

This is so useful thank you!

Thanks for the great video. How many litres would you recommend for the rucksack, and what brands to go for if I want a long lasting rucksack

This video has been so helpful! I just wanted to ask how big were the lockers at the hostel and the train station? Were they big enough to fit a large DofE type bag - because it’s quite long and might not fit into a standard square locker.

One annoying thing about the InterRail rules is that there's no allowance for day trains arriving after midnight. There is the 19:00 rule for overnight trains, but nothing for day trains. This is different from national tickets which often are valid into the small hours (e.g. UK ones, including national/regional rovers and rangers, are valid until 04:29).

Great video and lots of information

Exactly what i needed, going with my friends this July (we're doing almost the same route!). Also you have really nice teeth lol

Can’t wait to do this one day

Jack, this video is so perfect and helpful. YESSSS!!!

really helpful. Thanks 🙏🏻

Thank you for all the info!

0:44 I’m crying rn at your eye roll

Great video!

So jealous! Defo want to do this soon, as I’ve been doing Camp America for 2 years and I’ve seen like so much of USA!!

Thx for this very usefull video, congats mate

Amazing video💗

That spreadsheet 😍😍😍😍

Omg so close to 30k!!!!

Now this is probably going to sound like a really daft question.... when interailing and going from one country to the next do you ever have to go through customs or anything? I'm sure you have to fill in a passenger locator form in some countries but who do we give these to?

Helpful video!!!

I’m 25 and thinking of going on my first solo trip, i was meant to go to New York in the summer but corona had other plans (and when it comes to it I don’t think I would of gone as I have a slight fear of flying) would you recommend inter rail for a first time solo traveller

omg this was so helpful, thank u!! just one question, do you have to reserve seats on all trains or is it just the night ones?

so so so helpfull! thank u!