Interrailing is a way of travelling through Europe using the train system to its full advantage. Interrail Europe is a company that helps you plan your trip through Europe and offers you the right kind of ticket for your specific trip. You can buy all sorts of tickets that allow you to have all sorts of different trips, including passes for travel on certain consecutive days, a certain number of days within one month, or only within a certain country.
There are lots of different ways that you can plan an Interrail trip and their tickets exist on a varying price scale, offering different prices for different age groups, locations, and types of travel. You can make things more comfortable by opting for 1st class train travel or you can be a little more cost-effective by going 2nd class.
You can basically build your own journey that helps you travel in the way that you want to, to the places you want to go.
In my opinion, it is an exceptional way to see the sights of Europe in a convenient and budget-friendly way, and I think that is an experience most people should try and have at least once in their lifetime.
Here are 3 of the top reasons it should be in your plans for your next trip.
Interrailing helps you travel as much as possible in a short space of time
The main selling point of Interrailing overall is the fact that it allows you to travel as much as possible across Europe in a short space of time.
Usually, even one city or town within Europe would be your visiting point for an entire holiday or trip. Going to Berlin or Paris or Koln would be the focal part of your travels and you would travel there directly from wherever it is that you live. With Interrailing, you can manage to travel to lots of different European cities in one trip.
This means that you can see lots of sights and attractions in lots of beautiful and interesting places all at once.
Who wouldn’t want that?
Travelling in this way helps you save time and money and, in my opinion, it was one the very best ways that you can travel around Europe. Forget about money racking up on flights and forget about the excess time spent going back and forwards, Interrailing is easy, efficient, and enjoyable.
Interrailing is social and helps you meet new people
You can choose to Interrail with someone else, a friend, partner, or family member. But you can also set off on your new and exciting journey entirely by yourself.
When Interrailing, many people choose to stay in hostels and shared accommodation in order to keep the costs down. Some people even sleep on the trains that they travel on, opting to get washed and dressed in the train facilities. (Hey, if you’re travelling first class, it is nowhere near as bad as you think it would be).
This means that Interrailers are usually pretty identifiable to other Interrailers.
You can end up meeting lots of new people from all over the world when you go Interrailing, even making new friends for life. Doing something so new and so unique tends to bond people together and people tend to flock together for safety and community, too.
If you are feeling like you are a little fed up in life, a little stuck, and maybe even isolated since the pandemic and everything it brought with it, Interrailing could be the perfect opportunity you have been waiting for to go and get yourself back out into the big bad world. It can help you reconnect with people around you and find a new sense of community. All of this tends to have wonderful effects on our own self-growth and development too, which can never be a bad thing.
You never know who you could meet along the way.
Interrailing can help you grow outside of your comfort zone
Interrailing is a very different form of travelling and a large part of this is the fact that it goes a little outside everybody’s comfort zone (unless you are an experienced solo traveller).
This might be something that is keeping you back from starting your first interrailing journey, but it should actually be something that is encouraging you more so to go.
When interrailing, you will be planning out your own itinerary for a busy and cross-Europe adventure. The company definitely help you figure everything out but it will be ultimately up to you to get yourself where you need to be at the right time. The trip will include a lot of train stations, platforms, tickets, baggage, planning and strategising.
This all adds up to an amazing experience that you will never forget but it will definitely also include aspects that you won’t be used to yet and it will push you outside of your comfort zone.
But outside of your comfort zone is exactly where you grow!
Going on such a trip can help you really come out of your shell and it can help you see that you can do anything you want to when you put your mind to it. Once you complete a trip like this, you won’t be scared or anxious to travel anywhere else for the rest of your life.
Three countries in a weekend? No worries! Sleeping on a busy train? Not a problem!
Interrailing opens you up to a whole new world of travel possibilities and adventures and it is truly a one of a kind experience for every type of traveller.
What could possibly keep you from going on an adventure like this?
I can’t think of any reason why not… Take the leap this year!
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