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I went on my first Interrail trip last year. It was a single country trip though. Can absolutely recommend it!

by hutattedonmyarm 2mo ago

embedding-shape 2mo ago
Is it Interrail if it's just in one country? Isn't that just a normal rail pass then? :P
- pchangr 2mo ago
  Not all countries have a rail pass and not all countries offer a 100% discount pass. And even less offer a 100% discount on all trains and for non residents
  - embedding-shape 2mo ago
    Right, but then "Inter" = "Borrowed from Latin inter- (“between, amid”), a form of prepositional inter (“between”)". Seems more like parent did Intrarail to me.
    - pchangr 2mo ago
      OMG.. are we really doing this? T_T It’s just the marketing term…. “Interrail One Country Pass allows unlimited rail travel within one participating country, excluding the holder’s country of residence.” It’s a way of reinforcing eu identity.. they call it interrail because it connects you to other cultures or societies or whatever you want to call it
      - embedding-shape 2mo ago
        > OMG.. are we really doing this? T_T It’s just the marketing term…. Quick one-off jokes that commentators on HN take way to literally and start a whole diatribe about? I mean, apparently :D Relax, it's only a joke, I have no issues with Interrail and use it myself from time to time too... Not sure I'd agree it has anything to do with European or EU identity, but anyways, I guess some do :)
        bluebarbet 2mo ago
        Sorry you're being downvoted for your harmless and jovial asides. Really, downvoting is almost always toxic IMO, I wish HN would turn it off.
      - DemocracyFTW2 2mo ago
        > allows unlimited rail travel within one participating country, excluding the holder’s country of residence One of the things that always bothered me because it's such an arbitrary rule and has hugely different effects for people from different countries. Like, people from Switzerland or Belgium can easily move around all over the place after a short domestic trip. For a few lucky fellers from Lichtenstein or Luxemburg the rule is practically non-existent on account of the small sizes of their countries, whereas someone from eastern France has to pay for a long-distance ticket across all of France if they want to explore the western part of Europe, and all they get is Spain and Portugal (and Andorra—do they have a train line?) with no way to visit Scandinavia, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Czechia, Slovenia or Germany without having to pay for a cross-country trip through France a second time. Also the age limitation for European citizens whereas non-Europeans have no such limit.
        pchangr 2mo ago
        I’d argue that most residents would likely have access to better offers locally. As for the age limit, I think it just lets you get a cheaper inter-rail, which is subsidized by the DiscoverEU. AFAIK, you can always buy a full interrail pass for all countries. And yes, non eu people can buy eurail.: but that one is much more expensive than the equivalent interrail, I think. Maybe I’m wrong about the last one tho

I went on my first Interrail trip last year. It was a single country trip though. Can absolutely recommend it!

embedding-shape 2mo ago

Is it Interrail if it's just in one country? Isn't that just a normal rail pass then? :P

pchangr 2mo ago
Not all countries have a rail pass and not all countries offer a 100% discount pass. And even less offer a 100% discount on all trains and for non residents
- embedding-shape 2mo ago
  Right, but then "Inter" = "Borrowed from Latin inter- (“between, amid”), a form of prepositional inter (“between”)". Seems more like parent did Intrarail to me.
  - pchangr 2mo ago
    OMG.. are we really doing this? T_T It’s just the marketing term…. “Interrail One Country Pass allows unlimited rail travel within one participating country, excluding the holder’s country of residence.” It’s a way of reinforcing eu identity.. they call it interrail because it connects you to other cultures or societies or whatever you want to call it
    - embedding-shape 2mo ago
      > OMG.. are we really doing this? T_T It’s just the marketing term…. Quick one-off jokes that commentators on HN take way to literally and start a whole diatribe about? I mean, apparently :D Relax, it's only a joke, I have no issues with Interrail and use it myself from time to time too... Not sure I'd agree it has anything to do with European or EU identity, but anyways, I guess some do :)
      - bluebarbet 2mo ago
        Sorry you're being downvoted for your harmless and jovial asides. Really, downvoting is almost always toxic IMO, I wish HN would turn it off.
    - DemocracyFTW2 2mo ago
      > allows unlimited rail travel within one participating country, excluding the holder’s country of residence One of the things that always bothered me because it's such an arbitrary rule and has hugely different effects for people from different countries. Like, people from Switzerland or Belgium can easily move around all over the place after a short domestic trip. For a few lucky fellers from Lichtenstein or Luxemburg the rule is practically non-existent on account of the small sizes of their countries, whereas someone from eastern France has to pay for a long-distance ticket across all of France if they want to explore the western part of Europe, and all they get is Spain and Portugal (and Andorra—do they have a train line?) with no way to visit Scandinavia, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Czechia, Slovenia or Germany without having to pay for a cross-country trip through France a second time. Also the age limitation for European citizens whereas non-Europeans have no such limit.
      - pchangr 2mo ago
        I’d argue that most residents would likely have access to better offers locally. As for the age limit, I think it just lets you get a cheaper inter-rail, which is subsidized by the DiscoverEU. AFAIK, you can always buy a full interrail pass for all countries. And yes, non eu people can buy eurail.: but that one is much more expensive than the equivalent interrail, I think. Maybe I’m wrong about the last one tho