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vluvski
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Posted 6 years ago

I want to make sure I understand the inbound and outbound journeys correctly. Are these required to be taken on the first and last day, or, of I get a longer pass, can I use it for inbound and outbound on days 1 and 4, and leave days 5-7 available for a trip where I have another means to get in and out of my home country?

Along those same lines, with my planned Cologne-Vienna-Budapest-Zagreb-Munich-Cologne itinerary, if we ride overnight after 19:00 Zagreb to Munich, is it still considered the same journey as long as our Munich-Cologne train falls on that same date even if we get off to roam Munich for a half day, or do the times need to be basically continuous (factoring in connection waits, of course)?

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Flo
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replied 6 years ago

Hi!

You dont have to use outbound/inbound travel days on the first/last date of validity. It is also possible to "save" some travel days for after the inbound travel - as you have written above.
This question has been quite popular lately and there is no clear guideline in the official documents; I will check once again to get a definitive answer on that.

You can travel from Zagreb to Munich with the night train, using only the arrival day in Munich as travel day; you then have to finish your journey until 23:59 on the arrival day. If you want, you can also spend the day in Munich and only continue after a few hours. As long as if the journey is finished until midnight you will only need this one day travel day.

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MDOD93
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replied 6 years ago

I am going to piggyback this thread, rather than submitting a new post with a variation on the same question.

I am travelling from Ireland (My home country) to Berlin on the 14th of November. My interrailing ticket does not activate until Sunday the 19th of November.

Am I definitely not required to fill in an outbound/inbound trip? I am trying to keep my interrailing independent of my travel from/to home. Is there an issue with doing this?

Matthew

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Flo
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replied 6 years ago

Hi Matthew, welcome to railcc!

You do not have to use your inbound/outbound journeys. If you have other plans to start/end your journey, without needing inbound/outbound trips you do not have to use them and can save your travel days exclusively for train travel abroad.

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Flo
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replied 6 years ago

In regard to the initial question (use of "saved up" travel days after using the inbound travel (or using travel days before using the outbound travel): this is allowed, I just received confirmation from Eurailgroup (those who are responsible for managing Interrail, rules stuff etc...). :)

Flo