Travelling Cheap

My fondest memories of travel from when I was a child are on the vagon-lit, the sleeper car, with the large bunk beds suspended from the wall by thick cables covered in faded velvet. It was like being on the Orient Express, all the wood panelling, the little sink and the wardrobe. However, it was not an economic way to travel and was soon done away with. But I still have a warm place in my heart for train travel.

So I was checking out one of the most popular ways to travel by train, InterRail, cursing myself that I didn’t take advantage of it while I was a student and had more free time. Looking through their website I discovered their One Country Pass.

It functions similarly to the regular InterRail ticket. You hold a pass that allows you to board trains in one particular country for a certain number of days (3, 4, 6 or 8 ) within 1 month of the beginning of your journey. This gives you a great chance to explore several cities in one country and really take in the sites. It does require a bit of planning if you want to travel cheap and with some semblance of comfort, as you should find the places you want to visit, the hotel, B&B, or hostel where you are going to stay and check if you will be using any of the special trains (usually high speed). Kids also get 50% off on 1^st and 2^nd class tickets.

I wouldn’t mind travelling around the Czech Republic or Spain for 10 days with my girlfriend in the first class carriage, seeing as 3 days of travel would only set my back 66 euro or 147 euro respectively. These tickets also provide you with further discounts to museums and other attractions. The best way to travel, enjoy the view and take in the sites without being trapped in one city the whole time. In fact if you like one city so much, just spend a couple of extra days there. The ticket lasts for a whole month.

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