We were returning to InteRailing after a gap of almost 35 years. We are well travelled across 4 continents - a lot of it by train in the 1970’s and 80’s.Understandably much has changed. We are a lot older, almost everything is digital and cities are crowded by many more tourists.However we had a wonderful holiday. Arriving at unknown train stations never ceases to thrill. This along with unexpected conversations on the journey and the exchange of information about places to see continue as before. We were looking for slow sustainable travel so watching the European landscape unfold across France, Germany and Italy remained a true joy.We will definitely be back. The staff at InteRailing Packages were patient with our endless questions and plan changes as well as very informative. Our late booking made things more complicated but nothing went wrong. All of the hotel and rail bookings worked out well.We do have some thoughts for seniors or people with mobility difficulties though. Some of the train connections at stations were very tight. 13 minutes in 1 case. We knew the station from earlier years and knew that even in our 20’s that would have been a stretch. We advise to request longer times for connections when booking. Also see if hotel rooms can be booked on the ground or first floor. There are lifts but some are so small they can only take 1 person and a suitcase. We did a lot of walking up 4 floors of very rickety stairs in one place.We are pretty fit and healthy but not everyone could manage this.If you aren’t too tech savvy the apps can be a bit intimidating at first so don’t leave setting them up until the last minute. They are not hard to use but we needed help from family initially. Also we ended up printing out paper copies of all of our bookings in spite of assurances that everything could be done on the apps. We did need these on several occasions. In Germany only paper reservations were accepted and several times we lost internet connections.Book as early as possible. This may give you more options for trains and possibly fewer changeovers at stations.Finally try to visit smaller cities and venues. These are much more pleasant, far less crowded and there are many ‘gems’ to see. They are often less expensive too. We stayed with friends in some places and it’s fair to say that they are pretty fed up with over tourism and the ‘mess’. Be considerate. In less visited places the chance to interact with the local community is far greater.The ability to customise your holiday makes staying in different places, away from the more famous destinations, easy as InteRailing Packages has such a vast list of railway stations to choose from.We are already planning another trip having learned a lot from this one. A return to Morocco via France and Spain again by rail and ferry is on the cards. We are confident that we can do this with InteRailing Packages.Thanks for all your help and advice.RP London November 2024
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