Well… Lets talk a little about our plans for costs…

Because an interrail is not only going, going, going, it is also spending, spending, spending, something we must take in consideration is how much this trip will cost us.

I am not going to write here how much this trip will cost us or how much we are planning to spend, but just that you should consider your trip costs. Not to take the risk of getting without money somewhere.

So, lets start by the ticket itself. Just the ticket alone can cost us a considerable amount of money. I can give you our example. We are thinking of buying the continuous month ticket which will cost us 599€. To be able to buy the ticket i will need my Christmas allowance and for the rest of the trip i am already putting aside 100 Euros per month and i don’t know if it will be enough I am also counting with my holidays allowance for the trip! So… be prepared!

After the ticket the first thing we should consider are train supplements. As i guess you know, the interrail pass only allows you to travel in regular trains, not “special trains”, like TGV or Thalys. So, you must count with some more extra money if you want to go a little bit faster. What we did was to send emails to some companies asking for interrailers fares. All of them were very fast to answer. We sent email to SNCF (TGV), to Thalys and to Viking Line (boat crossing in the Baltic Sea) asking for fares and besides being fast they were all very kind!

Of course that costs are also related with the length of the trip you want to make. Our plans are to go to the North of Europe and some Eastern European Countries. Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland are in our plans and being them some of most expensive countries in Europe we are already counting to spend some big bucks there, but on the other side of the scale we have some of the cheapest countries in Europe which will counter balance our expenses.

Our plans also includes spending as most nights as we can in trains, to avoid being stopped, but besides that to avoid spending extra money on hostels. A night in an hostel can vary a lot. It will depend of the country, city and location. Visit https://www.hihostels.com/ to make some simulations of what a night can cost you. This is the official website of Hostelling International. Other extra way of saving money is to become a member of Hostelling International. To become a member just contact the Youth Association of your country for details of how becoming a member. [Or you can try your luck with CouchSurfing! ]

I guess I’ve covered the most relevant costs you should consider for this trip… I didn’t count with the food because food is a very subjective and personal thing. You can eat well in one day and in the other day survive with just water and some cookies… As I said, this is very personal and everyone should take their own considerations

In conclusion, the best thing is to plan your journey and your expenses! Of course that plans always fail, but if you don’t plan you will never think of a “what if…?”, will you?

See you around!