Black Friday Interrail sale

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[grahame]

Email just received

Dear Mr Ellis,

Treat yourself this Black Friday and start planning that unforgettable adventure for 2025. For a limited time only, Interrail by National Rail is offering customers 25% off Interrail Global Passes and selected One Country Passes*.

So, if you fancy exploring Europe, but are concerned about your carbon footprint, then why not take to the rails? Enjoy stunning window views, cool culture, delicious food and explore over 30,000 destinations across 33 countries!

Hurry, sale ends midnight 17th December 2024!



Terms & Conditions

*Offer ends 23:59 on 17/12/2024. Promotion Passes for the Interrail Winter Sale Promotion are exchangeable and refundable as per the Terms and Conditions for a regular Pass. If you select your Pass to be fulfilled as a paper Pass, the date of travel must be confirmed on date you purchase and Paper Passes are valid from the start date entered for the duration purchased. All Interrail Passes must be activated within 11 months from the date of purchase. Full terms and conditions be can found here.

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[grahame]

From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

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I will - almost certainly - be buying a pass for use next year.  It's on my list.   There's no "50% off to celebrate 50 years oF internal" but rather just a 25% sale which I judge to be unlikely to be bettered, though it may be matched.  I already have a second hand pass, but it's worn out and its "use by" date is passed.  I am aware I will spend far more in using the pass in places to stay and food more expensive than at home, but it is budgeted for and the card will be paid off before interest is due. Interrail's "Reservation fees" have become a bit of a scam - things like £39 for a reservation feels like a top up supplement, but these are things to factor in and often though not always there are slower more local trains available.

Poll added to see how many more members are thinking of taking up this offer

[grahame]

In my bucket for next year ... Turkey by train ... and I may look to complete the FEVE narrow gauge and spend longer in Portugal.  Harz system - more than just The Brocken. Narvik, the Loften Islands and Bodo.  Inner line in Sweden.

What is in your bucket?

[johnneyw]

Not so much a bucket but a couple of current favourites to try and get round to....The Glacier Express and Wuppertal Schwebebahn.
As for non rail but nevertheless transport related ambitions....a river cruise combining the rivers Rhine and Mosel and another on the Douro.

I've also given consideration to a 4 or 5 day in a month interail pass to visit a few cities in Europe.

[grahame]

Will you be buying an Interrail pass for use next year (Black Friday Sale)

Over the weekend - almost certainly two. One for myself and one for Lisa. Different durations, mine likely to be continuous and hers * days in * month(s). And, yes, while Lisa is travelling on her pass I will be with her.  I probably need to add that she is perfectly capable of travelling alone ... and indeed has done so ...