Need some advice from the pros about interrailing around Europe!

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70 pounds a day can be more than enough for traveling in Europe. It can also be quite inadequate.

It simply, and obviously, depends on what you want to spend your money on.

Accommodation can be a killer, but if you stick to dorms in hostels, accommodation shouldn't be more than 20 euros per night. And if you plan ahead and use a service like http://www.hotelscombined.com/ or http://airbnb.com/ you might even find rooms for less, particularly because you are three.

Whether your remaining daily allowance is enough completely depends on you. A fancy bar in a tourist hotspot can charge up to 10 euros for a pint. While a tucked away little cafe on a side street might only charge 2.50. And buying your drinks at a supermarket and then drinking at your hostel could be even cheaper.

On bringing cash, take some cash, just in case, but ATMs are everywhere.

On what to pack, there are plenty of resources online to help you figure that out. For example: http://www.wikihow.com/Pack-for-a-Trip A general piece of advice: bring less than you think you need.

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Just as a side advice. If you are travelling with an Eurail pass through France, you may have difficult on reserving trains that leave from or go to France. I don't know why, but it seems that in France they limit the amount of seats destinated to Eurail passes. I had to buy full tickets to travel from or to France, so I suggest you consider having this kind of expense on your travel. I didn't have this problem in any other country.

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From my more-than-ten-years-ago trip (before the €), I have two advices:

  • Get your money from ATMs. This is the most convenient way to limit change fees and carrying too much money.

  • Travel by night. Your days will be available for visits and you will spare some money on accomodation.

About packing and travelling light, the best site I know is onebag.com.

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