#interrail

I can choose everything else? Basically, yes! When you buy a pass, you can activate it (i.e. start your travelling) any time in the next 11 months, so you don't need to know exactly when you're going to travel.

You need to plan/record your journeys before boarding, but you can do this on the same day. I often saved multiple possible trains into the app because I didn't know which one I was going to catch, and then all I had to do was toggle them on while waiting on the platform ^_^

If you live in one of the participating countries, you can only use the pass in your home country on two days (to stop commuters using a scheme that's meant to be for tourists, basically).

But in terms of accommodation, where/when you travel, and what you get up to, that's up to you!

Do you mind telling us what you did last time?

Last year and this year, I used a flexi pass and spent a few weeks backpacking, basically! I've lived in Germany before and I have a lot of different friends all over Europe, so some places I was familiar with (e.g. Berlin, Prague), but other places were entirely new to me. I got to see a lot of sights, try new food and drink, meet a lot of people, and get up to plenty of gay filth

I can't work out if it would be fun for me.

Neither can I! I don't know you, dear anon, but what I can say is that it is what you make of it.

I treat myself to a 1st class pass and don't mind paying a few fees for a reserved seat or a faster train; some of my friends keep to a strict budget and only use the free regional trains.

I travel solo, like a lot of museums and castles, and tend not to do too much drinking, but in the hostels I met plenty of people travelling as a group and going clubbing in basically every city.

FINAL THINGS:

Interrail website - if you want to buy a pass (in the sale or any time of the year!)