the costs of interrailing: travel on a budget | interrail guide part 3

the last part of the interrail series is about my total spending for 3 months of travelling Europe.
00:00 intro
00:59 how i tracked my spending
02:28 total cost & average daily spending
04:36 cost breakdown: accomodation
05:42 cost breakdown: food
06:07 cost breakdown: transportation
08:26 cost breakdown: leisure
10:41 cheapest places
12:04 most expensive places
14:34 outro & dublin snippet

[@stevenicholls1024]

Hi Ben, Just watched the 1st & 2nd videos in this series and have to say they are perfect for explaining & breaking down travelling Europe on Interrail. So many videos don't break down or cover pros & cons and those that do sometimes made it so confusing it made me want to switch off!! Thank you for such a clear, informative video😊

[@drunkonlife.]

naw thanks for that lovely comment :)

[@idgafcba]

I appreciate the transparency in these vids, coming from England, I didn't account for how expensive accommodation would be, especially Copenhagen, with additional COVID "making up for lost profit", it's incredibly expensive, which i appreciate is ignorance on my part as the UK is generally expensive i expected other places to be cheap by default; so wrong!!

[@drunkonlife.]

Yesss UK definitely is expensive haha but Scandinavia is number one! Hope you’ll enjoy your travels!!

[@danijelsedic6874]

I know that rail passes are extremely popular, but they are definitely not cheap, especially if you are on a budget .I will reveal tips and tricks to you. From my experience, traveling by train is significantly cheaper if you don't take Rail passes. If you take a Rail pass for it, it will cost you a lot of money, several hundred euros for each Rail pass, and you must also buy and pay extra for each reservation for every train marked IC, EC, NC, NJ and similar. The only advantage of the rail pass is mobility. Since I plan my trips several months in advance, I prefer to give up that mobility and save money, I take individual fixed train tickets for seat second class with reservation for each train, which are much cheaper. Of course you have to buy them several months (3 or 4 for my exprience) in advance, because as the date approaches, the occupancy of the train increases and the price of the ticket increases. Another little trick is to plan travel on weekdays from Monday to Thursday, because tickets for train those days are often much cheaper than on Friday and weekends When added up, you will save a minimum of 100 euros probably even more. This is significant if you are on a budget.

[@Maidaseu]

Love the content. You're a lifesaver man. I'm taking notes for my trip.

[@drunkonlife.]

Thank you for watching Martin!

[@_NadiaT]

This is such a great video! The intro was so creative too:) I’m thinking of traveling through Spain and Portugal this spring, so this video was super helpful!

[@drunkonlife.]

Thanks Nadia!

[@actuallymo2787]

These are the best interrailing videos, defo the most helpful for my trip

[@drunkonlife.]

Thank you so much! Glad it helped

[@GideonExplorer]

the intro was lit. so cool

[@drunkonlife.]

thanks mate!

[@paolodestilo]

Hi Ben, thank you for breaking down your Interrail costs!
One calculation that doesn't turn in your cost breakdown of transport, is that if I add up the costs you highlight I get to €1.152 instead of the €1.369,70 that you mention.
Interrail ticket: €620
Public Transport: €150
Train Reservations: €177
Ferries: €145
Flight: €60
Total transportation costs: 620+150+177+145+60= 1.152 (217,7 less than what you say in the video)
Did I miss somewhere those €217,7? Let me know :)

[@paulamiralles970]

nice videos :) what Camera have u been using on your trip?

[@drunkonlife.]

thanks paula! I use the sony a6300 :)

[@noblemily]

I can see how much time you put into this video.
By your magical hair length.

[@drunkonlife.]

:))

[@muriloleon659]

please make more music videos like a ''lofi house mix but it's on super 8''. I have been watched all the time your videos! Brazil here :)

[@drunkonlife.]

thank you.. there are more lofi mixes to come Murilo! :) But I also want to film more vlogs and other things

[@muriloleon659]

@@drunkonlife. Good news! I will watch everything..

[@Leonholtkuile]

Hey, can u send me a link for the app you used for the money?

[@drunkonlife.]

I just used one of the free money spending tracker apps.. I think it was called moneymaker but that one might only be available for android

[@emanuele5851]

Hi. Could you send me the link to buy that amazing railway map?

[@Healed]

Adding for anyone else:
www.interrail.eu/content/dam/pdfs/interrail/Interrail-Map-2021.pdf