{"id":139292,"date":"2025-04-28T07:25:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/im-glad-we-didnt-fly-how-i-interrailed-across-europe-with-my-two-kids\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T07:25:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:25:17","slug":"im-glad-we-didnt-fly-how-i-interrailed-across-europe-with-my-two-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/im-glad-we-didnt-fly-how-i-interrailed-across-europe-with-my-two-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m glad we didn\u2019t fly\u2019: How I Interrailed across Europe with my two kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139292\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Booking and making a cross-border train trip can be more challenging than opting for a flight, but it has its benefits. \u201cWhy can\u2019t we just fly there?\u201d my youngest questions as we stand on the platform waiting for our train to Paris. I&#8217;m about to go Interrailing with my husband and two children, aged eight and 11. I have never done this before. My youth was misspent hopping between beach huts in Southeast Asia, not trains in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>But long-haul flights for four are expensive, and I\u2019m now more conscious of the environmental impact of flying. Plus, Interrail passes are very cost-effective for families. Kids under 12 travel free, and ticket prices are fixed year-round. \u201cTrain travel will be more fun!\u201d I say. \u201cNo hanging about in the airport, more room to move around, and flexibility to change plans if we want to.\u201d Airports conjure up visions of queues, restrictions and long, uncomfortable journeys, while travelling by train feels far more civilised.<\/p>\n<p>It seems others agree. Train travel is experiencing a renaissance, with more people opting to take to the rails. There are more routes than ever to enjoy, too, with the EU\u2019s high-speed network nearly doubling in a decade, along with the revival of night trains.**<\/p>\n<p>How to plan a cross-European rail journey with kids<br \/>\nOur route takes in France, Germany, Croatia and Austria, with most of our holiday centred in Slovenia, a country I\u2019ve longed to visit for a while. Slovenia is one of the greenest countries in the world, so it\u2019s a fitting tribute to venture here by one of the most environmentally friendly forms of transport. New Madrid-Lisbon high-speed train to cut journey time from 10 hours to three<br \/>\nTravelling by train instead of flying cuts individual carbon emissions by up to 90 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>However, booking cross-border train travel can be more challenging than opting for a flight. Along with a myriad of different country and route options, juggling different operators, navigating which routes need seat reservations and still have availability, plus ensuring the itinerary isn\u2019t too intense for kids, becomes rather mind-boggling. The Interrail and Seat61 websites are invaluable in helping smooth out our trip planning woes. For those less inclined to DIY, there\u2019s Byway, a company specialising in organising flight-free trips.<\/p>\n<p>Plans are also underway to improve European rail travel, and the EU is working towards a unified cross-European booking system to simplify the whole process. Seat reservations open up to three months in advance, so make sure you book early if you want to sit together. When you\u2019re planning your itinerary, it&#8217;s a good idea to space out longer journeys too, to prevent kids from getting overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to accommodation, apartments are also often cheaper and easier for families. And while you are on the train, a bit of preparation can save you a lot of headaches down the line. Download movies or TV shows to watch in advance as WiFi can be patchy and expensive. Many trains lack decent food options as well, so make sure you pack some snacks.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/04\/27\/im-glad-we-didnt-fly-how-i-interrailed-across-europe-with-my-two-kids\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2025\/04\/27\/im-glad-we-didnt-fly-how-i-interrailed-across-europe-with-my-two-kids\">Euronews Travel<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/im-glad-we-didnt-fly-how-i-interrailed-across-europe-with-my-two-kids\/\">\u2018I\u2019m glad we didn\u2019t fly\u2019: How I Interrailed across Europe with my two kids<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,696,18653],"class_list":["post-139292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-europe","tag-interrail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}