Hello and welcome to today's independent travel podcast. It's Thursday the 4th of September,

and that means you have five days left to take advantage of one of the most appealing deals of the winter from a travel point of view,

and this is a flash sale of interrail passes, 20% of all so-called global passes.

They're not global, they're European, they'll take you anywhere across Europe.

They do not apply within the UK, except if you are beginning or ending your journey, going to a port or an airport or the Euro star term

and St. Ankers International. Certainly a very good deal. It's going to save you possibly

hundreds of pounds. And there's one person in the world who knows much more about interrail

than you or I ever will.

This is Nikki Gardner, who is the co-editor of Europe by rail.

The idea that you can have one ticket that covers all of your train transportation across Europe

is still immensely appealing to lots of travellers.

With the current interrail sale, I think the leading prices for a four-day pass is

under £150, and the idea that you can have this one ticket held on your mobile

that will allow you to travel through 33 countries.

I mean, what's not to like about that?

And yes, let's just run through what the options are.

A flexi pass will get you anything from four days within one month

to 15 days within two months,

and clearly you just use the days that you want.

And if you were, for example, on grand tour of the

great European capitals, you might well spend two or three days in each one. But you can get

continuous passes. They're naturally more expensive, anything from 15 days to three months. And

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