I have finally booked all the hostels and train reservations for the entire trip! It is important that if you get an inter-rail to note that it does not cover most journeys for free. In fact pretty much all of them apart from two of our trips are a cost and require a reservation otherwise you would have to pay full price.

Most people who are thinking of just going out there spontaneously have to be confident about the places they are visiting. I have decided to reserve all the hostels just in case anything bad happens, like not being able to get a room because it is July so will be very busy!

I have created a table of all my train journeys with the following headers the trrain column explains the type of train being used for example TGV is a high speed train based in France this would cost and require a reservation:

I then created a table of all my hostels with the following headers:

Create these tables yourself and add every train journey you make along with all the reserved bookings of hostels. If I decide to go somewhere else I can cancel the hostel but I would lose the deposit I have laid down. But I would be fine with that, however 2 days minimum before the day to cancel otherwise usually the first night will be charged from your credit card.

To plan your train journeys go to http://www.raileurope.co.uk

I used  http://www.youth-hostels.co.uk to book all the hostels

We leave this Monday to board the ferry in the morning!