splat5
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 14 years ago
Hey, so I was reading on the forum that we can book reservations online. However, as I don't know when the dates we'll be travelling by night train are exactly, I'll have to book these reservations at least 3 days before. I'll need to book reservations for Paris - Rome, Rome - Berlin, and Berlin - Amsterdam. I was wondering:
1. Will I need to print some sort of online ticket? If so, how will do this if I'm living in a hostel?
2. Is there anywhere else I can book a reservation other than online?
3. Will I be able to get a reservation for a night train easily at least 3 days before booking?
4. I'm travelling with 5 friends and we'd like to be all in the same 6 bed couchette, is that possible?
Thanks in advance.
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
1.) You usually can choose between printing out online reservations yourself (ie at the hostel) or get it delivered at some extra fee (3,50€ in case of Deutsche Bahn for example).
2.) You can make reservations for almost all European trains at bigger stations of Mainland Europe. Looking at your journey, you will be able to make all reservations you'll need in Paris, Roma and Berlin - ie at Paris Nord or Paris Lyon, Roma Termini, Berlin Hbf or Ostbahnhof
3.) Depends on the day (ie friday and sunday night might be full already sometimes) and in your case of a larger group it might be a good idea to get the reservation as early as possible. However, if it happens that a night train will be full during your route there are always other options with day trains as well.
Especially on the Paris - Roma and Berlin - Amsterdam part. Just let me know if you are in need of alternative connections or have a look at the travel planner.
4.) Yeah, sure, that's possible. If you get the reservation online the system should book you all in one compartment, if possible. If you go to a station ask for it - you can also check on your reservation: The couchettes in each compartment are numbered 1 to 6; if you have 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 it means that all of you are in compartment number 4.
Flo 8)