KakaFunky7
Traveller
3 comments
Posted 12 years ago
Dear Peter super administrator and all,
I have been making a short plan on my vacation period from France to Benelux in Mid August.
I will use the Eurail Region Saver pass for me and my colleague to travel together by using 6 travel days in 2 months.
(Since I didn't living in Europe for 6 months, so I can't use the Inter Rail at this moment.)
I will start from Paris
1. AUG-20 From Paris to Brussels which needs the reservation (the one Departure: 1637 | Arrival: 2153)
2. AUG-21 One day trip between Brussels and Luxembourg
3. AUG-22 From Bruges to Amsterdam
4. AUG-24 From Amsterdam to Paris
5. AUG-24 from Paris to Montpellier which needs the reservation for TGV
6. AUG-29 from Montpellier back to Paris which also needs the reservation for TGV
My plan is so tight because of my work, but I still want to go.
Peter, which link I could use for my the reservation from my plan? Can I use the one that >>>
[ux]https://rail.shop/acprail/reservation[/ux]
for all suggestion in advance, I would be appreciated ... Thank you
Peter
Traveller
9332 comments
Hi.
Nice trips, but take care as on some connections you have to pay high extra reservation fees. France is the most Eurail/Interrail hostile country in Europe! :(
The trains to avoid:
[b]THALYS[/b]: never use it with Eurail - [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail-train-reservation/thalys/41[/u]
[b]TGV[/b]: book early - [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail-train-reservation/tgv-sncf/42[/u]
[b]Paris - Brussels[/b]: it is possible by free trains, much slower, but free. Or optionally buy a special price ticket for Thalys and save one of your travel days.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail/paris-to-brussels[/u]
Inside [b]BENELUX[/b] use the free IC trains, not THALYS trains. See here for details: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail-train-reservation[/u]
Train connections in general: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-eurail-route[/u]
[b]Amsterdam - Paris[/b]: avoid THALYS! [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail/amsterdam-to-paris[/u]
Most reservations should be available in the railcc shop. But as we can't send Eurail tickets to an European postal address, try to get it all at a train station in Paris.
It sounds complicate for now - and expensive. But as soon as you travel other countries (Germany, Scandinavia, Eastern-Europe), you will see, it is much easier.
Have a sunny day, Peter :)