Hey! you´re back! haven´t seen you on here for awhile.

hope all went well on your trip.

i have no idea where to petition although I have complained at the customer service office verbally in valencia to no avail.

I've taken 27" suitcases on the trains in Germany many times and have never had a problem. If you suitcases are on wheels, it's much harder to maneuver two suitcases than one large one. At the front and back of the trains, there is often room for larger suitcase storage - at least in first class.

Hi Lin,

Yes, I'm back and believe it or not in 2 weeks I'm going on another cruise that will stop in a couple of ports in Spain. Unfortunately, no Valencia this time!

Going back to the OP's question, I have also brought in a 27'' suitcase into a Eurostar train between Florence and Venice. There was no space at the end of the cars so I had to volunteer a guy to put it in the rack for me. So , it can be done, but you'll need help!

We used a 27" roller suitcase as well as a 22" last Spring and we combined train, plane and car. We dreaded the train days because our 27" suitcase was cumbersome...and after we added to it with some of our purchases along the way - it was a nightmare getting it up the stairs to get to some of the tracks, hoisting it up into the train and then trying to get it to fit in the overhead was next to impossible...don't take it!!!! :)

The large suitcase will be a nightmare on trains. Get two 22" rollaboards.

Great advice here.

Was wondering if there is more room for luggage in first class than in second class?

thanks!

yes - on some trains. But that really doesn't make large bags any easier to handle. You still have to schlepp your luggage along the platform and up into the the car. And sometimes the 1st class carriages are farther down the train so you have to walk even farther than you would to get to 2nd class.

thanks.
we are a family of 4, and with the rising cost of travelling in europe, i am hesitant to invest in new luggage... we have a couple of big pieces.

Then if you have 4 in your family - you can make it work. We're just trying to simplify your train travel. Where there's a will there's a way however large your luggage is.

I can only say as a family who traveled with 4 people on trains through out Europe last summer - get small suitcases. It was a nightmare!

&quot;<i>with the rising cost of travelling in europe, i am hesitant to invest in new luggage</i>&quot;

Head to Ross, Marshall's, TJMaxx or some discount outlet and get yourselves inexpensive 19-21 inchers. 4 won't cost much more than $80-$100-ish for all 4 and and will save you all kinds of grief if you are taking many trains.

If one person is going to need to handle two suitcases, I'd advise (1) 21-24&quot; on wheels, and the other to be a softsided something, than can &quot;ride on top&quot; of the wheeled suitcase. That is the easiest way for a single person to handle the most volume, in my opinion.

I am with SUe, that is the best way to carry two items.
The idea of a 27 inch in a train is NOT A GOOD IDEA.
Please if you can, exchange it for two as Sue suggests.
Poters are gone from most places, in Buenos Aires and Montevideo there are porters ....but that is not common.
Not long ago we took the Gran Clase train between Madrid and Paris which is a knoch over First, and the help was minimum. Our personal butler or porter move it a little and put it up for us in the rack. This was extraordinary I believe...