We are traveling from Paris to Venice (June 20)and would like to take the overnight train. We are going first class and will need two doubles and are wondering if it is necessary to make reservations from the US or will a week advance purchase in France be good enough? <BR>Thanks. <BR>CJ

Overnight sleepers reservations available? <BR> <BR>Fodors <BR> <BR>This train gets busy in June, and I think a week is not time enough to book in advance. But you need not pay an American agent's high fees if you book direct with French Rail. You use <BR>http://voyages.sncf.fr/hs_reservatio...tion&langue=GB <BR>and say that you are booking from France. Then when it comes to the question of where to send the ticket, you say you'll collect at the Gare de Lyon the day before travel. <BR> <BR>If that fails, you can book over the phone, in French office hours, but that will be a little slow as you'll need to wait for them to find an English-speaking bookings clerk. <BR> <BR>Please write if can help further. <BR> <BR>Ben Haines, London <BR>[email protected] <BR> <BR> <BR> Author: <BR> Date: 5/22/2001, 11:56 am ET <BR>available? <BR> <BR> <BR> Author: cj ([email protected]) <BR> Date: 5/22/2001, 11:56 am ET <BR> <BR> Message: We are traveling from Paris to Venice (June <BR> 20)and would like to take the overnight train. We are going <BR> first class and will need two doubles and are wondering if it is <BR> necessary to make reservations from the US or will a week <BR> advance purchase in France be good enough? <BR> Thanks. <BR> CJ <BR> <BR>

cj and Ben, <BR> <BR>Sorry to interrupt. Ben, you said overnight trains from Paris to Venice is busy in June. So how about from Rome to Paris? Do you know anything about that? <BR> <BR>Thank you very much <BR> <BR>Andy

Well, that's a gentle interruption. I'm only guessing, but I do think that any of the overnight express trains, either way, between Paris and Italy will be getting full by June. I fear I must advise reservation now. But if you do that by phone or online to Paris or Rome you don't pay mark-ups to North American agents. <BR> <BR>Please write if I can help further. Welcome to Europe <BR> <BR>Ben Haines <BR> <BR>

Dear Sir Ben (I just saw that on the other discussion =) ), <BR> <BR>Thank you very much for your advice. I will make reservations immediately. <BR> <BR>Andy <BR>