1) If I buy Eurostar (London - Brussels) tickets at www.eurostar.com, can I pick up the tickets at a SNCF station OTHER than the Eurostar station or at in-town SNCF Boutique offices?

2) If I buy Eurostar or Thalys tickets at www.sncf.com, can I print them online or pick them up at SNCF boutique office, just like the right kind of TGV tickets?

I have very little time to change from an ordinary train to the Eurostar. I rather want to pick up my Eurostar tickets elsewhere.

Hi,
What city do you want to pick up your tickets in? If you're travelling from London to Brussels, I assume it's London... (SNCF stations are in France only)

As far as I know, you can't print out Eurostar or Thalys tickets yourself (unless the system has changed lately). If you are in France, you can pick them up from a train station or SNCF agency.

Has anyone actually bought an Eurostar ticket at www.eurostar.com and picked it up at a in-town SNCF Boutique office?

There are no SNCF boutiques in London. If you buy your ticket online at www.eurostar.com, you pick up your ticket at the kiosks at St, Pancras station or at the ticket windows there. Make sure you bring the same credit card to use at the station that you charged the tickets on. Allow time as the few times I've been there it has been crowded.

Ok, let me try again.

I will be in Colmar. This is in FRANCE.

I will be staying in Belgium, but NOT Brussels.

I am taking Eurostar to London, staying in Brussels just enough to change the train.

Now, where should I pick up my Eurostar tickets?

I assume your "just [long] enough to change the train" includes the half hour or so you need to check in?

Well, you did say London TO brussels. You can pick up your tickets at the Gare de Colamr .

Can tickets be picked up early? I was just pricing at the eurostar site for a day trip to Paris from London. We would be taking the 7:30 train to Paris--could the tickets be picked up the day before?

I am totally lost at what your are trying to do as far as travel. You talk about belgium, france and england but i have no idea where you are leaving from or going to exactly lol.

You need to pick the country in which you plan to pick up your eurostar tickets on eurostar.com otherwise you will not be able to pick them up. If you are going to pick them up in france then you need to pick France as the country or book them on voyages-sncf.com .

Here's a related point - I live in Ireland where we use euro, & recently bought eurostar London-Paris. I registered as living in UK, then bought tickets - cheapest are £59 return. Then entered payment details (they accept any credit card) including my correct address & I received tickets in post a few days later. Charge was €79. If instead, I registered my home address, eurostar assumed I wanted to pay in euro, & cheapest £59 tickets were €88.50. This is because despite the fall in sterling, eurostar seem to have kept their £/€ price structure the same. There's even greater savings now, as the euro continues to strengthen. I don't know how this affects US customers, but it might be worth experimenting before buying.