Could someone post a little FAQ re train tickets:
1. Where can I buy in advance from US
2. Websites for same?
3. Do I get a voucher or a ticket?
4. Does that have to be validated?
5. Can one get senior rates?
6. Other tips - - - - -

What kind of train tickets?
Which country?

ITALY please:

www.trenitalia.com

Hi Bev,

When you buy online at www.trenitalia.com/en you will get an email confirmation of the transaction.

For ES* trains, this is your ticket; good for a reserved seat on a particular train. It doesn't need confirmation.

For other trains, you bring your confirmationa and the same credit card to the ticket window, where you get a ticket.

This ticket is validated at the yellow box at the head of the track where your train is.

There are senior discounts. You have to buy a discount card. It will be useful only if you are doing a lot of traveling.

Can you buy tickets online for international nite trains? For example from Rome to Montreux/Bern. Thanks! SueC1

Hi suec1
>Can you buy tickets online for international nite trains? <

Yes

>For example from Rome to Montreux/Bern.<

Not on Trenitalia. You buy it from the Swiss at http://www.sbb.ch/en/

Ira,
Thanks for the information. I asked because I HAD gone to Trenitalia and could not seem to be able to purchase it, with a note, "you cannot buy these...." Maybe I did something wrong.
I bought my pass and got reservations through Triple A last year and have not yet checked if they will do the individual tickets.