Trenitalia Agency Question
Feb 8th, 2011, 09:05 PM
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Trenitalia Agency Question
There are agencies and ticket offices licensed with Trenitalia throughout the world. Has anyone bought Trenitalia train tickets this way who would like to share their experience? I was thinking of contacting one of them in the USA to purchase my train tickets, as it may be easier to do it this way. Is there a fee for this, and would the agency help you in searching all fare groups so you get the best point to point fare? Thanks.
Feb 9th, 2011, 04:17 AM
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In the past, the agencies in the US did not offer the discount tickets and they were more expensive than buying them in Italy from Trenitalia. Have you tried buying online from Trenitalia? Supposedly, their online booking works with US Visa and Mastercard now. You would have to register first, notify your credit card company you are making an online Italy purchase. You might try Italiarail also and compare the prices to Trenitalia's.
http://www.italiarail.com/
http://www.italiarail.com/
Feb 9th, 2011, 04:26 AM
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Train in Italy a lot headed there in April
you always save by waiting simply book
nice Intercity trains for 5 euro per hour at station.
Fast trains double that they have never been booked.
Pass always a rip off regional trains even cheaper.
So relax wait no worries,
you always save by waiting simply book
nice Intercity trains for 5 euro per hour at station.
Fast trains double that they have never been booked.
Pass always a rip off regional trains even cheaper.
So relax wait no worries,
Feb 9th, 2011, 05:36 AM
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Kybourbon....That is wonderful news about Trenitalia. Where did you hear that they accept American Visa and Mastercard now? I still prefer getting tickets at the station, but there are times where I feel more comfortable to get them ahead of time.
Feb 14th, 2011, 08:57 AM
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"Elsewhere" someone purporting to be the owner of ItaliaRail.com recently posted this, which may offer a second route for those who find they're still locked out by the Trenitalia site...
'We will shortly be supporting payment in GBP, EUR, AUD and CAD - currently those paying with a US credit card avoid costly foreign bank fees.'
Nothing like a little competition to get things changing?
Peter
'We will shortly be supporting payment in GBP, EUR, AUD and CAD - currently those paying with a US credit card avoid costly foreign bank fees.'
Nothing like a little competition to get things changing?
Peter
Feb 19th, 2011, 02:53 PM
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No decision yet. Heard the ticket machines at the train station sometimes aren't working. That could pose a problem. However you can return or exchange tickets you purchase through Trenitalia whereas they are non-refundable, nor chan you exchange them on ItaliaRail. Leaning toward purchasing them directly through Trenitalia.
Feb 20th, 2011, 10:00 AM
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We've used Italian trains extensively and when we know where we're going and when, we've used Italian travel agencies to buy the tickets. The one agency we used last fall in Florence (in the Duoma piazza area) charged a minimal fee and we felt it was worth it. We bought tickets for three different short haul day trips and a couple of longer destinations. There was no wait and we saved time and last minute hassle at the station. Have also done the same at other agencies in Lucca, Rome, etc.
Feb 20th, 2011, 10:42 AM
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>>>No decision yet. Heard the ticket machines at the train station sometimes aren't working. <<<
That would not be the case for major stations as there are dozens of machines in rows back-to-back. If one machine happened to be out of order, you would just move down to the next machine. They are touch screen with English available. It's possible to encounter older type of machines in a very small station that might be out of order. If so, you would just find the nearest tabacchi or other store with the Trenitalia logo and buy a ticket if the station didn't have a ticket window.
Scroll down to "Buying tickets through a kiosk" and you will see the rows of machines in Roma Termini and pics of sreen-by-screen instructions.
http://www.roninrome.com/%20transpor...a-train-ticket
That would not be the case for major stations as there are dozens of machines in rows back-to-back. If one machine happened to be out of order, you would just move down to the next machine. They are touch screen with English available. It's possible to encounter older type of machines in a very small station that might be out of order. If so, you would just find the nearest tabacchi or other store with the Trenitalia logo and buy a ticket if the station didn't have a ticket window.
Scroll down to "Buying tickets through a kiosk" and you will see the rows of machines in Roma Termini and pics of sreen-by-screen instructions.
http://www.roninrome.com/%20transpor...a-train-ticket
Feb 20th, 2011, 11:08 AM
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you always save by waiting simply book
nice Intercity trains for 5 euro per hour at station>
Can you give some concrete examples of IC trains, what few left there are - of covering one hour for 5 euros please. some of your info you post is seriously outdated as I suspect this is - Trenitalia has jacked prices up on many trains in the past few years.
So some examples please where I can take an IC train for 5 euros an hour?
and most tourists just do not want to sit on a train all day to save a few euros - IC trains take much longer than the high-speed trains that you can get a discount on by booking in advance - so just waiting until you are there is very poor advice IMO if you really want to save money.
nice Intercity trains for 5 euro per hour at station>
Can you give some concrete examples of IC trains, what few left there are - of covering one hour for 5 euros please. some of your info you post is seriously outdated as I suspect this is - Trenitalia has jacked prices up on many trains in the past few years.
So some examples please where I can take an IC train for 5 euros an hour?
and most tourists just do not want to sit on a train all day to save a few euros - IC trains take much longer than the high-speed trains that you can get a discount on by booking in advance - so just waiting until you are there is very poor advice IMO if you really want to save money.
