Buying train tickets for France trip before we arrive.
Mar 29th, 2012, 07:05 PM
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Buying train tickets for France trip before we arrive.
It was suggested in prior post that I look into buying rail tickets on the db bahn site.
I found a great train schedule but it won't let me buy them online (the key says "tariff abroad")
Does anyone know more about this? I am in the states, so to call Europe would cost me a pretty penny.
I can, of course, buy my tickets on rail Europe. But that site is driving me crazy! So user unfriendly!
I found a great train schedule but it won't let me buy them online (the key says "tariff abroad")
Does anyone know more about this? I am in the states, so to call Europe would cost me a pretty penny.
I can, of course, buy my tickets on rail Europe. But that site is driving me crazy! So user unfriendly!
Mar 29th, 2012, 07:42 PM
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bahn is the Germany rail site. You can only buy tickets for trains starting or ending in Germany. If you want tickets on French rail line then you need to use a French site - voyages-snch.com. Make sense?
Mar 30th, 2012, 02:18 AM
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www.tgv-europe.com is the French Railways English-language website, with cheap fares for France if you pre-book.
Booking opens 90 days ahead.
If you live in the USA, DON'T select United States as this automatically bumps you to Rail Europe with higher prices plus fees, to stay with TGV-Europe.com and pay the true cheap prices, select 'Antarctic'. Tickets are usally self-print or can be collected at the station.
Booking opens 90 days ahead.
If you live in the USA, DON'T select United States as this automatically bumps you to Rail Europe with higher prices plus fees, to stay with TGV-Europe.com and pay the true cheap prices, select 'Antarctic'. Tickets are usally self-print or can be collected at the station.
Mar 30th, 2012, 03:28 AM
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'If you want tickets on French rail line then you need to use a French site - voyages-snch.com. Make sense?'
If you're looking for the French site, you'd do better with
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/
If you're looking for the French site, you'd do better with
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/
Mar 30th, 2012, 05:39 AM
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www.voyages-sncf.com = www.tgf-europe.com Same company, lalecture. Latter site operates in English. You're lucky to have a reply from www.seat61.com, the encyclopedia of the world's trains.
Mar 30th, 2012, 07:46 AM
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At the counter (guichet), TPAYT. You get a confirmation email from SNCF, which you take to the counter along with the same credit card you used to buy the tickets online with, and you get your tickets. That's only the case for tickets you can't/don't print out at home, though.
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