We are travelling to Europe in August and I am having trouble paying online for my passes. I have called my credit card issuer and they said everything is fine and that I haven’t put through an attempt on their end. I don’t understand. Anyone have similar problems?
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You guys ROCK! There is no way I could have ever pulled this off without you. Everything is all booked and let’s hope everything runs smooth.
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Brussels to London (eurail?)
of course to Bruges to Brussels or illes first hop on
I’lld suggest you go to Brussels for the Eurostar, when coming from Bruges.This avoids you an extra switch (in a station that’s not super accessible and switching stations in Lille), and you have more facilities when waiting during the Eurostar Secutainment procedures in Brussel-Zuid/Bruxelles-Midi than in Lille Europe.(And more frequent trains to Brussels, from Bruges. About 3 per hour off-peak)
Travel time will be the same anyway.
Very nice summary :)
Karlsruhe - Stuttgart can be done free of charge on ÖBB. Although you can always hop on, like all trains in Germany (and other countries), it's best to secure a seat if you want to all be together.
Btw if whatever delay were to happen on a German train, you can always make new last-minute seat reservations free of charge through ÖBB. But hopefully all trains will be on time !
Brussels/Lille - London should be done on the same page as London - Paris : https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Booking/Pass#TravelWish
Do not hesitate for further questions, as usual. :) Enjoy your trip !
Ok so this is what I have done
SCNB London to Paris direct Aug 7
paris to Stuttgart via karlsruhe, ICE eurail.com
hop on ICE 1065 from karlsruhe to stuttgart
stuttgart to Munich ICE OEB
hop on from munich to rosenheim aug 10
aug 18 rosenheim to munich OEB ICE
1st class and reservation for each leg
munich to frankfurt
Frankfurt to Brussels midi
brussel to Bruges hop on train IC 539 (eurail)
now
Brussels to London (eurail?)
of course to Bruges to Brussels or illes first hop on
You might have to split the booking because OBB often can’t handle multiple trains. I'd recommend this route with only 1 change :
There would be more options by taking a regional train to Munich first and then an ICE (high-speed) train to Frankfurt.
It's Rosenheim in Oberbayern.
For Brussels, choose either Zuid/Midi or Noord/Nord. The ICEs from Germany don't serve the central station.
There’s just been so much info and I know this is getting annoying and repetitive I have figured it out and added all the discounts but how do I know which rosenheim I chose? And I’m assuming central Brussels
As explained earlier (you were on the right page at some point) : go to tickets.oebb.at and follow rvdborgt’s advice. This website works for journeys in many countries, including Germany, Austria, Czechia, Hungary,…
It will be the place to book Rosenheim - Frankfurt - Brussels too (all free of charge).
Where do I find this discount?
I am looking at €95 for all 5 which works out to $139 CAD and the rest of the journey hop ons. It would be another $59CAD to book a reservation for Stuttgart to munich
Stuttgart to Munich in 1st class can be booked free of charge on tickets.oebb.at: add the Interrail/Eurail discount and then choose "One-way tickets” (NOT "Seat reservation only”). In the next step, select 1st class.
I am looking at €95 for all 5 which works out to $139 CAD and the rest of the journey hop ons. It would be another $59CAD to book a reservation for Stuttgart to munich
Then book Paris - Stuttgart there and let us know how much it costs. Should be 19€ per person (17€ + 2€ booking fee).
I was just about ready to book on that site
Ok that’s what I thought, that’s why I was using it. Phew!
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That is a whole other website. I have our global passes on eurail.com
Use Eurail, not Interrail (For Europeans only, my bad)
That is a whole other website. I have our global passes on eurail.com
Because the page you’re on (https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish) only works for such journeys.
EDIT : For people living outside Europe, use : https://www.eurail.com/en/book-reservations#/
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(Checked train times On the DB app / bahn.com)
No worries. It's already confusing for Europeans, let alone Canadians not used to taking train services. :) The European Union has still a lot of work to do simplyfying international train bookings ;)
The only way to book Paris- Stuttgart online is this website, nothing else:
https://www.eurail.com/en/book-reservations
Where does it say that? I’m sorry I’m such a pain but I really do appreciate your help
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Aug 10
Direct trains at leaving Paris-Est at 06:55 (ICE), 10:55 (ICE) , 13:55 (TGV) , 15:55 (TGV) , 17:55 (TGV) . Taking 3h10 to get to Stuttgart.
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That's the page where you can book French domestic reservations only.
Trains run to Stuttgart that day so I’m not sure what you’re doing wrong. Are you on the seat reservations page on eurail.com ?
Aug 10
No, TGV means Train à Grande Vitesse or high-speed train. They run from many stations, including Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport (CDG).
As said you cannot book trains between France and Germany through bahn.com. Use one of either option above.
“I’m in eurail.com trying to get a reservation from Paris east to stuttgart and it is not giving me an option of Stuttgart.” → there are engineering works on a few dates and trains do not stop in Stuttgart. Instead they use alternative stations like Esslingen. What is your travel date ?
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