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nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Please help! Specific Route from Freiburg to Hamburg not showing in app

this is the seat reservation i purchased over the phone for the correct train, arriving 7:54am in Copenhagen on 10/1 I can’t seem to isolate this trip even if i make a direct search from Freiburg (Breisgau) to Hamburg… it adds even more transfers. My original itinerary only has 2 transfers

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Please help! Specific Route from Freiburg to Hamburg not showing in app

The rail planner app only shows the NJ from Freiburg to Hamburg. You can either add that train in the app (that's no problem really) or enter IC 60400 manually (scroll down in the results and tap on "Add it manually”). The app won't book a seat so there's no danger that you pay anything. In fact, the app can't book anything. On both the DB and ÖBB website, you ca use the "Seat only” option to book seats in trains with optional reservations. Booking via Eurail is often more expensive because: They have an extra 2€ booking fee per person and train. Their seat reservations are the most expensive ones to begin with (6€ for many trains). Together, this makes that Eurail wil charge 8€ per person and train for a seat, whereas DB charge €4.50 (€5.90 in 1st class) per person and journey or ÖBB/CD 3€ per person and train. Thank you so much @rvdborgt !!! This manual add-in was super helpful - just added it! So I’m curious... if the conductor scans my ticket and I had the NJ route, but was abo

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Please help! Specific Route from Freiburg to Hamburg not showing in app

WOW thank you for all your help! @rvdborgt @mcadv @BrendanDB @AnnaB Final question (I hope).So i may have waited a little toooooo long to reserve my next day (10/1) train from Hamburg to Denmark… and I’d really like to get there as early as possible. I arrive with my current reservation to Hamburg at 7:54 amSo my best option is:Train IC 396Hamburg hbf 8:56 am 10/1 > Copenhagen 13:36 arrivalJust tried to make seat reservation through DSB and DB and it says it’s sold out 🤦🏻‍♀️It’s still possible to buy a ticket at full price so it might be okay for me to grab an open seat?Rail Planner says it’s not required to make a seat reservation, but recommended for this one…. so could I essentially just get on early and stand against a wall or sit in the snack bar (if they have one)? It’s a 4hr 40 min ride but I need to be in Copenhagen asap! SO much gratitude.I was a little panicked that Eurail doesn’t have a customer service line, but clearly there is so much quick and helpful support in t

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Please help! Specific Route from Freiburg to Hamburg not showing in app

Is my seat guaranteed if I book thrrough DB and OBB or other train sites? I Just heard so much about how there are a certain number of Eurail spaces allotted, so the seats will go to full paying individuals. Where have you heard this? It's totally nonsens. If you have made a seat reservation, then you have a seat. There are a few routes where there is a limited number of pass holder seats, like the Eurostar and International Thalys and maybe some more. For other train with mandatory reservation, pass holder seats are available until the train is fully booked. @AnnaB quite a few youtube videos from research I did.. one girl said she paid for her reservation but was kicked out of the seat because a full paying client was reassigned the seat. I wasn’t sure if she just did it through the Eurail app and wasn’t able to receive paper tickets since she is using the mobile planner so it’s different? I have no clue! Thanks for easing my anxiety about that!

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Please help! Specific Route from Freiburg to Hamburg not showing in app

The train from Hamburg to Copenhagen is actually quite small and it has no bar or restaurant carriage. Make sure to bring something to eat ;) It has only three carriages. Reservation is recommended, although it shouldn’t be that busy on a blue october monday. wow three carriages only?! :O Also pretty amazing that you know all of this off the top of your head 🤣 Now i know why your last name is “DB” for Deutsche Bahn lol😝 You’re earliest possible departure in Hamburg Hbf seems to be 8:43 with a change at Schlewig. You still should be able to reserve that one. Make sure you use the national rail planner apps or websites, like DB Navigator and DSB for correct timetables and real time information. OOoooh i think i might wanna try for this one @BrendanDB ! I tried looking for it on both DB and DSB and unfortunately can’t find that. Would you mind pointing me to how you found that for departure on 10/1? EDIT: There’s a departure from Hamburg Altona at 9:01 bound for Copenhage

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Please help! Specific Route from Freiburg to Hamburg not showing in app

Enter Flensburg as a stopover on DB. Omg @rvdborgt !!!! This DID the trick! My life is changed. I hope one day i’m as familiar as y’all about what stations are nearby to type in so i get more travel options! I found this!! But i also see @BrendanDB’s recommendation that night trains often run an hour late…. so i also found the same one Brendan did when continuing to use @rvdborgt’s trick of adding Flenburg as a stopover. Honestly at this point i’m so desperate i might just reserve seats on both trains -___-. It would be nice to get there earlier, but the good news about the second train is there’s only one switch! Also I apologize confusing @BrendanDB … in my description i put 10/1… which is the AMerican way of writing october 1! Thanks so much @rvdborgt for catching that. My brain was hurting trying to find the same itineraries! LOl Seriously, I can’t thank you all enough. Eurail should totally pay you guys 🤣 i have been stressing and running simulations for three whole days

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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MichaelFull steam ahead

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Visit Rovaniemi (Santa Clause Village - Does anyone want to join?

How did your trip to Lapland go? I’m trying to plan a trip now!

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Lapland in October

@BrendanDB i really appreciate you!! i think you’re right. It really does take so much time to get there even if I were in Copenhagen 😩 (which I’m not). I’m burning through my travel days :( i have 6 days left to use and I’m using one today to go from Prague to Salzburg. it’s valid until 11/29 but I leave europe on October 24 give or take. i think you helped me make my decision. I was being sure born and insistent that I could survive in a light coat, Ecco soft 7s, some heat tech pieces and I was convinced I could see the auroras because my friend from Seattle has been seeing them in Tromso (different country I know lol)😂 thanks for being so kind and talking me off my ledge without straight up calling me delusional 😂 you’re the best! j think I’ll just have to plan another Lapland aurora trip when it’s less snowy and I have time. Or if I end up in a country and find cheap flights before I leave… that might be an option. my plane back to Seattle is flying out of Frankfurt!

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Help with itinerary: Evian-les-bains to La Léchére les bains

Added to my original message:Oh! I should add that the Hotel recommended I get to these two stations But said I mauy hve to take a cab from Moutiers. moutiersnotre dame de Briancoen But none of these are in ANY of the itineraries i’m pulling up so i’m not sure what route to go with. The front desk person wasn’t trying to plan a route from Evian necessarily, just mentioned the stations to get to the hotel that are popular.

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Help with itinerary: Evian-les-bains to La Léchére les bains

BAHAHA! I just had to pick a difficult route 🤣oh boy. I do not speak french! LOL But i’ve been trying my best Thank you for your help! I’ll take a look at these and hopefully get there in one piece. Now that’s a challenging one ;) I think you go best via the transport planner of the région (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes): https://www.oura.com/ Unfortunately only available in French. I think the closest station is Gare de Notre-dame-de-Briançon. A bit of a walk to your hotel (about 35 minutes), or you have to call a very local taxi. Knowing France a bit, pavements in this area, can be a bit tricky. There seems to be a bus stop, which is not uncommon on the TER network. Some TER-trains get replaced by busses, because of works or “temporary” shutdowns (usually because the lack of investment in the rail infrastructure). You might just want to call your hotel Radiana and ask if they know more? It probably won’t be frequent if it’s a bus.Or you might ask them if they want to reserve the taxi fo

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Help with itinerary: Evian-les-bains to La Léchére les bains

@BrendanDB can i get your opinion? i have 4 travel days left on my global first class pass. It expires end of November.I’m currently in Evian and I want to explore more of south france after La Lechere (No specific plan hop around Lyon, Dijon, Nice, Marseille, Occitanie region (Montpellier, ax-les-thermes maybe)... maybe Bordeaux … I have to stop through Paris to pick up a few things (so maybe hit Dijon after Paris) My plane ticket has me fly out of Frankfurt on 10/24 but i’m planning to extend my trip to the 28th or 29th (my 90 days in Schengen are up on 10/31) So i definitely need to use my first class Global pass:Bordeaux/south france > Paris (longer distance) Paris/Dijon > Frankfurt maybeeeee if i can nab a few days in London i might use the last two trips to go there and back… i’m craving this dim sum restaurant LOL🤣 or whatever legs of the trip might be high demand/expensive or where it’s best for me to use my first class (it’s actually come in handy a few times like to

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Help with itinerary: Evian-les-bains to La Léchére les bains

@BrendanDB I meant to update you! Your first comment actually gave me a brilliant idea and I decided to stay a night in Annecy and somehow…. My app actually gave me a route and ticket all the way to the station in les lèchére!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😱 we shall see if it actually pans out lol I’ll report back. But it basically broke it up so I wasn’t spending seven hours again on transit and not sure if I would make it to the town without a taxi! So thank you thank you for your brilliance also I love that you gave me ideas for a little towns to visit because I love the little towns that no one knows about actually I had never heard of Evian or Thonon. I actually only discovered it because I was looking on Booking.com for places cheaper than Lausanne and Montreux! Also all my God you’re right… I actually haven’t experienced the strikes …. But I got updates. knock on wood… But that would be horrible! Does that mean the trains just don’t run?

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Help with itinerary: Evian-les-bains to La Léchére les bains

If you extend your journey, you can grab some days of London. But it’s a lot of hassle extra with the Eurostar. It’s convenient to go to England, but I really hate the system in comparison to the ease of takings trains in the rest of Europe.😅 And will complicate stuff if you want to go directly from London to Frankfurt. Don’t do it for one day, but a couple of days and don’t plan it at the end. You don’t want to overcomplicate stuff, and hear of a last minute strike in France that might get you in trouble.Go on ordinary weekdays as well, as Eurostar on the weekends so close by risk to be fully booked. I also recommend to not keep yourself in the biggest cities as well. Why not try a day out in Beaune (with all the history of the Dukes of Burgundy), Avignon (the other Papal palace), Nîmes (lots of Roman stuff), or small town at the Côte d’azur or the Étangs d’Hérault (Sète) for example on your route ? I wish eurostar wasn’t the only one that went to london! It feels more like a pla

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Help with itinerary: Evian-les-bains to La Léchére les bains

Calculate the cost of a day of your pass, or of another pass you are thinking of buying, then you can compare to regular tickets from SNCF for a longer trip. For days where you are travelling in a smaller area, especially if you need to use non-railway buses it will probably be cheaper to pay for travel separately. Check the website of the local transport authority, they may well have day tickets covering bus/rail/tram/metro for that area. In France these often have only French so use a good translating browser. Thank you so much @Al_G ! I ended up buying my ticket to Annecy out of pocket as it was only 20 euros! I’ll have to figure out the rest of my trip from here

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Help with itinerary: Evian-les-bains to La Léchére les bains

Update: the final bus to la lèchére came!!!!! I am sitting on it as I type. After having experienced Italian buses I was so afraid It would never show up and I would have to order a taxi using Google translate in the rain and dark 😂 In case it helps someone else in the future:trainline was what i used. Couldn’t pull anything on Omio and Rome2rio was not great. Google maps was really inefficient. First time using trainline! I liked it better than the SNCF all and Oùra app wasn’t as good as the Oùra website and hard to book on mobile. going to figure out my final eurotrip days as there are some changes I need to make and it looks like I don’t have to fly out of Frankfurt. Thanks so much everyone and of course to @BrendanDB for all your help and input when I’m having a hard time making a decision!

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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Help: TER Dijon to Paris no reservation itinerary

Yes, that journey is fine with your pass. TER do not require reservations. Just add the trains to your pass before boarding. SNCF website will give up to date running information, Website and apps from Deutsche Bahn and OBB (Scotty app) will also provide real time running information. No earlier direct fast trains, you could get there earlier by booking a TGV from Lyon and taking a RER from Dijon - Lyon, it is actually about an hour quicker than the above journey. 08.40 Dijon - Lyon Part Dieu 1044 11.04 Lyon PD - Paris 1300 or 10.41 Dijon - Lyon PD 12.44 13.04 Lyon PD - Paris 15.00 €20 reservation required for those Lyon - Paris TGV Wow thank you so much @Al_G you also gave me an idea to look for Beaune. Thank you thank you! Idk how y’all do it. I spent all night trying to look up alternative destinations. 🤦🏻‍♀️ all it takes is a simple transfer via option.

1 year ago

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Phone stolen with Active Global Pass, need travel today😕.

Open a case here :) https://eurail.zendesk.com/hc/en-001/requests/new or try Twitter/Facebook Only possible together with Customer Support :/ Maybe @Leo @Felipe.iturrieta can hit the service team ;) Unfortunately this happened to me yesterday and I am traveling tomorrow. I’ve just been shaken up by the whole thing. I didn’t think about transferring global pass I need it on my iPad and I logged it with messenger but I’m not sure if I’ll get it in time. Could @Leo or @Felipe.iturrieta please help flag my request as well? Thank you thank you thank you for all of you what you all do you helping us get around

1 year ago

Rommel ReisNew aboard

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Phone stolen with Active Global Pass, need travel today😕.

Unfortunately this happened to me yesterday and I am traveling tomorrow. I’ve just been shaken up by the whole thing. I didn’t think about transferring global pass I need it on my iPad and I logged it with messenger but I’m not sure if I’ll get it in time. The most important thing is to mention: Your pass number. That you are currently travelling, or that you need your pass tomorrow (it does not help to write “urgent” or “ASAP") You would then normally be contacted within a few hours. wow they did it! It’s like 1 am!!! Thank you so much

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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St Malo to Mont Saint Michel Day trip... Help? :)

There is a bus service from Keolis. It costs 25€ for a return ticket. If you are under 26, it will be 20€. Timetable see here https://s3.cloud.actigraph.com/armor/upload/horaires/221005_KEOLIS_BrochureMSM_VF-modifiee-2.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=armor&Expires=1666907999&Signature=%2BYg4LDAh0790HYesSsm%2Bj9e7ibk%3D I used this bus last October (from Rennes) and it was fine. By train would have been a terrible connection and without staying somewhere nearby it wouldn’t even have been possible (Sunday). Thank you so so much! This is a wonderful option. Since the trip takes four hours One way since i need to get to Rennes, it looks like it’s best for me to save this trip for another time. I appreciate your help!

1 year ago

nomnomnomasaurusKeeps calm and carries on

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St Malo to Mont Saint Michel Day trip... Help? :)

Thank you so so much! This is a wonderful option. Since the trip takes four hours One way since i need to get to Rennes, it looks like it’s best for me to save this trip for another time. I appreciate your help! You missed the fact that there's a direct bus from St Malo. The PDF doesn't want to load anymore for me, but here's a webpage: https://keolis-armor.com/fr/KV2-Ligne-Saint-Malo---Mont-Saint-Michel.html OMG. How did I miss that?!?! Thank you @rvdborgt and @MartinM !!! It looks like there’s one tomorrow. I am leaving to Lille in the afternoon. I’m not seeing it on the website or I might be missing it or the translator is not translating what I need… Could you see how long The trip to and back is? I’m trying to see if I can fit it in before I leave to Lille. Thank you!!!

1 year ago

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