Okay thank you for this information! If we go the route where we pay the 10€, do we make a reservation for that and if so, how soon before should we try to make that reservation? Ha, funny that you should happen to ask this today! As @Angelo could tell you, the best place to book the Venice-Innsbruck train is cd.cz (the site of the Czech national railway operator), because it is the only site that bundles in a free seat reservation with the €10 (or €15 in 1st class) surcharge. The price you see will be rendered in Koruna, so 251Kc. @seewulf’s instructions for using the website can be found here, on the first and second pages: but if you get stuck, don’t hesitate to ask for more help. It almost certainly won’t be possible to book this train yet for May. All things being equal, booking a month or two ahead should be more than early enough, but you may be able to book it even earlier than that if you just want to tick it off the to-do list :-) Innsbruck to Salzb
Firstly your pass covers you for all trains, just that for the faster trains you pay for a reservation. In Italy these fees are 3 euro for IC (Intercity) trains and 10 euro for the Freccia trains (High Speed). The choice is yours depending on the budget, but for the longer journeys will be better on the High Speed or Intercity trains. Although you can prebook these via oebb.at, you can also get them in Italy at train stations. If you do use oebb you need to select the discount option for Interrail/Eurail to get the seat only fare. For all your trips there are plenty of trains so pre-booking hotels etc is no problem - but I suggest you book with no cancellation fees up to arrival date, costs a bit more but if plans change….. Okay thank you for the tip and for these reservations, do you typically have to wait until closer to the time of travel like 2-3 months? Thank you for the advice on booking hotels as well. It is highly unlikely you will find rese
Okay thank you for this information! If we go the route where we pay the 10€, do we make a reservation for that and if so, how soon before should we try to make that reservation?
Simply use the planner-or better a non-app like bahn.com or oebb.at for sameday next week-times will hardly differ-except when there are again works along somewhere. Both ays can do and are in Austria even quite scenic. There is also an overnite train, but that will put you, if on time, down in Sb in the very early hrs. There is a special 10€ (price now) surcharge for all the INTern trains from IT to AT/DE-can also pay on board, but they say then it will be more. Thank you for this information. Just to clarify, we will have to pay 10€ extra for taking a train from Venice to Salzburg even though my fiancé and I have global passes?
Although too early to plan specific trains there would be no problem getting from Venice to Salzburg on a Saturday. The most direct route is via Villach or you can go via Verona to Innsbruck and then onto Salzburg. Thank you for the information! Would I need to make a reservation for this sort of trip or could my fiancé and I just take a regional train at the time with our global passes?
Firstly your pass covers you for all trains, just that for the faster trains you pay for a reservation. In Italy these fees are 3 euro for IC (Intercity) trains and 10 euro for the Freccia trains (High Speed). The choice is yours depending on the budget, but for the longer journeys will be better on the High Speed or Intercity trains. Although you can prebook these via oebb.at, you can also get them in Italy at train stations. If you do use oebb you need to select the discount option for Interrail/Eurail to get the seat only fare. For all your trips there are plenty of trains so pre-booking hotels etc is no problem - but I suggest you book with no cancellation fees up to arrival date, costs a bit more but if plans change….. Okay thank you for the tip and for these reservations, do you typically have to wait until closer to the time of travel like 2-3 months? Thank you for the advice on booking hotels as well.
At this stage, for train routings in Italy it is worth looking at a number of rail planners, but as above reservations will not be available until a couple of months before travel. The best source of reservations for Italian trains is oebb.at (Austrian railways) and you will need to add interrail/eurail pass as a discount to get full benefit. One suggestion - of all your destinations make sure you choose a good hotel in Venice with a view of the canals - not cheap but never forgotten. (Oh and don’t forget comfortable walking shoes and a compass for Venice) Please keep asking the questions. I wish you all the best on your journey Thank you for your response! It is sounding like it will be best for me to wait until a few months before to look at regional train schedules as we both have passes and would like to take regional trains as much as possible since those are included with our pass. Do you think it would be okay to still look to book our different hotels/hostels for our trip eve
You better had turn around,as this way it lets you make big detours. Go from R first to 5 earth (=cinque terre), then via Pisa=change, hourly local/regional to Fir, then on to Vnz. IF these are the only trips to make and you do not mind tying yourself into prefixed advacne tickets (not for the Reg) then a pass is likely not of good value. May be different if you also plan to return to Roma. People from over the oceans all seem to believe one has to fix all this monthes advance-complete nonsense, Practical Italians often let them only do it from 1 month before-2 is the norm for the fast trains. For rough planning-like what ca times, how long, how often, simply use a samedayofweek next week. Tix for regionals buy only on the day-valid not even all day, just next 3-4 hrs. Or if with pass-just write down details and load these. Thank you so much for your response back! My fiancée and I have already purchased Eurail passes and I was getting a bit discouraged last night when I was trying to
You better had turn around,as this way it lets you make big detours. Go from R first to 5 earth (=cinque terre), then via Pisa=change, hourly local/regional to Fir, then on to Vnz. IF these are the only trips to make and you do not mind tying yourself into prefixed advacne tickets (not for the Reg) then a pass is likely not of good value. May be different if you also plan to return to Roma. People from over the oceans all seem to believe one has to fix all this monthes advance-complete nonsense, Practical Italians often let them only do it from 1 month before-2 is the norm for the fast trains. For rough planning-like what ca times, how long, how often, simply use a samedayofweek next week. Tix for regionals buy only on the day-valid not even all day, just next 3-4 hrs. Or if with pass-just write down details and load these. It is too early to see timetables for May 2023, they are not finalised or loaded this far in advance. Thank you for this information!
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