Do we have to show the OBB pdf reservation plus Eurail day ticket to the station staff and get a proper ticket before boarding the train?
Thank you @thibcabe for the quick reply. OBB saysPlease mind: Print ticket prior to journey!The ticket for this journey must be printed before the journey.I have attached a screenshot. Can this warning be safely ignored and purchase reservations on the phone?Thank you for your assistance.
When we make individual reservations on OBB because it does not support multiple reservations on the same journey, what happens in case one of the trains delays and we miss the connection? (It may not be a problem in this particular journey because if we miss ICE train, the next trains don’t offer reservations anyway)
Thanks @rvdborgt I have followed your suggestion and OBB shows me the below for Genova → Ventimiglia journeyIt says “ticket not available” for many REX, R train options. Does it mean we can travel on these trains without a reservation?
Thank you @thibcabe for letting me know about TER trains that I can take without making reservations, which is a worthy saving since 4 of us are travelling.Thank you @Yorkie for your tip on putting the phone on Aeroplane mode and the need to be prepared for ticket inspectors (so that we don’t have to stress out)
Btw Marseille - Nice can also be done on a reservation-free TER regional train, it doesn't take longer. As there is no high-speed railway they both share the same tracks. :) Oh thanks for the info. So, if we take TER regional train from Nice to Marseille, we just catch the train without any reservation and sit where seats are available?How about Nice to Cannes? Is it served by TER regional trains as well?
https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish This is the the correct b-europe site for seat reservations on domestic French TGV trains. Thank you @AnnaB . I have made my booking using the link you gave me. All went well.
If you add each train as a separate journey it is easy to delete and add trains when your travel plans change. Hi @AnnaB ,Would you please clarify this technique? Do you mean to say it is better to add each train ride as a separate journey?Is it possible to link more than one journey to one Eurail pass?
Hi @thibcabe ,Thank you for your clarification.Is there a way to know how much would this seat reservation cost (besides calling SNCF)?
Hi @rvdborgt ,Eurail.com does not allow me to make this booking. Below is the error message. What are my options to make this seat reservation?Thanks
Thank you @Al_G for the clarification.Do you know whether the seats can be reserved at the station?
Hi @thibcabe,I have attached a screenshot from tickets.oebb.atIt doesn’t allow me to make a reservation
Thank you @rvdborgt for your detailed response.
Thank you @Yorkie and @AnnaB for your detailed responses
Thank you @Yorkie for your assistance. I have a follow up question. Suppose we have set up the trip to take 2 trains a day (that do not need reservations). After taking the 1st train, we want to take a longer break and take a different train than what is in the “trip”. Can we change the 2nd train like that?In other words, once a day is marked as a travelling day, do we get the same QR code for all train rides in that day? Or, does each train ride get a different QR code?What happens if we miss a connecting train? In that case, can we generate a QR code for later train ride without having to pay extra?
Thanks @BrendanDB Our children are 14 and 15, and I worry that they will lose their phones during the trip. So I intend to use my phone for all Eurail ticket purposes. Do you meant to say I don’t need to create 4 trips until the first travel day? Just keep one trip and add journeys and 1 day before the 1st travel day, make duplicates and assign to each family member?Can the Eurail pass be activated on the same day of travel? I thought it has to be activated a day prior. Thanks for letting me know.
Thank you @BrendanDB for your reply.Can you help me understand the order of the process? 1) Add 4 passes to my mobile phone (done)2) Create an empty “Family Trip in Europe 2023 - Passenger 1”3) Make 3 copies of the above trip for the rest of the 3 family members. So, at this time, my phone has 4 empty “Trips” and each trip is linked to a family member’s Eurail pass.What are the next steps?4) Search for journeys and add them to all 4 trips. So gradually, the trip will contain all journeys we intend to take5) Wait till 1 day before the 1st travel date and activate the 4 passes on my mobile6) Generate ticket QR codes on the travel day
Thank you @AnnaB for the quick response. Would you help me understand why all 4 family members that travel together cannot be linked to the same trip?Secondly, when I make seat reservations, do I have to have the passes activated for that day?
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