I'd suggest not buying mountain tickets in advance : if the weather is bad you'll have lost hundreds of €. Unfortunatel;y i have one full day only to do the Zugspitze so if the weather isn't suitable i will still do it as its not just about the view its about the experience of going up the cable car and cog railway
Also i would like to know when booking european trains where it says youth , my girls are 23 and 25 do we need to have european ID or is passport ID ok to prove that incase they ask
A 2nd class Global Pass would only allow to travel in Standard on Thalys/Eurostar Red trains while a 1st class pass would allow Comfort. Thalys reservations between Germany and Paris cost 32€. There is a (very) limited passholder quota, I'd recommend booking ASAP either through eurail.com (2€ fee per person per train) or https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Booking/Pass#TravelWish (4€ fee per order incl. Eurostar to London). Trains around Christmas are becoming more and more expensive, especially Thalys and Eurostar. I would recommend buying those 2 soon. A 7-day pass (1st or 2nd) is the way to go in my opinion, even with the extra reservation costs. A 1st class pass doesn't cost much more and you get free seat reservations in Germany. :) Have a look at : https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm mmmm that's a little confusing. when you say there is a 32 Euro reservation fee is that only with a Eurail pass. what if I buy a single ticket without a pass the current price says
Yes thats what im doing im checking the prices for every single journey plus ive calculated which journeys require reservation costs which is quite a few of them.after this i am deciding which journey would be a Eurail journey and im working out this against the 4/5/7 day passes. My spreadh sheet is looking pretty detailed by now and yes i too agree that prices might change but looking ahead we are going to be in the middle of winter. im not sure if prices are cheaper over there then but ive looking currently at bookings that are as far advanced as i can go so at this stage i'm looking in septemberAt the moment choosing the best options on the 4 day pass its coming out at 1502 USD for 3 ppl for all journeys combined with reservations against 1464 USD doing them separately at the best pricing currently I am still working out the 5 and 7 day options
here's the crazy thing. i just checked the reservation cost for duss - paris and its 37 USD with a pass. The ticket on Thalys is only 32 euros all up which includes the reservation cost how on earth is a Eurail pass cheaper. Imce i add up all the reservations cost i can see its not really going to be a savings at all
Yes i have checked Thalys already and saw the 32 Euro seats, - IS there a reservation fee to pay on top of that for only a 4 hr journey we will go from Dusseldorf on the 26th to Paris for 3 nights so we will have 2 full days to get what we can see in mb catacombs Sacre ceur, Eifel tower, Louvre and mb a evening or morning cruise. The Eurostar seems to be 30 Euros with a pass too which i think includes reservation fee I will have a look at the rail Europe site thank you If you book an ordinary ticket on a train with mandatory reservations (like Thalys, Eurostar, TGV, AVE, Frecciarossa,...) your seat reservation is included at no extra cost. The Eurail pass is your ticket. But doesn’t include seat reservations. The 30 EUR Eurostar you mentioned, is only the reservation fee. So you’ll need a valid Eurail pass as well in order to travel. If all of this sounds confusing: Best check out this page, it will clarify a lot, if not all questions you might have: https://www.sea
You best compare prices then of ordinary tickets with a pass: you can use this site e.g. https://www.raileurope.com/en. If you use that site to book, best book as many tickets in once, so that you pay the booking fee only once. Sometimes it doesn’t give results, split up a journey in parts. E.g. not Paris-Manchester, but Paris-London; London-Manchester. Yes some good tips there. I do plan to do the split legs to ManchesterI was just discussing it with my son in Germany and despite it being slightly rushed the trip is to basically give us all different experiences of seeing Europe in winter, its cold its possibly snowing in one or two places, Xmas is cold as opposed to Summer over in new Zealand.ITs pretty with lights everywhere it gets dark much earlier than here, there are Xmas markets unlike here there are different languages and plus we will see all the sights you see in the movies and on documentaries so the experiences are going to be vast despite being rushed a little.Yes i ha
I am also well aware of train changes but i need to book in advance i guess I'm going to have to take the risk off possibly some trains will change in time however its as you said minimal on the Paris to Manchester legno effect on the Manchester to London legno effect within ItalyThe only concern would be the Krakow to Munich and Munich or garmisch to Dusseldorf leg
In my opinion, your trip has little geographical logic. You start out Central, then you go immediately to the most western European countries, then relatively far south, and then rather east. That way, it is going to be a hassle indeed. the itinerary chose was specific.Dusseldorf to Paris 29th Dec after 12 pm is our 1st stopParis to Manchester UK is to see family so the train right up there in one dayManchester to London is to spend 4 nights there before we catch a flight to RomeRome to Florence - Venice over 6 days would be using local trains and checking out areas of Rome Pisa Florence and Venice. 3nights Rome 1 night Florence 2 nights VeniceKrakow to Munich onto Garmisch-Partenkirchen is after flying to KrakowGarmisch-Partenkirchen back to Dusseldorf is the final train trip back to my sons place.As you can see the trip is slightly rushed however we have highlights our family wish to see hence why we are in these locations. The train journeys are seldom the biggest being Krakow
ok so i only need to buy the pass holder ticket and that is my reservation Yes. There is a limited number of pass holder seats on the Eurostar between London and mainland Europe. On popular departures and during high season those sell out weeks, and sometimes months in advance. The best place to see the availability of passholder seats and make reservations on the Eurostar is https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Booking/Pass#TravelWish If you don't get any result, press "later trains" and eventually you will find the next available connection. If you have a mobile pass you need to generate a Pass Cover Number in order to make the reservation at b-europe. You do that here in the PCN generator: https://community.eurail.com/news-and-announcements-39/pass-cover-number-generator-is-live-5653 thank you very much for your reply
You need only one thing and it is usually called a reservation, which for Paris-London is €38 in 1st and €30 in 2nd class. Your pass is the ticket. ok so i only need to buy the pass holder ticket and that is my reservation
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