Hi there,
Once again, thanks for the reply and additional information especially on making seat reservation via Raileurope, which will help me to save some $$
, I would have book through Eurail’s website if not.
I will do my seat reservation via raileurope and will print out the pdf doc. Just to clarify I will still need to add the Paris>London train journey into my eurail rail planner app, correct?
For Schiphol>Lyon, I will explore the above 2 options and see which one work best for my family.
I do have another query on the London train, is it possible to continue here or I should create a new post?
Thank you.
Then the pass should be good value. Eurostars to/from London are pretty much unavoidable, it’s a bottleneck. Book in advance.
Schiphol - Lyon : if you wish to save a bit of money + the station transfer in Paris (RER not included) you could take this route :
- hourly IC Schiphol Airport - Brussels-Midi
- TGV Brussels-Midi - Lyon Part-Dieu 20€ (very limited passholder quota though) → departures at 06:37, 08:17, 10:17, 13:17, 16:17 and 18:17
Another cheaper but slower option is :
- IC Schiphol Airport - Antwerp-Centraal
- IC Antwerp-Centraal - Kortrijk - Lille-Flandres
- TGV Lille-Europe - Lyon Part-Dieu 10€ limited fare, then 20€
Book through https://www.raileurope.com/ to avoid fees (add rail pass). Have a look at https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm for general advice. Questions welcome too.
Hi there,
Thanks for the quick reply. Yes I do have more other train journeys that these, such as from Schiphol>Lyon, Lyon>Paris, and few other more on TGV/TER. I am aware of the seat reservation fee for taking Eurostar between Paris>London & London>Brussel-Midi, I guess this is unavoidable, from the search result. Or is there somewhere I have missed out?
And thanks for the answer pertaining to the seat reservation can be done prior to activate of the pass, I have a better picture now of what I should do next. During my last used of the Eurail pass (in 2023), I have activated the pass when I took my 1st train, I will do so for my upcoming trip too.
Thank you.