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Making seat resevations in advance for Spain

  • June 12, 2022
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Is there any other way to make a seat reservation in Spain (Madrid - Barcelona) other than in person at a station in Madrid? We are travelling in August but are based in the US. I'm concerned that we won't have seats if we wait until we arrive in August to make reservations.

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Railly clever
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  • AnnaB
  • Railly clever
  • June 12, 2022

Here is information on different ways to make reservations for domestic Spanish trains. 

https://community.eurail.com/train-connections-reservations-47/how-to-get-reservations-105/index2.html?postid=18419#post18419

 

Please note that I don't work for Interrail/Eurail and that I don't reply to personal messages.
seewulf
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  • seewulf
  • Railmaster
  • June 12, 2022

You can ask a Travelagency that handle bookings of German Rail :) As the german railbooking system have limited access to Spanish one to reserve trains in advance.

I´ am not working for Eurail or Interrail i just share my knowledge here. Please ask in the Community and not via private message as this is the fastest way to get an answer. I prefer English/German/ Czech for my answers. In case of Reservationquestions please share some details like Route, Date, Trainnumber as otherwise we can just provide general advices or answers
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  • Bautisj
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  • Right on track
  • June 13, 2022

Here is information on different ways to make reservations for domestic Spanish trains. 

https://community.eurail.com/train-connections-reservations-47/how-to-get-reservations-105/index2.html?postid=18419#post18419

 

Thank you! I'll try any one of the options listed.

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  • Bautisj
  • Author
  • Right on track
  • June 13, 2022

You can ask a Travelagency that handle bookings of German Rail :) As the german railbooking system have limited access to Spanish one to reserve trains in advance.

Thanks! I'll see if I can find one here in the US

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Full steam ahead
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  • mcadv
  • Full steam ahead
  • June 13, 2022

There are daily trains ev HOUR. And no these will not be all fully booked weeks advance-your fears are ungrounded. Ad day -or 2-advance should be enough. If you cannot stand all this uncertainty, book your´party´ in the new start-up low cost competitiors (OuiGO and AVLO)-and keep passday for later on.

Note that the last 3-4 summers MAd was so incredibly hot (climate change) that it was hotter as the Sahara desert.

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  • Bautisj
  • Author
  • Right on track
  • June 13, 2022

There are daily trains ev HOUR. And no these will not be all fully booked weeks advance-your fears are ungrounded. Ad day -or 2-advance should be enough. If you cannot stand all this uncertainty, book your´party´ in the new start-up low cost competitiors (OuiGO and AVLO)-and keep passday for later on.

Note that the last 3-4 summers MAd was so incredibly hot (climate change) that it was hotter as the Sahara desert.

Thanks mcadv. That helps if there is flexibility to get a train when we arrive. Also good to know the summer temps. No different than Boston so all good lol.

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