Spain and France are unfortunately one of the worst countries to use interrail/eurail in. The seat reservations sometimes are cheaper than full price tickets, so it might be worth it anyway.
Booking in advance for the international connection makes sense. There is a quota on the TGV’s from Barcelona to Montpellier, and these reservations are expensive. It is a lot cheaper if you use the Renfe AVE International. These can be booked at Spanish ticket offices, on weekdays good in advance, on weekends three days in advance. See interrailwiki.eu/spain for Spain, interrailwiki.eu/france for France.
Booking of the TGV’s is cheapest via Raileurope.
Booking in advance for the international connection makes sense. There is a quota on the TGV’s from Barcelona to Montpellier,
There is no pass holder quota anymore on those trains. There may be a quota in general to limit the number of tickets/reservations from southern France to Spain, in favour of people who travel from/to Paris.
Booking in advance for the international connection makes sense. There is a quota on the TGV’s from Barcelona to Montpellier,
There is no pass holder quota anymore on those trains. There may be a quota in general to limit the number of tickets/reservations from southern France to Spain, in favour of people who travel from/to Paris.
Ah, that’s new then, it used to be that case at least. Or it could be that in a classic SNCF moment it was just fully sold out all the time
