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TGV Reservations with a Eurail Pass

Hi All -
I have a 3-country Eurail pass and need to make a reservation for the TGV from Paris to Basel. My question is this - what is the best/most reliable website for doing this? The Eurail pass was purchased through Rail Europe, and arrived as advertised. Since purchasing, I've seen a lot of reviews that make me wary of buying my reservation through their site.

Can I purchase reservations directly from SNCF? Is there a more reliable 3rd party website than Rail Europe? I've done hours and hours of pricing and research for the train travel of this vacation, and this last detail is causing more stress than I figured it would. Any suggestions are much appreciated!

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Check out www.seat61.com for their recommendation. It's an excellent site on train travel in Europe. I've used trainline.eu in the past with no problems.

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16895 posts

trainline.eu does not make passholder reservations. RailEurope.com is reliable and pretty much the only source for those before you leave home. (You could have made them at the same time that you ordered the pass.)