DB train question

What trip is this, Patti?

In Germany, trips that are carried out by regional trains alone are not reservable. You can buy the ticket on the day of departure, which is the best way, as SOME of these regional train tickets are non-refundable if you cannot travel on that day for whatever reason.

What train, and what date and time? "no price information" seems to suggest a non-German train.

In Germany itself train tickets never sell out.

tickets and reservations are two worlds not related in Germany.

Are you trying to buy a ticket - permission to ride a train between two points at a time in the future, more or less specifically?

or

Are you trying to reserve use of a specific seat on a specific train for which you already hold a permission to ride that train?

You could be....

--trying to buy a ticket on a regional train

or

--trying to buy a ticket on a train outside of Germany

or

--trying to buy a ticket on a train before tickets are available

Am I close?

I think "No price information" probably relates to a ticket for travel within a Verkehrverbund (VV), a local transit district, like the MVV in Munich. Those are ticket prices not set by the Bahn, so they don't bother to show them.

I've often been frustrated by this because then you have to go figure out what VV the travel is in, where is the website, to find the cost.

It would be nice if the Bahn website told you the name of the VV and gave you a link to the website, to save you the time looking for it.

AFAIK, they already do that. When I look at Munich Airport to Garmisch-Partenkirch, It shows the MVV logo in the price block, and when you click on "continue", you get ticket price options, including one-way ticket adult, one-way ticket child, day ticket, day ticket child, group day ticket, plus weekly and monthly tickets tec.

I think I have seen that. I think they just recently started doing that. It's been a looong time in coming.

Another possible reason: There are private operators of long-distance trains in Germany. Although these are listed on bahn.de, tickets for them cannot be sold by Deutsche Bahn.

For example, westbahn.at operates trains from Stuttgart via Munich and Salzburg to Vienna.
When you view details about a connection on bahn.de, the train’s operator is also displayed. You’ll then need to book directly with the operator.

Thank you! I think I have it figured out. You all were very helpful.