How do you make train reservations in Germany if you are using a Select saver pass?
Posted by
Faribault
224 posts
If you go to the Deutsche-Bahn website, you can make seat reservations.
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16895 posts
Reservations are optional on most daytime trains within Germany. You can make them at any train station for about €4 or as an e-ticket on the DB web site - check the box for "reservation only" as you start your ticket search. Some international and overnight pass holder fares are not sold as e-tickets online.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
A seat reservation is actually 4,50€. A family reservation (parents and their own children) is 9€. For that fee, you can get reservations for two trains in one direction. That is, for example, if you are reserving a connection from Munich to Köln with a change in trains in Frankfurt, you would get reservations for both trains (if they are express trains) for the 4,50€.
For the ICE Sprinter, such as some of the ICEs that go non-stop from Frankfurt to Berlin, a seat reservation is mandatory and included in the full fare ticket price. A seat reservation only on that train includes a surcharge for the premium train and costs 11,50€.