Last year my husband and I traveled all over Italy by train during the last week of July, and first week of August. Even though we had seat reservations we had a heck of a time getting to our seats. The cars did not seem to be marked and in any kind of order, so each time we started on the wrong car and had to make our way to the right one, and to our seats. The trains were so packed that we had to squeeze through the aisle with our suitcases over our heads, and it was so hot. It took 15-30 minutes just to find our seats, then when we finally did(sweating and breathing hard from exertion) someone was already in them and did not take to well to us kicking them out.
I realize that August is the absolute worst month for the trains, but we are going to do something similar this year during the last week of June and first week of July. Any suggestions to make finding our seats a little easier would be greatly appreciated.