I read somewhere here, but can't find it now, how someone made a list of all the train tickets he wanted and gave it to the ticket window and got his tickets all at once.
What I need to know is do you have to have a time for these advanced tickets? or just the date?
I had planned on buying them one leg at a time, as soon as I arrived at my destination I would buy the tickets for the next leg.
Which works best? Mainly, do I need a time.
thnx
No need and buying all at once allow no flex to your plans.
I thought it might.
tnx
It depends on the train and what you are trying to do. If a seat reservation is required then you need a specific time/train. If it is open then you just need day and some tickets are just open from any time or day. All high speed trains require reservations. Local and regional - may or may not. And some provide an option of reservation with an additional fee. If you have a non-reservation ticket it is absolutely critical that the ticket is validated -- time stamped at the yellow boxes.
Forgot about reservations!
tnx
What does your itinerary look like?
Trains-first 3 weeks: with grdaughter
Zurich to Domodossola, Italy
Domodossola to Varenna
Varenna to Venice
Venice to Florence/bus to Siena
Siena to Monteroso
Monterosso to Rome
day trip or two in between the above.
Next 10 days: with friend
Rome to Florence
Florence to Venice
Venice to Milan - couple of hours
Milan to Domodossola and home
A couple of day trips from Rome and Florence,
maybe out of Venice, also.
Once you purchase any ticket on a ICPlus or Eurostar-class train, you are locked into a date, time and seat reservation. I see several Eurostar and ICPlus possibilities. There are a few runs where the train will be a Regionale. These are the locals. No seat reservations are permitted so you are OK there.
Thanks. I guess I will wait until the day before leaving to buy those high-speed tickets. I think that would work.
And, everyone, thanks again.
