My husband,granddaughter and I have a eurail regional saver pass for Italy and France. Can we use this for a night train to Paris? How do we get a sleeper on the train? How do we make a reservation? How much more will this cost us.? We are traveling June28 to July 10 in these countries.
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No, the Italy-Paris night train is a private train and does not accept railpasses. The daytime Milan-Paris direct TGV also doesn't take the France-Italy pass without an unusual $100 seat reservation fee. See http://www.ricksteves.com/travel-tips/transportation/trains/france-rail-passes and http://www.ricksteves.com/travel-help/rail-faq#paris-italy.
You could use your France-Italy pass to travel via Nice, but that takes hours longer, and you should reserve soon for the Nice-Paris TGV, which limits places for passholders.
To buy a Nice-Paris passholder reservation, or a separate ticket for either of the above trains when not "traveling with a railpass," see http://ricksteves.raileurope.com/us/rail/point_to_point/triprequest.htm. You can often find cheaper flights at www.skyscanner.com.