On the Thalys rail sight for ticketless travel can I make a reservation without having a Thalys card? Wanting to travel from paris to bruge but would like to purchase ticket Paris to Brussels. Thanks for any suggestions.
You can either select "Thalys Ticketless" or "Digital Homeprint" either one will allow you to print your ticket out at home. You don't need a Thalys card. Thalys has a direct train to Bruges in the evening. Other times you have to change at Brussels. You can purchase the Brussels to Bruges ticket when you arrive in Brussels, no advance reservation needed to this stretch of the journey.
You can save a few euro by booking a ticket from Paris to Any Belgian Station via Bruxelles-Midi/Zuid. The ticket from Brussels to Bruges will be good on any train so you can spend a few hours in Brussels if you wish.