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Hi!We’re a familiy of four - two adults and 2 kids (0 and 2 years old).We’d like to make a reservation for a train from Mannheim, Germany to Paris, France. From what we understand, kids younger then 5 years old travel for free. However, when we try to book via the interrail website, the overall amount is supposed to be 88 Euros for all of us. Can anyone help on how to make the right reservation?Thanks a lotAntje and familiy

Hello, my wife and I are flying into Munich and are catching a train to Slovenia the next day, mid-morning. Should we stay by airport to catch train in airport or is there a better train station away from airport with hotels nearby. Thanks. were in our upper sixties, and I have not used the train system since 1982.

My friend and I are both fairly new travelers and were told by a friend that Eurail would be a good option for us to travel in Europe this summer. We were able to book trains that don’t require seat reservations, but when we tried to book seats on the trains that do require reservations, we weren’t able to. On the eurail website, we got a message saying we need seat reservations to board but there wasn’t actually a way to make seat reservations. When we tried on a separate website affiliated with the trainline, we were unable to book seat reservations using the eurail global pass discount. Has anybody had this issue before or know how we can book our seats?

I am trying to plan a family rail trip across Europe for the summer of 2027 but can’t access the train schedules yet (understandably). When do you think they will be ready?Thanks

For two days I tried to make a seat reservation for mandatory German ICE train connections. 1st: if you try to change the automatically chosen seat, you can try for a 100 times and choose available seats at the window or at  the aisle or whatever, after going through all the necessary steps you get the message: ERROR, go back and try again (or something like that). Even if you don’t want to change anything (after two days trying you are happy to get any seat) and filling in your credit card details you get the same message. Crazy! Now I found out that this problem occurs already for more than 2 years! And someone suggested: try ÖBB, which I dit. And wonder oh wonder: it works!! I have easily made my reservations and even could change the preselected seats for silence zones and at the window, costs € 3,- per train.So, if you rely on the German Gründlichkeit => DON’T! Try the Austrian way!

Hi, does anyone has an idea how to book a seat an bike reseservation without bying the ticke on DB navigator.Thanks. Torsten

I recently purchased a Global Plus Pass, which includes seat reservations. However, after making several seat reservations throughout my pass period, an error message started appearing when I tried to complete the "purchase," stating that Eurail needed to review my pass before making new seat reservations.I've been trying to resolve this issue with support for 5 days without success (they say they are looking for a solution). Does this mean I'm unable to use a product I paid for? They say it's for safety reasons, but no one from support has clarified what those reasons are... I feel cheated.Has anyone else experienced this? The days are passing and the seat availability is running out, and I'm unable to schedule my return trip to the airport to go home. 

Ich möchte gerne wissen, wie viel es kosten würde, ein Ticket 2. Klasse vom Bahnhof ROMA TERMINI zum Bahnhof PARIS GARE DE EST zu buchen.

Hi there ! I’m looking to book a train from Marseille (France) to Granada (Spain) on May the 24th, but the section from Madrid to Granada is not available for booking, due to the limited interrail’s seats on board. This train is on Alvia. Do you know if there is any way to get through this limitations ? Has anyone of you been to Spain and travelled with Alvia compagny and knows if the reservations are that tricky ? I already tried with happyrail and Rail Europe.Thank you so much by advance ! Ezeikiel

Hi there, I’m very worried that when I get to Rome station to catch the train to Venice, I won’t know where to go because I can’t speak Italian. Is there a customer service desk somewhere in the Rome train station? I have both tickets (my pass and a seat reservation). But I’m not sure where to go to ask what platform the train leaves from etc. Can anyone help me. I’m not leaving for a couple of days.

I was wondering about the necessity to reserve seats in advance in the UK in first class.I already learned here that sometimes they aren’t mandatory even though it’s indicated on rail planner, but traveling as a family of 4, I’d rather do it, since it’s free of charge. So my question is: are there trains that sell out like weeks or months before or is it usually ok to reserve a few hours in advance? Would people reserve a few different trains, if they aren’t sure which one they will take?

So I have to make some seat reservations as for some of the trains, its mandatory. What if I book a seat and I miss the train on the day, would I have to book another seat for myself or would I be given another seat in another train? The hard part of my travel is that the schedule is not fixed even though the route is fixed, which makes things complicated for me. 

Hi!I’m trying to book a seat on the 13:57 Berlin Lichtenberg to Warszawa Centralna (EC 49) on the 18th September. Whenever I select “Buy Now” after inputting my information, I get a booking error:Why is this? Is the train not yet available for booking, or have I missed it? Or am I doing something completely wrong? I tried asking DB Customer Support but their response was not very helpful.Thank you for any help anyone can provide

Hello everyone!We're traveling to Europe in July - Agust. We have a Eurail Global 7 Day Flexi Pass. Here's our itinerary:1- London to Paris (reservationbooked) = 1travel day (Paris to Rome by plane)2 - Rome to Pompeii to Florence = 2nd travel day     We're spending a day in Pompeii then traveling      on to Florence in the afternoon - can we count       that as 1 travel day using the same ticket OR       do we need to purchase additional tickets?3 - Florence to Venice 3rd travel day4 - Venice to Milan5 - Milan to Switzerland 6 - Switzerland to Vienna 7 - Vienna to Germany How soon should we book our Train reservations?Thank you!      

We are trying to book trains for Europe online from Canada.We are blocked from booking with our Eurail passes until 150 days in advance of our travel.  We’re not traveling until October of 2026.  We’re concerned that when we get to 150 days prior there will be no seats available.  As a test, we’ve tried from today to book out 150 days in the future and get the message that “no reservations available for pass holders” on one of the legs we’re traveling later this year for any of the trains shown.  Are we going to be restricted from booking or is there a certain time (GST) that we should start tryng 150 days in advance of our first booking?

Hi, I recently finished a round trip through southern England and was really looking forward to seeing my statistics. Unfortunately, they still show outstanding kilometres and trains because I’d saved a few alternative connections that I didn’t end up using. Now I can’t delete them, so the journey seems somehow incomplete. Do I just have to live with it, or is there a way to wrap things up properly? I’d also like to take this opportunity to say thank you for all the helpful tips in the forum, which made the trip a smooth and unforgettable experience 🙂 

Hi, I am currently trying to book the train from Bled to Split, and I can reserve a seat from Zagreb to split, but it won’t let me do the same for Bled to Zagreb. I see that you don’t need a reservation to get from Bled to Split, but it says it’s a night train so I am a bit confused, since it is at 7am. Does the pass cover the 7am stop at bled and do I not need to reserve a seat? Or, do i just get on the train and scan in with my interrail pass? Any help would be really appreciated, Thanks guys. 

Hello,Can I use public transportation in Amsterdam with Eurail Pass?

Hello, I’d like to go on 4th July from Mora (Sweden) via Stockholm (taking the night train to Hamburg Hbf) and take the next connecting train to Lübeck (connecting train will be on 5th July).Will this journey show up on my Interrail pass as ONE trip? Or as 2 trips because of the connection on the following day?I can book at SJ from Mora to Hamburg with reservation fee for the couchette in advance. But it’s too early for booking the connecting trail to Lübeck at DB Regional. How should I hadle this to get most profit of my Interrail pass?Thanks for your advice.

 Hello,We will be traveling to Switzerland and Italy in June 2026 and have a Eurail Global Pass. I am currently trying to reserve train seats for our journey from Lucerne (Switzerland) to Venezia S. Lucia (Italy) on June 3, 2026.Please find our trip details below for your reference. I understand that seat reservations are available from Lucerne to Lugano, and I am happy to pay for these seats. However, for the segment from Lugano to Venezia S. Lucia, the system indicates “open seating.”As we are a family of four traveling with significant luggage, I am concerned about seat availability for the Lugano to Venice portion of the journey.Could you please advise whether it is likely that we will be able to find seats together on this segment? Alternatively, should we consider booking seat reservations through another channel?Also, Is it possible to transfer between trains within 4 minutes? If we miss the connecting train, would we be allowed to take the next available train without any penal

I’m global pass 1st pass holder.I want to go to Le Haver from Paris.Do I need to book seat reservation?

Hello!Does anybody know whether it is possible to buy a paper Interrail pass at the RENFE ticket office in Barcelona?I'm not talking about reservations but I'm actually looking to buy my paper Interrail pass there if possible. Thank you!!

It looks as though I may have to change a reservation that I made with Rail Europe - basically changing from a journey Milano Garibaldi to Roma Termini to a different time leaving from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini.I saw that there was an earlier posting on this site that offered the guidance:https://help.raileurope.co.uk/article/41286-exchanging-tickets#accountHowever this guidance implies that there is a button: exchange options and I cannot see that on my Rail Europe app.

Hi everyone,My name is Yessica. I will be traveling from Belgium to Madrid by train.I would like to make my reservations before my trip because I prefer to have everything well organized, especially since I will be traveling alone (it’s my first time traveling alone 😊).For this reason, I would like to buy the Eurail Pass now and make reservations for the trains where it is required. However, I only want to activate the pass on the day of my first trip.My question is: if I make reservations in advance, will the pass be activated automatically before my actual travel date?Since these are high-demand travel dates, I want to make sure I won’t have any issues finding seats.Is it possible to make reservations and pay for them in advance without activating the pass?Thank you very much for your help!  

I have been going onto the SNCF website each day to see when it will be possible to book up my seat reservations for two journeys I will be making specifically the 17.42 from Gare de Lyon to Chambery on 14th July and the 9.42 from Chambery to Turin on 15th July.  Today for some unknown reason, having checked that the tickets were still not available, I had a look at later dates and to my amazement discovered that the tickets were available for these later dates.  There was just a black hole around the actual dates when I will be travelling.  I then discovered that 14th July is Bastille day but I assume/hope that this is just a coincidence.   Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated.