Train connections & reservations

I have a global mobile pass and I have booked the first train from Utrecht (Netherlands) to Milan in the Rail Planner app. Do I make a seat reservation on the ÖBB website/app? And I'm travelling together with someone else. Can I book the seat reservation for them too? Do I just fill in our names, buy the reservation and show it together with our Interrail Ticket of do I need to link them somehow?  I hope someone knows the answer :) Thankyou!

I now realise that Eurostar only give a certain number of reservations to Eurail users on their services.  Anyone any idea how many per train, or does it depend on the route/date/time of service?

Hi,I’m planning to use my Global Interrail pass to go from Brussels (Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid) to London (London St Pancras International) with Eurostar (12th of July). When I went to https://www.b-europe.com/EN to make a seat reservation it says, under the title “Travel Conditions”, that “Traveler must be in possession of a valid Interrail Global Pass or Eurail Global Pass, which covers at least the country of departure and arrival. The fare is valid for a traveler in possession of an Interrail Global Pass or Eurail Global Pass, if part of the Eurostar journey takes place in the traveler's country of residence. Only holders of a 1st class pass are allowed to travel in 1st class Standard Premier”. My English might be letting me down here, but does this mean that this reservation isn’t valid for me since I am from Sweden? If not, I could make the same reservation from interrail.eu for only 2 euros more, but is it certain that that one is valid for me? Thanks in advance,Herman

Hi,I tried booking my seat reservation for my train to Brussels from London on Saturday, After booking it I received an email from eurail with subject ‘Something went wrong with your reservation’. My payment has gone through in which they described in this email saying they will rebook for me or offer a refund. I replied asking eurail to rebook for me but haven’t heard anything back. I tried to book it again myself via eurail website but it says that the prices are currently unavailable. Through eurostar I also tried to book a reservation for the same train but was unsuccessful also as I don’t have a paper pass and they won’t accept digital. Is anyone else having a similar issue? I don’t know what to do as my train is this weekend. Thank you! :)

Hey everybodyI have some problems booking a seat reservation on the TGV from Cannes to Toulon and then from Nimes to Barcelona, on Aug 2nd.In the first one, I tried via https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish, but I do not have a pass cover number, so I cannot make the booking.in the second case, I cannot book in the interrail App. Is there another way?Thanks so much!

Hi,I have been in the process of planning a trip that starts in Athens, Greece and ends in Vienna, Austria.Originally, the plan was to go:Athens, Greece Thessaloniki, Greece Sofia, Bulgaria Belgrade, Serbia Zagreb, Croatia Rijeka, Croatia Vienna, AustriaHowever, I am not sure if there are any trains that go between the countries (Greece - Bulgaria, Bulgaria - Serbia and Serbia - Croatia). Does anyone know if this is still the case?Thank you,balcantravellerP.S. Yes, I realised the difference between Baltic and Balkan but I can’t change my username nor the topic title

I have a Global Interrail pass that I bought from Interrail.se (the Swedish version of the site). On their page, it says that seat reservations can be made from Trainplanet.com. However, there are trains that aren’t available there, but are available on Interrail.eu (for example the Eurostar from Brussels to London). Can I make the seat reservation from Interrail.eu and combine it with my Interrail pass bought on Interrail.se?Thanks in advance,Herman

I have had an email saying that my Eurostar from St Pancras to Brussels on train 9132 has been cancelled. This was a reservation for 7 people so it has cost us a lot. Eurostar tells me to seek a refund through where I booked it yet the Interrail site is having none of it and says it is non-refundable. Their support are yet to get back to me after contacting them a week ago and apologising that they’re busy.It would be great if they could clear up what is happening with cancelled Eurostar trains. I also don’t want the reservation using up a travel day as it will limit us the rest of the trip.Will Interrail refund me?

Hello! Me and my friend are Interrailing and are currently in Paris. On Thursday we're continuing our trip to Annecy and have been trying to book this since a seat reservation is required. However we cannot seem to do it and I've seen a lot of other people with the same problem. Does anyone know of an alternative way to book?  Thanks in advance,Felicia 

Hello, my name is Candela Martínez. Today I bought my global pass for 7 days in one month but now the web page won´t let me buy the reservation for the trip I want. It is super important I book the train I want because I have a flight after that train that I can't miss.  The problem is that I was about to buy the reservation for the train from London St Pancrass 5:30am to Paris 9:20 and then the page said there was an error and now it says that prices are unavailable and that I have to try later. Please I need help with this. This pass is the only reason I took a 7 day pass and also, my plane ticket depends on it. Thank you

I want to go from Helsinki to Tallinn (then to Krakow), but I can’t see Tallinn on the app.How is that possible?Another questionShould I visit Baltic countries on train or go directly in Poland with a ferry?

Hi I have seat reservations on Paris nord- Amsterdam centraal  at 1 June 8:25-11:44 the train number on my seat reservation (train no: 9315) doesn't match the train number in the railplanner app though (train no.  9415) the exact same departure time. Can I still add this journey to my pass and the ticket will be valid?

Hello!I want to make a seat reservation for train from Barcelona to Valence. I tried it through interrail website and it says that is has to be delivered to me by post and also that it would´t arrive on time (but my travel is in august and now is june, so i don´t get why it would take so long to deliver it). I know it has to be on paper and not online, but i don´t know what to do as long as i don´t want to buy it that day at the station because i´m scared it would be sold out. Isn´t there any way shipping could be faster? I also tried making the reservation on SNCF website, but there is no way how to do that there if i understant it correctly. Thank you for any help!

I bought Eurail passes for me and my daughter, but the trains require seat reservations which I am not able to book! (I tried all the hacks suggested on this forum.)The train TGV 6031 I am hoping for, leaves Gare de Lyon on July XX at 8:43 am and arrives Montpellier St Roch at 12:14.The human phone agent said that the 8:43 train was totally booked. So, he proposed other trains that did have seats available 7:12pm arrive 10:42 pmor 5:12 pm arrive 8:41 pm.But I was unable to book those online either.So I could theoretically book those over the phone - but they accept only an AMEX card from Americans- -which I don't have! I could buy in-person at the Gare - but, well, there's this problem of the Atlantic Ocean.Anyway - if you know any way to buy a seat reservation, please let me know.Un peu ridicule. 

Can i book the trains before activating the pass? I start from Italy, i have to go germany / czech republic / slovakia / Austria and back to Italy, where should you book? Thanks

Kan ik eerst een deel van mijn reis (route b.v. Brussel midi-London st Pancras) boeken en reserveren om daarna het begin van mijn reis en het slot (geen reservering nodig) te boeken? Komt dit dan vanzelf op volgorde op mijn reis van die dag te staan?

I have Eurail Global Pass and I am trying to book seats for Paris-Barcelona for 27th July 2022 in 1st Class for (1010-1654) but it says on the Eurail website that it will be a "Paper Ticket" which will be delivered to my address. I will not be able to receive the Paper Ticket in time due to travelling. The seats will be Sold by the time I reach Europe so booking at a local station is not an option.  is there any other way to get the ticket like on Email? What to do? 

We are planning to travel from Prague to Barcelona. I know there is a train from Paris to Barcelona. From Prague to Paris looks as if train makes a couple of stops. Can we get off and spend the night at these locations and get back on train the next day 

On the website from interrail you can read that my train has mandatory reservation but in the app its not even recommanded. What is right?   

Hello, Using the DB app: for some trains (international on ICE to Denmark/belgium) can't book a seat réservation.. Does it mean sold out?  And, any way to cancel a seat réservation? Asking here since db customer service is not responding.

Hello, I have a problem.I want to travel from Marseille to Barcelona in a little more than 2 weeks and now wanted to buy a seat reservation. And altough Interrail says, that the reservations in paper form will arrive if I buy them 6 days before the travel, it always states that it probably wont arrive in time.Can somebody help me? Are there no more seats available? Can I reserve them in another way?I would be very grateful to hear from you soon.Sincerely, Tobias

Bonjour !Nous avons une nouvelle question, nous voulons faire un certain trajet, avec notre global pass, mais en le recherchant sur l’appli rail planer, celle ci ne trouve aucune gare, alors qu’elles sont dans le partenariat avec interrail. Par exemple :Budapest - Belgrade : introuvable  Aucune gare en Bosnie alors qu’il y en a sur la carteAvez vous des explications à ce sujet ? Des solutions ? Merci à tous ! 

can I book en make reservation on my computer at home? There are many problems. Pay in dollars for example. I will travel with three persons from Heerenveen to Hastings. so reserve from Brussel midi to London.Who can help me?

Hi,I am looking to book seat reservations for my group on the night train going from Bucharest to Budapest early July. It seems that interrail only offer paper tickets for this train which will not arrive to my house or my hostel in time according to interrail leaving me unable to proceed with my order. Is there anyway around this where I can book a seat reservation and use an email confirmation as my proof of purchase?Would we be better off to buy a seat reservation at the train station as soon as we get to Bucharest?If we are unable to secure a seat reservation would that lead us to not being allowed board the train? or would we still be able to board the train but have no seat?Looking forward to hearing any replies.

Hi, due to all the problems and uncertainty caused by the Interrail reservations process, I’m now considering just ‘paying’ for train tickets from the UK to Spain. The total cost is only GBP25 more than the Interrail plus all the reservations, but the difference could be zero if I can only get E20 Interrail reservations on SNCF - plus SNCF fares are refundable up to 2 weeks before travel, and Eurostar are exchangeable for free. And I don’t get the huge stress reservations and worrying about getting stuck! (I’m annoyed that I didn’t think of this earlier, as the Eurostar fares are now a lot more expensive than when I first checked).Can anyone tell me whether the ‘normal’ tickets in Spain have a compulsory reservation also? I see on the Renfe website that they have an ‘optional’ reservation for an extra E8, however if you don’t pay the E8, is it (A) you just have to choose a non-reserved seat when you get on board, and if you’re unlucky you might not get a seat with your companion, or (B