roadlesstraveled
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Posted 6 years ago
Hi. I want to travel to these 4 countries with my wife for my honeymoon. I am a British national, but at the moment I am visiting Pakistan and will be going directly from here to Amsterdam and onwards. My questions are:
1. Will I be able to buy my Interail ticket online from here, and do I need to have the actual hardcopy ticket shipped to me? Also, my wife is a Pakistani national and will need a Eurail Select pass, and the same questions apply to her.
2. Would it be better to buy our passes once we are in Amsterdam rather than online here? And how will we reserve our seats for all the journeys, is that not possible until we actually buy the passes?
3. If we buy and reserve the passes and seats only after we are in Amsterdam, is it going to be difficult to reserve seats on the trains?
Flo
Traveller
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Hi and welcome to railcc!
1) You can buy your Interrail ticket online via [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail/[/ux] which should be also possible from Pakistan. Same applies to the Eurail pass for your wife which is available via [ux]https://rail.shop/eurail/[/ux]. You need the actual paper ticket when travelling; however it is possible to have the tickets shipped to another (European) address, for instance a hotel or hostel (if you go for this option please clear the details with your accomodation first).
2) You can do both - buy online or locally at the station. You support our work only by buying your tickets online through the above links but if it is more convenient for you buying locally than you should do that.
You can buy reservations before having the actual pass (eg when buying reservations online), however at some station (especially in Eastern and Southern Europe) you will be also asked to show your pass when making reservations.
3) Depends on your actual route and the trains you want to take. You can reserve some trains online:
Thalys (Amsterdam - Paris): [ux]https://rail.shop/beurope/reservation/[/ux] - also have a look at the blogs: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/thalys-amsterdam-paris/[/ux] and [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/amsterdam-brussels-train/[/ux]
TGV: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/interrail-reservation-guide-tgv/[/ux]
Flo