Hi, my partner and I will be in Europe for our honeymoon in December this year.
I was wondering if it is adviseable that time of year to pre-book seats on all of our trains or will we be able to go to the station and jump on board.
We will be travelling on a Eurail Global Pass. In Germany, we will be doing the following trips - Innbruck to Munich, Munich to Nuremberg, and Nuremberg to Amsterdam.
Do you still pay a reservation fee if booking at the train station on the day?
Thanks in advance!
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Depends when in December. I%26#39;d for sure book seats for the one long leg, the Nuremberg-Amsterdam trip. Assuming that you are travelling first class with a Eurail pass, you won%26#39;t need reservations for the two shorter trips (unless it is a peak travel day like, for example, Dec 23...)
Of course you pay a reservation fee if you book at the station, and if you are unlucky there might even be no more seats available. Book these in advance.
We have had some Aussie posters here who had been told by their travel agents that a seat reservation costs more than 40 €. This is plain wrong and a ripoff. A seat reservation on DB trains is 4 € per seat when booked online on http://www.bahn.de, the website of German railways (English version available), the same price as at the station. Look up your connection and proceed as if you wanted to book tickets. At a certain point the system will ask you if you want a ticket with reservation, a ticket without reservation, or a seat reservation only - tick the third option.
Bookings can in theory be done 89 days in advance. Since the timetable changes in early December, however, you will have to wait till the new timetable is online, which usually happens in mid to late October.
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Innsbruck to Munich
There are 2 routes. The main one via Kufstein and a more scenic one via Mittenwald.
eisenbahnen.at/bilderalben/karwendelbahn.sht…
On the Mittenwald route there are only regional trains where seat reservations are not possible at all. However as these trains start in Innsbruck it won%26#39;t be a problem to find free seats if you%26#39;re there in time.
Munich to Nuremberg
Needs just 1 hour by ICE. I would not reserve for this leg.
Nuremberg to Amsterdam
You can reserve seats for this trip e.g. already in Innsbruck or Munich.
Seat reservations online are only possible for domestic trips inside Germany. Thus in this case from Nuremberg to Oberhausen. The chance that your seat will be given to someone else for the rest of the trip is however small.
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December isn%26#39;t a very busy month in Europe. I would skip the seat reservations and sit where the spirit moves.
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%26gt;December isn%26#39;t a very busy month in Europe.
Unless it%26#39;s around the Christmas holidays and New Year%26#39;s which is peak of peak travel time...
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