How to buy train tickets in French without paying shipping fees why? it's cheaper than the US Rail Europe site pay with your credit card buy tix in

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1 Don't Panic

2 How to buy train tickets in French without paying shipping fees why? it's cheaper than the US Rail Europe site pay with your credit card buy tix in advance without needing them to be shipped downsides you need to pick up your tickets at the train station in France, either use an electronic machine that gives you your tickets, or go to the ticket counter and get your tickets from the attendant (this is similar to will call when you buy tickets for anything in the US)

3 go to this website: it's all in French To buy tickets select the time and places you want to go (see next page)

4 select start and leave point The train box should be checked put Paris in the Depart textbox put Dol in the Arrivee textbox select your date. In Europe the date is in DD/MM/YYYY format, so make sure you select the right days. Here, August 29th is selected as the depart date.

5 select start and leave point select the time of day you want to leave. 00h means midnight. 12h means 12:00 noon. 13h means 1:00pm, and so forth. select your return date in the same way. Or if you want to buy your return ticket later, you can buy one way for now by leaving the return box blank

6 select start and leave point Once you've set your dates and times, click on the button that says continuer

7 Round trip One way to search only for Direct trains (no connection) click here The panel will change to reveal more options

8 Nombre de passagers means how many passengers? don't worry about this text box; you don't have any coupon code ans means years, as in select how many years old you are. leave this box as is carte et abonnement don't touch this box 2e classe means 2nd class ticket which country are you planning on picking up your tickets in? It's France.

9 click the button that says rechercher ( search )

10 you will be temporarily annoyed with a movie advertisement such as this one for National Treasure 2.

11 A page like this one will pop up

12 A page like this one will pop up Select your trip warning, some of these schedules can't be reserved they are here only to annoy you This section displays the price total for the schedule you selected (next page)

13 39 Euro seems pretty cheap, maybe I'll take that one (see next page first) 3 hour long trip train #, you're going to be connecting in Rennes with this choice of schedule leaves from Montparnasse click here to validate your selection if you want this ticket

14 But wait! scroll down... leaves at 7:35 AM arrives in Dol at 10:22 AM Near the bottom of the page we have a direct train, no stop in Rennes, note orange color on price shorter travel time click on this one if you want a direct train and your schedule allows

15 your itenerary will pop up on next page would you like some travel insurance against stolen bags, missing trains due to lateness, etc.? Check this box if so. It costs 1.8 Euro click here to continue on

16 How will I pick up my tickets? have them mailed? pick them up from an automated teller? Your card won't be compatible with this machine. pick them up from a ticket window from a human being (or maybe a robot, the future is now)

17 The third choice is the best one. scroll down and enter your name

18 are you a Mr, Miss or a Mrs? address re-enter address your last name goes here first name goes here can you get html or text ? I accept terms and conditions, blah blah blah click here to continue

19 time to pay up your schedule you selected html how will you pay? Click the picture you recognize :) enter in your credit card # here expiration date annoying three digit code on back of card near sig panel

20 ok, click here to continue...

21 To Pick up your train tickets at the train station, you will need: The credit card you used to buy the tickets The sent to you buy SNCF that confirms you bought the tickets There will be a confirmation number in it make sure to print the out and bring it

22 That's as far as I'm goin' I don't want charges on my CC for tickets I don't need Questions? Just contact me. If you see a page you don't understand, take a screenshot of it and send it to me with your question. common questions: Why shouldn't I touch the box on slide 7 that says don't touch this box? Answer: the universe will explode.