A good time for travel.
The SNCF has just announced that it will open its ticket office on Wednesday January 24 to reserve train journeys for the period from March 25 to May 22 with TGV InOui and Intercités, and until July 5 with Ouigo on the site and the SNCF Connect app.
A period during which school holidays will take place, which extend from April 6 to May 13 depending on the areas as well as the May holidays.
On its website, the SNCF does not fail to remind you that “the year 2024 is ideal”.
During this period, Monday April 1 (Easter Monday), Wednesday May 1 (Labor Day), Wednesday May 8 (Armistice Day 1945), Thursday May 9 (Ascension Thursday) and Monday May 20 ( Pentecost Monday) will be public holidays.
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She also reminds us that you can take advantage of a five-day weekend at the beginning of May by leaving on Friday May 10, leaving from May 8 to 12 as well as a 3-day weekend at Pentecost.
It is also possible to have a week's vacation by taking 3 days: Monday 6, Tuesday 7 and Friday 10 May from May 4 to 12.
Have “more chance of sitting together”
The SNCF advises travelers to book as soon as sales open to have a maximum chance of having availability on a maximum number of journeys and to have more choice of timetables and places on the train, and thus have "more lucky to be sitting together when you are in a group.”
If the railway company usually indicates that reserving the first tickets on sale also allows you to obtain tickets at a better price, it did not specify this in its press release this time.
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In detail, from Wednesday morning, passengers will be able to reserve the TGV Inoui in France and Intercités for journeys until May 22, 2024;
the TGV Inoui Brussels, Luxembourg-Paris, Fribourg-Paris for journeys over the next four months;
the TGV Inoui to Spain, DB-SNCF in cooperation, TGV Lyria, TGV Inoui France-Italy for journeys over the next six months;
Ter for journeys in the next 3, 4 or 5 months, depending on the region;
Ouigo for journeys until July 5;
Eurostar to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany for journeys over the next four months;
Eurostar to England for journeys over the next eleven months.