This is the question on the lips of many French reconfigured, at the beginning of November and when the SNCF has just put on sale its tickets for the winter holidays.
Can we leave for the end of year celebrations?
According to an Ifop poll for
Le Parisien
dated November 1, seven in ten French people are preparing for a confined Christmas.
Asked about Franceinfo this Friday morning, the Minister Delegate for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari for his part provided a response from Normand, indicating that the offer would be reinforced during a deconfinement, of course, but that it might not have only in January, and that the tickets would be refundable anyway ...
"From the moment we deconfine, we will increase the supply of transport"
, announced Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.
"The traffic, it is decreasing now, with regard to the confinement, and it is obvious that after December 15, or January 15, or on a date which will be defined for the new deconfinement"
, this
"new deconfinement will be accompanied by a resumption of traffic "
, added the Minister Delegate, arguing of a
" precautionary principle ".
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Flexible conditions and attractive prices
"Either way, the train tickets, the plane tickets you buy today are refundable and exchangeable at no cost,"
he noted.
"The French, they are waiting, and I think they will wait for the Christmas holidays as for the summer holidays
," he noted, recalling that the majority of people had then bought their tickets at the last moment.
So, will reserve, will not reserve?
All train tickets are already available for sale for the Christmas period.
And as usual, the first customers to book are likely to find the best fares ... or simply get a seat, as the trains running during the school holidays are traditionally crowded quite early in the season.
Remember that in the event of a deterioration in the health situation or an extension of government measures, train tickets remain, in any case, exchangeable and cancellable free of charge until January 4, 2021. And this, until the departure time on the site or the Oui.Sncf application for TGV inOui and Intercités tickets.
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No great risk, therefore, to book your ticket now, especially as the SNCF currently offers very attractive prices.
On November 19, tickets for the new mountain destinations (Lyon, Grenoble, Albertville, Moutiers-Salins, Aime-la-Plagne and Bourg-Saint-Maurice) will go on sale, at an exceptionally low price.
Count from € 10 for adults and a fixed price of € 5 for children, including during school holidays.
