Are you planning to travel by train or go skiing by rail for the 2023 winter holidays?
Now is the time to book.
This Wednesday, November 9, at 6 a.m., SNCF is opening
TGV inOui and Intercités tickets for sale until March 26, 2023
inclusive.
For a departure beyond this period, you will have to do your research four months before the planned travel date (for example, December 15 for a departure on April 15, 2023).
The first customers to book are the most likely to find the best rates...or just get a seat.
Some trains running during the winter holidays are traditionally overwhelmed and fill up quickly.
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All tickets are exchangeable and refundable free of charge up to three days before departure regardless of the fare chosen.
From two days before departure, a deduction of €15 per person and per journey applies on TGV inOui.
It is 40% of the ticket price on Intercités with compulsory reservation (up to a limit of €12).
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Reservations open until July 2023 at Ouigo
Reservations for Ouigo
trains
have been open since the beginning of October for runs until July 7, 2023. The low-cost subsidiary of the SNCF will from this winter serve new destinations on a permanent basis, including Brest, La Rochelle and Perpignan.
Good news for those who want to go to the mountains by train: from December 15, 2022 to March 27, 2023, a daily round trip will be provided from Paris Gare de Lyon to Bourg-Saint-Maurice via Grenoble, Albertville, Moutiers-Salins and Aime-la-Plagne (from €16, or fixed price of €5 for children under 12).
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International
TGVs
going to Spain, Switzerland (TGV Lyria), Italy and Germany can be booked up to 6 months in advance.
Fancy a weekend in London?
At
Eurostar
, reservations are already open until August 30, 2023. Standard and Standard Premier tickets can be exchanged free of charge up to seven days before departure (the possible fare difference between the old and the new ticket is the responsibility of the customers) but remains are non-refundable.
For its part,
Thalys
, which serves Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne in particular, opens its reservations four months in advance (so until the beginning of March 2023).
All tickets can be exchanged or canceled free of charge up to
seven days before departure.
Finally, at
Trenitalia
, SNCF's competitor on the Paris-Lyon-Milan axis, tickets are available up to six months before departure, i.e. until early May 2023.