SNCF Question
 

Hello,

I live in Barcelona and I am planning to fly into Geneva on October 4th
and would like to take the train to Grenoble.

I do not understand the website. I do not want tickets delivered to my
home in Barcelona but would like to pick them up at station in Geneva.
The website will not let me move forward in my online booking unless I
give them my mailing address for sending the tickets to my home.

Recommendations?

Best Regards,

Drew

Re: SNCF Question
 

[email protected] wrote in news:1127564459.220124.90880
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

    > Hello,
    >
    > I live in Barcelona and I am planning to fly into Geneva on October 4th
    > and would like to take the train to Grenoble.
    >
    > I do not understand the website. I do not want tickets delivered to my
    > home in Barcelona but would like to pick them up at station in Geneva.
    > The website will not let me move forward in my online booking unless I
    > give them my mailing address for sending the tickets to my home.
    >
    > Recommendations?
    >
    > Best Regards,
    >
    > Drew
    >
    >

indicate that your country is the same as the country of departure


--
Joseph Coulter
Cruises and Vacations
http://www.josephcoulter.com/

Re: SNCF Question
 

OK. I chose Switzerland as my country and at the webpage where I am
forced to enter my personal information they still say:

Confirm your order by paying online and choose to:

Receive your ticket free by post

This are no choices!

Below, they ask for my personal information which includes my mailing
address for sending the tickets in the section:

Check the fields entered before validating. Your file references will
be sent by e-mail. You can then use them to collect or print your
tickets.

Does this mean they will give me a file reference and tickets will be
both sent AND/OR I can print them?

Cheers,

Drew

Re: SNCF Question
 

OK. I chose Switzerland as my country and at the webpage where I am
forced to enter my personal information they still say:

Confirm your order by paying online and choose to:

Receive your ticket free by post

This are no choices!

Below, they ask for my personal information which includes my mailing
address for sending the tickets in the section:

Check the fields entered before validating. Your file references will
be sent by e-mail. You can then use them to collect or print your
tickets.

Does this mean they will give me a file reference and tickets will be
both sent AND/OR I can print them?

Cheers,

Drew

Re: SNCF Question
 

OK. I chose Switzerland as my country and at the webpage where I am
forced to enter my personal information they still say:

Confirm your order by paying online and choose to:

Receive your ticket free by post

This are no choices!

Below, they ask for my personal information which includes my mailing
address for sending the tickets in the section:

Check the fields entered before validating. Your file references will
be sent by e-mail. You can then use them to collect or print your
tickets.

Does this mean they will give me a file reference and tickets will be
both sent AND/OR I can print them?

Cheers,

Drew

Re: SNCF Question
 

On 24 Sep 2005 05:48:01 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :

... OK. I chose Switzerland as my country and at the webpage where I am
... forced to enter my personal information they still say:
...
... Confirm your order by paying online and choose to:
...
... Receive your ticket free by post
...
... This are no choices!
...
... Below, they ask for my personal information which includes my mailing
... address for sending the tickets in the section:
...
... Check the fields entered before validating. Your file references will
... be sent by e-mail. You can then use them to collect or print your
... tickets.
...
... Does this mean they will give me a file reference and tickets will be
... both sent AND/OR I can print them?

Print them.
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/dynamic/...FR&_AGENCY=VSC

Re: SNCF Question
 

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] ups.com...
    > I do not understand the website. I do not want tickets delivered to my
    > home in Barcelona but would like to pick them up at station in Geneva.

I'd say that it would be the easiest choice to mail the tickets to your home
adress. I've bought tickets many times from their web site and mailing
addresses have been in Finland, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland. Always
without any problems.

Second thing is that if you choose the collect the tickets from Geneva it'll
be more expensive. Last time when I ordered tickets from Geneva to Paris by
TGV it was 25 euros including postage. If I would have choosen the picku-up
option from Geneva train station the price would have been 140 Francs (about
90 euros).

Re: SNCF Question
 

Hello,

I am not certain about this. On the website it says:

IMPRIMEZ VOTRE BILLET

Prem's, Offres Dernière Minute ou Thalys

I don't think my Billet is any of these three?

Drew

Re: SNCF Question
 

Hello,

I live in Spain and the ticket office is in Madrid. I do not trust the
slow spanish system. On the other hand, voyages-SNFC did not present
an option on the website for picking them up. This is what I am
worried about.

Drew

Re: SNCF Question
 

On 24 Sep 2005 09:48:19 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :

... Hello,
...
... I am not certain about this. On the website it says:
...
... IMPRIMEZ VOTRE BILLET
...
... Prem's, Offres Dernière Minute ou Thalys
...
... I don't think my Billet is any of these three?

That site is notoriously hard to use. At least twice I lost patience and actually went to
the train station - but that's not something you can do. Mind if I ask why you don't want
the tickets sent to your house?

Otherwise, don't you have an address in Geneva (a friend's, maybe?) where to send them?
Buying the tickets in Geneva is not an option? What about a travel agency?

Re: SNCF Question
 

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] ups.com...
    > I live in Spain and the ticket office is in Madrid. I do not trust the
    > slow spanish system.

When I have "web ordered" tickets to different countries from SNCF they has
always mailed the tickets from France.

Last time I ordered the tickets on 30th of June late in the evening and the
post stamp says that it has been mailed on July 5th

Re: SNCF Question
 

My only reason for not having them sent to my house is becuase I don't
think they will arrive in time. Today is the 24th and I am departing
for Geneva on the 4th (I live in Barcelona).

Can I buy the tickets at the train station in Geneva? Or do I have to
buy them ahead of time. I do not understand the system.

Cheers,

Drew

Re: SNCF Question
 

On 24 Sep 2005 13:08:05 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :

... My only reason for not having them sent to my house is becuase I don't
... think they will arrive in time. Today is the 24th and I am departing
... for Geneva on the 4th (I live in Barcelona).
...
... Can I buy the tickets at the train station in Geneva? Or do I have to
... buy them ahead of time. I do not understand the system.

Of course you can buy tickets at the station! You only need to book/buy them in advance if
you need a berth or if the train is like the Thalys or other TGVs.

Re: SNCF Question
 

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:20:12 +0200, "Mara" <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Second thing is that if you choose the collect the tickets from Geneva
    >it'll be more expensive. Last time when I ordered tickets from Geneva to
    >Paris by TGV it was 25 euros including postage. If I would have choosen
    >the picku-up option from Geneva train station the price would have been
    >140 Francs (about 90 euros).

Are you sure that this was not French Francs (i.e. around 22 Euros)? It
is still pretty common in France that prices are shown in EUR *and* FF.

CU, Martin

Re: SNCF Question
 

On 24 Sep 2005 13:08:05 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

    >My only reason for not having them sent to my house is becuase I don't
    >think they will arrive in time. Today is the 24th and I am departing
    >for Geneva on the 4th (I live in Barcelona).

The official mail-ordering deadline states at least 4 days in advance
within France and 7 days to foreign countries ...

CU, Martin