Great experience, our roundtrip through the North of Spain by Train. From Rotterdam to Hendaye, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Santillana del Mar, Llanes, Oviedo, Santiago de Compostela, Burgos, Hendaya. We t... See more
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HappyRail seat reservations in Spain on a Eurail pass, fun 🙂
I’ve been waiting for seat reservations from Madrid to Toledo to become available. When they did I went to the other site I’d been using and although the trains were there their system told me to reserve seats at the station? Madrid Atocha is not somewhere you want to be doing this at peak local commute time.
Went to HappyRail and was able to get my seat reservations with no drama. Seems HappyRail’s interface with Renfe is much better than the other website! Also “ The Man in seat61” recommended HappyRail, he was right. Finally they have dynamic pricing. The cost of my seat reservations went down while I was on the website! Ticketing and payment was easy. Well done Happy Rail :)
Best provider for reserving seats visually
The only provider I know of that will let me just pay for a seat reservation AND let me pick my seat visually for both TGV and AVE trains (I assume others as well, but haven't tried yet) - when using an Interrail Pass.
Easy to use and convenient for booking…
Easy to use and convenient for booking seats. I had a good experience .
Easy booking system
Easy booking system. Lots of information on the site. Easy to have contact and ask questions.
Very easy to use
Easy to book but expensive …
It was easy to book but the tickets were expensive. We have interrail passes but had to pay 30 euro each för the reservations.
Easy to use site
Easy to use site. Booked seat reservations for all my journeys without any difficulties. Price was ok
Great for Interrail in Spain
I made a reservation for a train in Spain (to be used together with an Interrail ticket) which wasn't possible anywhere else. Super nice that it was possible and easy to do via happyrail. Spain is so unfriendly for Interrail pass holders usually, but happyrail solves that problem.
Easy and quick to buy a ticket
Easy and quick to buy a ticket. Prices are also good, better than the competition. I especially like the straightforward process, without any fuss. Just an email with tickets and no discount offers or spam emails, unlike the competition. It works like a charm.
Great for interrail reservations
This was the only website where I could make the reservations for spanish first class interrail tickets. Costs 2€ per person per trip.
Only on the PC one booking for train and hotel.
On the PC it was easy to book train and hotel but on my smartphone it was not possible to book train and hotel in one deal.
I fly from the Netherlands to Basel at…
I fly from the Netherlands to Basel at least four times a year and then take the train to Interlaken. I buy my train tickets in the Netherlands through HappyRail because it's easy to use and I can choose the best prices and times.
Booking citytrip Basel
Easy booking, good hotel selection and useful information.
Booking was easy to follow the steps
Booking was easy to follow the steps. Some travel options where in the booking system double. This was a bit confusing. The chat assistent helped me find the right connection in the end.
Booking was easy
Booking was easy. The Rails numbers were displayed in the ticket as well as the arrival times which is all you need. Everything was very accessible and practical. Would buy one again :D
It was easy to use the site
Buying SBB train tickets from outside Switzerland is difficult if your card isn't coded correctly. It wasn't like this just a few years ago. Using Happyrail I was able to use our half fare card I bought through another 2nd party vendor. Got the tickets , the discount and the seats we needed. They give you the many of the same choices SBB does.
Better prices than on the web-site of…
Better prices than on the web-site of the train company !
Although in the beginning difficult to…
Although in the beginning difficult to understand the site procedure, it became after finding the way very easy trainticket booking was a piece of cake.
Reaches places other systems don’t.
I was having trouble booking seats on Spanish trains for an upcoming Interrail trip. After consulting The Man in Seat 61, I followed the link to HappyRail. Booking was straightforward thanks to a very user-friendly website. I will be using this site in future for other Wuropean train journeys.
Clear overview of available trains
Clear overview of available trains, best option is clearly indicated and clear email with explanation of how to use the tickets in the different countries. Now still to experience it in practice, for now the connections seem to line up well. From NL to a small village in Switzerland.
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