SCNF: Tickets for the Christmas holidays open this Wednesday and there won’t be enough for everyone

Christmas tickets will be put online on October 2nd. MAXPPP – RITCHIE B. TONGO

To all TGV Inoui, Intercités and Ouigo users, this Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024, SNCF ticket sales for the Christmas holidays open.

It's time to look forward to the end-of-year celebrations. This Wednesday, October 2nd, at 6 a.m., the SNCF will put its train tickets on sale for the Christmas holiday period, indicates the site SNCF Connect.

Which journeys can you book ?

From this Wednesday morning, if you are a TGV, Ouigo, Intercités and TER user, you will be able to book your tickets for a journey from December 15, 2024 to January 8, 2025.

From this October 2, 2024, you will be able to book your tickets for different journeys, the railway company indicates on its website:

TGV Inoui in France and Intercités for your journeys until January 8, 2025 TER for your journeys in the next 3, 4 or 5 months, depending on the region Ouigo for your journeys until July 4, 2025 TGV Inoui Brussels, TGV Inoui Luxembourg-Paris, TGV Inoui Fribourg-Paris for your journeys in the next 4 months TGV Inoui to Spain, DB-SNCF in cooperation, TGV Lyria, TGV Inoui France-Italy for your journeys in the next 6 months EUROSTAR to England, for your journeys in the next 11 months EUROSTAR to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, for your journeys in the next 4 month

Book as early as possible

The SCNF advises its users to book as early as possible, as soon as its ticket office opens. On the one hand, to have attractive prices since from the 10th week before the departure date, prices “increase and possible savings are lower”, according to the Trainline platform.

And on the other hand, to be sure of having a place: “Among the most popular destinations, some displayed up to a quarter of the trains full in the three days following the opening of sales”, indicated Trainline.

With the “pricing “dynamic” set up by the SNCF, the price of a train seat varies according to the date, demand and the occupancy of the train at the time the reservation is made, explains BFMTV. A seat reserved late could therefore cost you more if the destination is sought after.