Corail Intercites sale fares for France during Sept-Oct, ??

I was checking out Tour companies, and wanted to see if I could get to the same places via train for a better price. Well, I discovered Corail Intercites %26quot;French Connection%26quot; through Rail Europe. They advertised from 7.50 euro, non-refundable, non-returnable tickets. I planned my day trip, but when I tried to book it, I needed a local UK address to send the ticket. Thus, are these sales only meant for French citizens? Can I take advantages of the sales, and have ticket sent to hotel.? The booking site asks for a Postal Number, which I do not have for my hotel.

Is it possible to wait until I get to Paris and then take advantage for the fare sales? Do these sell out?

Thanks for any advice

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I%26#39;m not sure that i understand : Rail Europe is an US travel agent, you should be able to buy from the USA (i think there is indeed a Rail Europe / UK).

The french train system%26#39;s (SNCF) website is www.sncf.com(english version http://www.sncf.com/indexe.htm)

As a french resident i have never heard of the specific type of tickets you mention but the sncf often offer discounted tickets or has sales (there will soon be a couple of days where 25 000 TGV tickets will be offered for 5 Euros),those discounted tickets generally sell fast.

You can look at the sncf site , there are no restriction to who may buy from this site ( they don%26#39;t mail tickets outside Europe, but many discounted ones are self printable - else, there is an option to pick them in any french railway station)

A common recommendationon this site is to look at a very train savy poster%26#39;s thread MorganB%26#39;s french trains guide

http://tinyurl.com/qpdef

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Thank you so much. Your email was most helpful. I some how got on a site quoting GBP rather than Euro. Anyway, I did successfully get the booking that I wanted on SNCF but it would only send the tickets to a France address (no printing on my computer at home).

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ccitems, you may have had the option to collect the tickets from the auto machines in France....you print off the details and then enter the booking number and swipe the same credit card - the machine prints out your tix....

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