SNCF Connect bookings

[Esker-pades]

I'm looking at TGV tickets for April/May. For the dates I'm after, the booking page has a banner at the top saying "more trains will soon be available to book for this journey". Should I wait until those extra trains/seats become available or just go for it now?

 

[30907]

Look at the base timetable on the DB or similar website, which may give you an idea of what should run.

What specific route/s are you looking at?

 

[Esker-pades]

Paris to Frankfurt
Geneve to Nantes
Nantes to Paris

 

[30907]

Depending on date, I suspect you are looking too far ahead for some routes, eg Paris-Brussels-Frankfurt. You may also have hit engineering works where timetables are not finalised.

 

[Esker-pades]

It sounds reasonable. I'm booking for the first week of May, so I'm just within the three months.

 

[Gordon]

Personally, I would wait a bit longer. Sometimes searches give you 'roundabout routes' which turn out to be far from the best way of getting from your A to your B. If you book one of the 'available now' ones it may give you 2 - 3 changes, on a route where a much more direct service actually exists.

Geneve Nantes isn't really a TGV route so it might be worth not trying to book that as a single journey. It is usually faster / easier to go via Paris, even with a change of stations. And look at Geneva - Lyon by ordinary train and Lyon - Nantes by TGV

 

[dutchflyer]

The wait may also simply be as no final timings have been made yet due to whatever works along the lines. On a site like bahn.com one can see what the normal service is expected to be-so compare if many trains are missing.
IF you make more trips as just these I would also rec to look into InterRail (yes, common misunderstanding, but it does also remain INterRail for UK!). BUT then you have to deal with the pesky separate to be done REServations-not that easy and if wanted direct from CH/Gnv also pricey (a lot cheaper form 1st stop In FR=Bellegarde). How do you cover FRA->GNV?
May is a month full of holidays and long weekends, here on the continent quite other dates as those Bank hls in GB and as you know these tend to attract many pax and thus higher set fares-right from the start.