About reserving now or waiting until Paris - in 1995 we made international couchette reservations in Paris for a train from the south of France to Rome and I swore I wouldn't wait to do it in Paris again. It just took too long - too much time out of our valuable hours in Paris. Since then I have bought tickets in Paris for France only trips and it was fine. Perhaps it is all speedier now for international too.

Frances Toronto, Canada