Originally Posted by MsEverywhere
OK, I see that I was overly optimistic in the amount of time that I originally expected to allow.
What about my question about different train if my flight is delayed, or earlier train if I actually get to the Rome train station early?
Does anyone have recommendation for first class vs. second class? Is 1st worth the extra €?
We have done about 20-30 trains in Italy, mostly on the BLQ-VCE route. The only one that was late was the day everything was very late due to snow in the mountains between FLR and BLQ.
We traveled exclusively on ES in first, until the snow delay. We were stuck on an IC. First class tickets were about 25% the ES tickets. The train took about 10 minutes longer(in close to 2 hours) BLQ-VCE. First class was virtually empty, and the seating much better than the ACLEA in the DC-NYC route. Not much food.
We now travel IC First, and pack our own food and lunch.