What is the difference between 1st class Italy train tickets and 2nd class?

I would like to spend 4 days traveling around Italy and see many cities and towns. Do these tickets include a reserved sit?
Thank you!

In first class you can reserve a space, and I believe we were able to reserve a convertible sleeper berth,
Second class just lets you get on a car as space is available and the only cars have bench seats but no real way to stretch out and relax.

It's been several years since we were there but at that time the first class was a good upgrade, especially at night, second class during the daytime was ok because you were looking out and not necessarily trying to rest.

Booking Italy train tickets (trenitalia) online - how to validate ticket?

I am thinking of booking my train tickets between cities in Italy online. Does that mean I will have to print out my ticket at my local printer? How do I validate the ticket if it's simply a printout and not an actual official ticket? Also, is it better to do this online to ensure a seat or is it better to wing it and get the tickets at the station on the spot?

Unless you're here on the week on either side of Easter, you don't usually need to get tickets very far in advance. If you do book ahead of time, you can choose to go to one of the machines in the station to retrieve your ticket. There is a "ticketless" option for some trains, you can receive the code in an e-mail or just as an SMS message on your cell phone and show it to the conductor. The conductor will print a receipt.

Personally, I almost always just buy tickets at the station when I want to go somewhere.

Looking for a good website to buy train tickets for Italy? Looking for a good website to buy train tickets for Italy?

Www.trenitalia.com

You buy online and can get an eticket. On board you must present your ticket number or the credit card you paid with.

They offer deals not available elsewhere...look under special fares.

Unless you are planning on spending a longer period of time doing a lot of train travel, individual tickets bought here are cheaper than most rail passes available.

Is it better to buy a Eurail pass or just individual train tickets while traveling in Italy?

We are going to Italy for 12 days and plan spending 7 staying in Florence, but taking a few day trips around Tuscany. Would it make more economic sense to buy a Eurail pass or just individual tickets?

Based on the itinerary you described above-DEFINITELY individual tickets! A Eurail pass would be a waste of money.

Train tickets from Trenitalia website for Italy intercity, how to get discount fare for famly of 4?

Traveling from Naples to Florence and Bologna to Venice. It asked for Cartaviaggio card number whenever I tried to use the Family discount 25% or even 15%. Any advice? Is this a card purchase for frequent travellers? How to get discount without applying for the card?

As a tourist your only way to get discounts on train tickets is to see if the "Amica" fares are available. Choose this option from the take-down menu and you get discounts when you travel in pairs (so two people would get a discount, but not a third unless a fourth is traveling). These discounts are applied to a certain number of seats per train and once they are sold the discount is no longer available so it's worth getting your tickets in advance.

Anyone have a good website of how to plan my trip to italy next month also train tickets info and cheap hotel

I need any tips that would help me plan my vacation regarding
citys tours attraction,Hotels,Transportation,food, or things that you wished you knew before you went there.
Also I would like to go to Greece for couple days what is the best way to go and from which city is easier

There are several airline websites you can use for cheaper airfare such as www.smartertravel.com, just remember not to wait too long to get tickets as the price does go up the later you wait..
For accomodations, try using hostels instead of hotels... they can be more run down than a regular hotel but it is alot cheaper than staying at a name hotel...
As to train tickets try www.RailEurope.com... they have packages ranging from a ceartin number of countries within 15 days to one country for a week... just depends on what u need Have fun

We bought tickets in Rome for round trip train trip to Pisa. On he way back from Pisa the conductor said we only had paid for 1 traveler but we had two tickets with different seat numbers, how is it we had to pay the conductor again or was this just a way of being robbed legally in Italy?"

Before getting on the train, did you stamp your tickets? On any form of transportation here in Italy, whether it be the subway, bus, tram or train, there are yellow boxes either on (bus, tram) or before you enter (train and subway) that prints the date and time onto the ticket. This validates your ticket. If not validated, and a conducter comes by and checks your ticket, there could be a fine.

Is it alowed to make a stop on a train ticket in Italy eg from Venice to Bergamo, stop at Verona for a few hrs

I don't want to buy two separate train tickets fif possible but wondered if you can make a stopover on one ticket?

Genius Cook and John are both partially right. The regulations for tickets specify a valid duration from the time when the ticket is stamped before getting on the train. The Italian train website describes the validity and duration here: http://www.trenitalia.it/en/treni_stazi ... zioni.html. If you're taking regional trains with starting and ending stations in different regions (Veneto and Lombardia in your example), you have 6 hours to complete the trip. If you're using intercity trains, you have 24 hours to complete the trip. The 6 hour limit would not allow you time to see Verona, but the 24 hour limit certainly would.