Eurostar

Welcome to Eurostar Snap

Save on last-minute train tickets

How Eurostar Snap works

You choose a date

Pick your travel dates, invite up to three friends and make your booking.

We pick your train

We’ll send your train times at least 48 hours before travel.

You get exclusive fares

Get up to 50% off the price of your tickets*.

Spontaneous travel starts here

Get ready to embrace that "pack your bags, we’re off" feeling. With Snap, you can book a spur-of-the-moment trip to one of Europe’s most exciting cities and still enjoy the same great experience on board.​

You pick your travel dates, we pick your train times, and you get up to 50% off the price of your tickets*. Sometimes it pays to be spontaneous.​

If you can be flexible with your travel times, this is the deal for you. Invite up to three friends or travel buddies and enjoy the same comfort and style you’ve come to expect from a Eurostar trip with the added bonus of a lower fare. Just so you know, we can’t guarantee that you’ll all be seated together.

How to use Snap and where it can take you

It’s easy. Just choose your destination and travel dates. Pay for your seats. And we’ll send your train times by email at least 48 hours before your trip.

You can book as many times as you like, and you can travel both ways between:

  • Paris and Brussels
  • Paris and Amsterdam
  • Paris and Cologne
  • London and Brussels
  • London and Paris

Or you can travel one way between London and Amsterdam.

The early bird might catch the worm…

…But it doesn’t get to revel in the excitement of an ad-hoc adventure! You can book Snap seats up to 14 days before travel** or as late as the day before. And with no hanging around at baggage carousels or painful airport transfers, your journey will be hassle-free too.

Low prices, lower carbon

Travelling by train emits on average 90% less CO2e compared to cars and 95% less than planes***.

Reap the rewards

And it’s not all about the prices. You’ll earn Club Eurostar points on your booking which you can spend on a whole bunch of rewards.​ You can make a Snap booking directly through your Club Eurostar account – find out how in our FAQs section below.

Not a Club Eurostar member? Enjoy a more rewarding way to travel by signing up for free today.

The boring (but really important) bit

Just so you know, once you’ve booked with Eurostar Snap, you won’t be able to exchange your ticket, cancel it or transfer any of the tickets to anyone else if one of your friends can no longer make it. Tickets are non-exchangeable, non-refundable, non-transferable, non-cancellable. You can read our full terms and conditions here.

Frequently asked questions

No, you can't book a same day return using Snap.​

Snap tickets are non-exchangeable, non-refundable, non-transferable and non-cancellable.​

Our usual terms and conditions apply for delays if you’ve booked using Snap.​

You’ll be given the option to sign into your Club Eurostar account when making a booking with Eurostar Snap, so you can earn points and bonus points and you'll still have access to our Eurostar Lounges and priority ticket gates if your club tier allows. You can also spend points on Snap bookings.

However, the usual flexible travel perks for Avantage, Carte Blanche and Étoile members will not apply to Eurostar Snap bookings – Snap passengers can't travel on any Eurostar train to their destination on the day of their booking nor hop on the Eurostar train before or after the one booked, for free. The Club Eurostar class upgrade benefit also can’t be used in conjunction with Snap tickets.

For now, you can't book a seat with Snap for kids. If they are under 4, they can travel for free with you without a seat reservation.

Seat selection is not available on Snap for now. If you're travelling as a group, we can't guarantee you'll be seated together​.

You can't use a discount code when booking with Snap. But you can use an e-voucher.

You can't book a wheelchair ticket. This is because the fares for wheelchair users available on eurostar.com are cheaper than Snap tickets.

But you can book a space for your/guide/assistance animal or a companion ticket. Just book your ticket using Snap as usual and then call our contact centre to book a companion ticket or a space for your guide/assistance animal. We request you pre-book at least 24 hours before the departure date and time.

Yes, you can. Book your ticket using Snap as usual and then call our contact centre to book a companion ticket or a space for your guide/assistance animal.

We request you pre-book at least 24 hours before the departure date and time.

*Get up to 50% discount off the public price of a Standard ticket 7 days before departure.

**Bookings can be made up to 14 days before travel on our routes to/from London or up to 8 days before on all our other routes.

***The analysis by EcoRes uses average CO2e emissions per passenger travelling 1km. The calculations used 2022 internal data from the entire Eurostar-Thalys network (annual consumption of traction electricity, number of passengers transported, number of km travelled by these passengers), and CO2e emission factors attributed to traction electricity produced in the respective countries crossed. For thermal cars, the emissions factor used is average for a combustion-powered car (averaged fuel) on a long-distance journey at 171gCO2e/km considering 2.2 person per car, taken from the ADEME (French Agency for Ecological Transition) Carbon Base. Calculations for the average CO2e emissions per passenger for flights used combustion emissions from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) calculator, with additional upstream emissions data (WTT) based on DGAC (direction Générale de l’aviation civile) ratio of 22%. Non-CO2e effects (condensation trails and cirrus clouds) were not taken into account. More information on eurostar.com.

Calculations taken from an independent study carried out by EcoRes SCRL in July 2023.

For full details, see eurostar.com/uk-en/sustainability.