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gorillaonabik...
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PostPosted: 22:25 - 21 Jun 2013    Post subject: Cheapest ferry to France this August? Reply with quote
Prices seem to have increased since last year. Last August it was £50 return on a ferry for the girlfriend and me. We trotted over to Brittany which was absolutely gorgeous - fantastic, beautiful little holiday.

This time around I want to blast down the autoroute to the South of France. Thinking of spending a week in Marseille or maybe a little further over - somewhere around Nice.

It's nice sticking to 100mph which turns the trip into a 2 day stint as we like to stop off somewhere en route to chill, see something new etc...

Anyone have any ferry ideas? And does anyone else do this trip and stop off half way somewhere S of Paris and maybe have a recommendation?
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Lyam
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PostPosted: 00:51 - 22 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Le shuttle during the week before 2pm is usually cheap and a hundred times better than a ferry
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Lyam
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PostPosted: 00:53 - 22 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Le shuttle during the week before 2pm is usually cheap and a hundred times better than a ferry
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Marmalade
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PostPosted: 08:08 - 22 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lyam wrote:
Le shuttle during the week before 2pm is usually cheap and a hundred times better than a ferry


2 day return on the tunnel is £24 ish but staying for a week would be around the £70 mark because it's more expensive for them to carry your weeks worth of clothes.
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Lyam
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PostPosted: 11:57 - 22 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I paid 60 return and was in France for 8 days, but only because i travelled before 2pm midweek each way.
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Marmalade
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PostPosted: 14:43 - 22 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lyam wrote:
I paid 60 return and was in France for 8 days, but only because i travelled before 2pm midweek each way.


It doesn't usually make much of a difference, going before 6am and after 8pm is the best priced departures and booking at least before 11pm on the day before you travel.

Just done a look through and cheapest i could get for over 7 days was going out prior to 6am on Mon 1st and coming back before 6am Tues 9th at £63
Early afternoon departure and returns sees prices around £80

The worst you'll pay for a standard return ticket is £84 or you could more than double that with flexiplus if you want to feel special in your own lounge and be loaded first/off first to save 3 minutes and have the flexible booking option.
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gorillaonabik...
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PostPosted: 01:48 - 24 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lyam wrote:
Le shuttle during the week before 2pm is usually cheap and a hundred times better than a ferry


Last year I paid £50 return on a ferry and I genuinely prefer the ferry. Usually I use the ferry time to sleep and drink a bit of water, maybe grab a bite to eat. The sleeping bit is particularly important to me on a long trip - less chance of an accident.

However, I'm OK with a bit more cash because everything is going up in price and I just have to accept it.
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PostPosted: 18:29 - 26 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can get a single crossing on the ferry for £14 if you look on the net. Got one last month on the old Sea France line. DFS do £14 ticket's as well.
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gorillaonabik...
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PostPosted: 07:32 - 29 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
John933 wrote:
You can get a single crossing on the ferry for £14 if you look on the net. Got one last month on the old Sea France line. DFS do £14 ticket's as well.
John933


Sea France here I come!

Thanks for this.
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Amreet
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PostPosted: 11:04 - 29 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
even less! £9.40 for sailing at half 5 in the morning
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Lady Phoenix
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PostPosted: 11:08 - 29 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ive just been looking at this too

I can book the Channel Tunnel next week for £15 each way, less if I want to go at stupid o clock
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Marmalade
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PostPosted: 12:18 - 29 Jun 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lady Phoenix wrote:
Ive just been looking at this too

I can book the Channel Tunnel next week for £15 each way, less if I want to go at stupid o clock


That'll be a short stay though.

I don't get it. I understand he peak rate price differences but why is it £24 for a return trip for up to 48hrs but longer than that it's doubled, stay a week or more and it's tripled.

You'd think with half empty trains leaving the stations they might think about not stitching people up just because they want to have a holiday in France.

If i'm going to go out for for more than a couple of days i'll get on a ferry and save a few pennies.
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gorillaonabik...
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PostPosted: 01:18 - 01 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Marmalade wrote:
Lady Phoenix wrote:
Ive just been looking at this too

I can book the Channel Tunnel next week for £15 each way, less if I want to go at stupid o clock


That'll be a short stay though.

I don't get it. I understand he peak rate price differences but why is it £24 for a return trip for up to 48hrs but longer than that it's doubled, stay a week or more and it's tripled.

You'd think with half empty trains leaving the stations they might think about not stitching people up just because they want to have a holiday in France.

If i'm going to go out for for more than a couple of days i'll get on a ferry and save a few pennies.


Bizarrely, I worked on the initial financing of the d@mn tunnel and I have absolutely no idea myself!!!
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