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Harwich to Heathrow this summer
Our ship (Jewel of the Seas) rolls in to Harwich at 4AM, and we'd LOVE to
catch a 12:15PM non-stop flight home from Heathrow, but I'm afraid it's too early. We're not planning on using cruise transfers, but as a reference point, they recommend not booking anything earlier than 1PM when using their service. It would save us 9 hours of travel time (and about $75 each)...but of course we don't want to miss the dang flight. How long does it take to get off the ship and get to Heathrow? We want to take the train to Harwich on the way out, but maybe a car service on the way back? Anyone done this? There's 4 of us, one bag a piece. |
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Harwich to Heathrow this summer
Beth Peace wrote:
Our ship (Jewel of the Seas) rolls in to Harwich at 4AM, and we'd LOVE to catch a 12:15PM non-stop flight home from Heathrow, but I'm afraid it's too early. We're not planning on using cruise transfers, but as a reference point, they recommend not booking anything earlier than 1PM when using their service. It would save us 9 hours of travel time (and about $75 each)...but of course we don't want to miss the dang flight. How long does it take to get off the ship and get to Heathrow? We want to take the train to Harwich on the way out, but maybe a car service on the way back? Anyone done this? There's 4 of us, one bag a piece. trains are about every hour during the day maybe a bit less in the early- AM but check the train site takes about 2 hours; taxi to paddington about 10 min and 30 or less to heathrow. Depend how soon to get off the ship |
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Harwich to Heathrow this summer
Leo Tick wrote:
Beth Peace wrote: Our ship (Jewel of the Seas) rolls in to Harwich at 4AM, and we'd LOVE to catch a 12:15PM non-stop flight home from Heathrow, but I'm afraid it's too early. We're not planning on using cruise transfers, but as a reference point, they recommend not booking anything earlier than 1PM when using their service. It would save us 9 hours of travel time (and about $75 each)...but of course we don't want to miss the dang flight. How long does it take to get off the ship and get to Heathrow? We want to take the train to Harwich on the way out, but maybe a car service on the way back? Anyone done this? There's 4 of us, one bag a piece. trains are about every hour during the day maybe a bit less in the early- AM but check the train site takes about 2 hours; taxi to paddington about 10 min and 30 or less to heathrow. Depend how soon to get off the ship Trains depart Harwich 05:37 06:22 07:08 07:10 08:00 Harwich to London Liverpool Street takes just over an hour and a half. Don't forget you will be arriving at Liverpool Street at peak hour and it would take much longer than 10 minutes to get to Paddington The Heathrow Express takes 15 minutes from Paddington, but there could be a long walk at the other end, depending where you are leaving from. Trains leave Paddington every 15 minutes. I think you would be pushing it a bit doing it this way. A transfer by car from Harwich to Heathrow will cost £159 http://www.adlg.co.uk/harwich.htm You would have to email them to find out how long it would take. HTH -- Anne Chambers, South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com |
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Harwich to Heathrow this summer
Anne Chambers wrote: Leo Tick wrote: Beth Peace wrote: Our ship (Jewel of the Seas) rolls in to Harwich at 4AM, and we'd LOVE to catch a 12:15PM non-stop flight home from Heathrow, but I'm afraid it's too early. We're not planning on using cruise transfers, but as a reference point, they recommend not booking anything earlier than 1PM when using their service. It would save us 9 hours of travel time (and about $75 each)...but of course we don't want to miss the dang flight. How long does it take to get off the ship and get to Heathrow? We want to take the train to Harwich on the way out, but maybe a car service on the way back? Anyone done this? There's 4 of us, one bag a piece. trains are about every hour during the day maybe a bit less in the early- AM but check the train site takes about 2 hours; taxi to paddington about 10 min and 30 or less to heathrow. Depend how soon to get off the ship Trains depart Harwich 05:37 06:22 07:08 07:10 08:00 Harwich to London Liverpool Street takes just over an hour and a half. Don't forget you will be arriving at Liverpool Street at peak hour and it would take much longer than 10 minutes to get to Paddington The Heathrow Express takes 15 minutes from Paddington, but there could be a long walk at the other end, depending where you are leaving from. Trains leave Paddington every 15 minutes. I think you would be pushing it a bit doing it this way. A transfer by car from Harwich to Heathrow will cost £159 http://www.adlg.co.uk/harwich.htm You would have to email them to find out how long it would take. HTH It will be very, very close and the odds are that you will in fact be delayed somewhere along the route. You will then be at Heathrow, having missed your flight. I would suggest looking at something leaving after 2 p.m. if at all possible. Much less stressful. Of course the "best" idea would be to book into a hotel at or near Heathrow and go the next day in the morning. That way the stress factor would be minimal all around, you could have a nice restful breakfast on the ship, a relaxed trip to Heathrow, and all the rest. Have a great trip, John in LALALand (On the Left Coast) |
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