London to Paris Eurostar alternatives

We will be in London and had hoped to travel to Paris for two nights
before returning. Unfortunately, the eurostar rates for 4 of us is
nearly $500. Is there a less expensive alternative?

Thanks

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We will be in London and had hoped to travel to Paris for two nights
before returning. Unfortunately, the eurostar rates for 4 of us is
nearly $500. Is there a less expensive alternative?

Thanks

There is now a $90 midweek roundtrip fare

Dick

Fly RyanAir...
Howard


On 10 Nov 2003 17:40:26 -0800, wrote:

We will be in London and had hoped to travel to Paris for two nights
before returning. Unfortunately, the eurostar rates for 4 of us is
nearly $500. Is there a less expensive alternative?

Thanks

Retired Teacher, Terrible Mechanic, Worse Plumber!
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Travel mid-week (for 59 GBP per person), or you could fly for a similar
price with British Airways or Easyjet. The cheapest option is the bus at
about 30 GBP each... but it takes something like 8-9 hours. You can also
do train+boat+train (slightly faster than the bus) but I've no idea how much
that costs.

phil


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We will be in London and had hoped to travel to Paris for two nights
before returning. Unfortunately, the eurostar rates for 4 of us is
nearly $500. Is there a less expensive alternative?

Thanks

Howard N. Lute wrote:
Fly RyanAir...

They don't fly to Paris...

Krist

On 11/11/03 10:51 am, in article , "Krist"
wrote:

Howard N. Lute wrote:
Fly RyanAir...

They don't fly to Paris...

No, but if you want to spend a weekend in a field halfway to the Belgian
border they are economical.

Something a colleague mentioned the other day: if the Ryanair plane is ready
to take off, it will do, even before the schedule. Except that it waits for
the bus that goes from Port Maillot.

J.

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We will be in London and had hoped to travel to Paris for two nights
before returning. Unfortunately, the eurostar rates for 4 of us is
nearly $500. Is there a less expensive alternative?

Thanks

www.gobycoach.com (but check how long it takes)
www.ba.com
www.ryanair.com - if you have an open definition of both London and Paris.
AirFrance

You are only going for two nights. Consider the total travel costs as
follows:

(Presumably) central London accommodation - Waterloo International Waterloo
International - Gare du Nord 9 (By Eurostar -(which by the way has a check
in time unlike most trains) [3 hours]
Gare du Nord - Central Paris accommodation

This is pretty good use of precious time on a two night trip. Especially the
hotel-station trips will be quick. If you can travel out early on day 1 and
late back on day 3, you will have 1/2 + 2 days in Paris. If you only take
"carry on" luggage you can keep costs down by using the Underground/Metro
rather than taxis each end.

So the question might be: how expensive is your time on this trip compared
to your quote for $500 for 4? Certainly the bus/ferry option would be very
slow compared. Anyone with experience of whether the flight option would be
quicker hotel door to door?

Clive Reid


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We will be in London and had hoped to travel to Paris for two nights
before returning. Unfortunately, the eurostar rates for 4 of us is
nearly $500. Is there a less expensive alternative?

Thanks

Thanks for the replies,

The midweek $45 return fare is sold out. BA looks like it may be a
good alternative. It works out to be a little less than Eurostar and
is quicker. Air France was not competitive and the coach takes too
long from 6 to 12 hours. I don't think we are seasoned (robust)
enough travelers to brave ryanair.

Given BA and Eurostar are about the same, is the chunnel trip
something we shouldn'g miss?

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Thanks for the replies,

The midweek $45 return fare is sold out. BA looks like it may be a
good alternative. It works out to be a little less than Eurostar and
is quicker.

Have you priced and timed in the trips to and from the airport (LHR or LGW)
and the checkin time ?

Air France was not competitive and the coach takes too
long from 6 to 12 hours. I don't think we are seasoned (robust)
enough travelers to brave ryanair.


Ryanair is fun - but the trips to and from the remote airports can be
tedious (or fun) if you actually want to visit outside the main cities.

Given BA and Eurostar are about the same, is the chunnel trip
something we shouldn'g miss?

All you get to see of the actual tunnel is blackness out of the windows :-)
But some people like to say they have done it.