Eurostar are having a Flash Sale from Thursday 5th November - all the details below. Great idea for a short notice Christmas present!
- £64 returns from London St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International or Ashford International to Paris, Brussels, Lille or Calais. Usual Cheapest Price is £72 for advance off peak tickets.
- Tickets are booked as two singles, of which there are 75,000 available, for £32 each way in Standard Class.
- Tickets are on sale until 11pm on Thursday 19th November or until the 75,000 is reached, whichever comes first.
- Promotional price is valid for bookings for travel between Monday 23rd November to Thursday 17th December, and Monday 4th January to Thursday 11th February.
- Best availability will be on off-peak Monday - Thursday bookings, with more limited availability on weekends. So if you are looking for a weekend away, you'll need to get in quick.
- Kids tickets are NOT discounted - for those with young'uns, Under 4's travel free and 4-11 year olds are from £51 return.
- You MUST book via the Eurostar desktop site. Offer is not available when purchasing through the Eurostar app or the Eurostar mobile site.
- There are also discounted tickets to Lyon (£80 return) Avignon (£90) and Marseille (£90), these are booked as a return and not two singles.
- Your Eurostar tickets get you two for one entry to a number of decent museums in Paris and Brussels - full details here: http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/eurostar-deals/2for1
Happy travels!
UPDATE: The fares have now been uploaded onto the site. There isn't any advertising on the site about these fares, so search the date ranges as outlined above to find the £32 singles.
Top comments
aym280
5 Nov 1511#3
You have to pay me to go to France via the Eurostar with all the migrants trying to disrupt the service.
cmoi
5 Nov 154#23
If you can, use the French website, it gives tickets for 43€ instead of £32 which makes £30.38 and there is no extra fee for paying with a credit card unlike the UK website.
Python1100 to Cyrus
5 Nov 154#5
In what way? Gare du Nord is a lot closer to the city centre than Charles de Gaulle. :innocent:
Bogart to zimmerman26
5 Nov 153#25
Yet another well thought out answer.
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Jakirrr21
5 Nov 152#1
The Louvre museum in Paris is a great place to visit and it's free! Closed on a weekday though, Wednesday I think.
Make sure you book tickets in advance of visiting otherwise you'll be in a queue stretching back around the square and beyond!
We arrived at around 9am on a Friday morning in January and queues were off the scale so went to the Musee d'Orsay instead (although was pretty dull)
commenter14 to Jakirrr21
5 Nov 15#33
Wow what a hidden gem! The Louvre? Must be new or something because I've never heard of it.
In other news, people should check out the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe...
micday07 to Jakirrr21
5 Nov 15#42
The Louvre museum is a great place to visit, but is definitely not free!!! I visited in August and is closed on a Tuesday....
Cyrus
5 Nov 15#2
going by plane myself - little bit more expensive but way more convinient. Good deal for those who want/need to go via eurostar
Python1100 to Cyrus
5 Nov 154#5
In what way? Gare du Nord is a lot closer to the city centre than Charles de Gaulle. :innocent:
aym280
5 Nov 1511#3
You have to pay me to go to France via the Eurostar with all the migrants trying to disrupt the service.
porca to aym280
5 Nov 152#17
Nope, I still wouldn't go even if you paid me.
pig69er to aym280
5 Nov 151#22
Tight fisted pompous knob much?
rapid111111
5 Nov 151#6
Might be doing something wrong. Can't seem to find anything lower than 79. Unless it hasn't been updated yet
FTOdude170 to rapid111111
5 Nov 15#13
+1
Cyrus
5 Nov 151#7
im right next to heathrow airport ... ?
Python1100
5 Nov 152#8
Fair enough. :smile:
Cyrus
5 Nov 151#9
I voted hot btw :smiley:
zimmerman26
5 Nov 15#10
rubbish deal
Bogart to zimmerman26
5 Nov 153#25
Yet another well thought out answer.
gh000stman to zimmerman26
5 Nov 151#36
Rubbish comment.
A13
5 Nov 15#11
Awful deal
gh000stman to A13
5 Nov 151#37
Awful comment
FTOdude170
5 Nov 151#12
why is it rubbish and or awful? are the tickets not cheaper than normal? thats the only consideration i think you need to be making....
andykapa
5 Nov 15#15
last year offer was £34 return from London to Paris around xmas and new year time . Hoping same offer will be on this xmas.
Jacob_Kreed
5 Nov 152#16
Comes with a Refugee stick to your bumper !!!
splender
5 Nov 15#18
Great destinations for a city trip, however, be careful with pick pockets and bag snatchers. I was robbed at Brussels on the train a few years ago. Then the rate was at Brussels of robbery resulting in loss of passport was once or twice a week, I don't know rate per week if including other crime and losses against the Brits. If you did get robbed of your passport, just go to Eurostar help desk at the terminal and you will be taken to the English side of customs and someone can look up on system to bring up a digital record of your passport and then ask you a "secret" question before you are let through without a passport back to London, such as,"name of person who countersigned your passport" (example of a question).
fiyero
5 Nov 15#19
This is a good price but I don't think its amazing, I paid that for my trip next January without their being a sale (unless the sale was online early, I booked a week ago). I still massively prefer Eurostar to flying, just got to hope the line is clear!
skizz_b
5 Nov 15#21
NOW LIVE!
Make sure you search the correct date ranges as per the deal above to get the fares.
Sample dates:
London - Paris
OUTBOUND Wed 25 Nov
Trains with £32 fare depart St Pancras at: 0540 0755 0831 1224 1331 1431 1622 1731 1801 1901 2001
RETURN Wed 2 Dec
Trains with £32 fare depart Paris Gare du Nord at: 0713 0743 0843 0913 1013 1113 1313 1413 1513 1713 1813 1913 2113
cmoi
5 Nov 154#23
If you can, use the French website, it gives tickets for 43€ instead of £32 which makes £30.38 and there is no extra fee for paying with a credit card unlike the UK website.
unhappybunny
5 Nov 15#24
More expensive than standard Euro* website for tickets to Lille
chuichi
5 Nov 15#26
Not a bad deal, but not the best deal either... remember it used to be £59 return...
jasee to chuichi
5 Nov 15#38
Yes, but now you've got a massive audience of spectators eagerly watching
darren9030
5 Nov 15#27
Tickets £34.50 each for April dates ( £39.50 returning on a Friday ) is more suitable to me . Heat added :smiley:
cmoi to darren9030
5 Nov 15#30
Isn't it the standard price when booking early?
AMJ
5 Nov 151#28
Good deal - but bought tickets last week - tickets with better timings on same days would now cost me £40 less - but standard tickets are non-refundable and charge £30 for any changes, so not best pleased.
So much for their helpful advice on the Eurostar web pages - "Be an early bird. You’ll generally find cheap Eurostar tickets the earlier you book, and you can snap up tickets 120 days before you travel. So plan ahead for the best deals."
hostime
5 Nov 152#29
If you are under 25, there are youth tickets for £29.5 each way (£59 return) for the same dates! :smiley: Just a £5 saving but it's something :smiley:
brainsys
5 Nov 15#31
Be warned if you have a non-folding bike. You now have to disassemble and re-assemble it at each end so don't forget the spanners! If you have a folder you are now supposed to put in a case!
This is apparently because of the new 'improved' trains. Madness.
westonborn to brainsys
5 Nov 15#44
Ban all bikes on trains they are a pain full stop and I'm a cyclist
commenter14
5 Nov 15#34
Even then, time taken to go through security etc and the convenience of being deposited in the centre of Paris... I live near Heathrow and I only ever take the Eurostar.
anlygi
5 Nov 15#35
I'm far from a trainspotter, but I've always wanted a trip on the Eurostar. Shame I'd have to fly from Belfast so it's defeating the point!
ELVIS_THE_PELVIS
5 Nov 15#39
Is deeky driving
WBRacing
5 Nov 15#40
Put down fail, much?
ohdearohdear
5 Nov 15#41
I booked 2 return tickets for the same price and we lost them as we did not dare to travel because of the migrants and delays were expected. No way we would book any tickets very soon! Who wants to sit 6 hours in the dark?
zchari5
5 Nov 15#43
Re: The Louvre
From October to March: access to the permanent collections is free for all visitors on the first Sunday of each month.
From April to September: no free admission on the first Sunday of each month.
The above is from the website - so yes it is occasionally free. However pay 15EUR and hopefully miss some of the crowds! Well worth it (as are all the national galleries/ museums in London that the taxpayer pays for)
brainsys
6 Nov 15#45
How does putting a bike in a guard's van affect other passengers or are you just trolling?
darren9030
6 Nov 15#46
No idea to be honest as the only time i've travelled by Eurostar was in 1997 on a freebie just after they started up.
Just feel for the extra few quid going in April gives a better chance of fine weather :wink:
3lj-uk
22 Nov 15#47
Anyone else book?
Bought a spur of the moment getaway for the other half to Paris next weekend, but after the recent events she isn't exactly keen on going right now :-/
Wondering if anyone else has had any luck with rescheduling?
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Opening post
- £64 returns from London St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International or Ashford International to Paris, Brussels, Lille or Calais. Usual Cheapest Price is £72 for advance off peak tickets.
- Tickets are booked as two singles, of which there are 75,000 available, for £32 each way in Standard Class.
- Tickets are on sale until 11pm on Thursday 19th November or until the 75,000 is reached, whichever comes first.
- Promotional price is valid for bookings for travel between Monday 23rd November to Thursday 17th December, and Monday 4th January to Thursday 11th February.
- Best availability will be on off-peak Monday - Thursday bookings, with more limited availability on weekends. So if you are looking for a weekend away, you'll need to get in quick.
- Kids tickets are NOT discounted - for those with young'uns, Under 4's travel free and 4-11 year olds are from £51 return.
- You MUST book via the Eurostar desktop site. Offer is not available when purchasing through the Eurostar app or the Eurostar mobile site.
- There are also discounted tickets to Lyon (£80 return) Avignon (£90) and Marseille (£90), these are booked as a return and not two singles.
- Your Eurostar tickets get you two for one entry to a number of decent museums in Paris and Brussels - full details here: http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/eurostar-deals/2for1
Happy travels!
UPDATE: The fares have now been uploaded onto the site. There isn't any advertising on the site about these fares, so search the date ranges as outlined above to find the £32 singles.
Top comments
All comments (47)
http://www.louvre.fr/en/hours-admission
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/10657508/Pariss-best-museums-and-art-galleries.html
We arrived at around 9am on a Friday morning in January and queues were off the scale so went to the Musee d'Orsay instead (although was pretty dull)
In other news, people should check out the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe...
Make sure you search the correct date ranges as per the deal above to get the fares.
Sample dates:
London - Paris
OUTBOUND Wed 25 Nov
Trains with £32 fare depart St Pancras at: 0540 0755 0831 1224 1331 1431 1622 1731 1801 1901 2001
RETURN Wed 2 Dec
Trains with £32 fare depart Paris Gare du Nord at: 0713 0743 0843 0913 1013 1113 1313 1413 1513 1713 1813 1913 2113
So much for their helpful advice on the Eurostar web pages - "Be an early bird. You’ll generally find cheap Eurostar tickets the earlier you book, and you can snap up tickets 120 days before you travel. So plan ahead for the best deals."
This is apparently because of the new 'improved' trains. Madness.
From October to March: access to the permanent collections is free for all visitors on the first Sunday of each month.
From April to September: no free admission on the first Sunday of each month.
The above is from the website - so yes it is occasionally free. However pay 15EUR and hopefully miss some of the crowds! Well worth it (as are all the national galleries/ museums in London that the taxpayer pays for)
Just feel for the extra few quid going in April gives a better chance of fine weather :wink:
Bought a spur of the moment getaway for the other half to Paris next weekend, but after the recent events she isn't exactly keen on going right now :-/
Wondering if anyone else has had any luck with rescheduling?