Eurostar return to Paris and Bussels at £58 rtn Travel between 28 September and 9 December
23 comments
hadouken888
29 Aug 17#1
Not surprised with the weak pound
Multieman to hadouken888
29 Aug 17#4
It's not even because of the weak pound. Its because both Paris and Brussels are terrorist attack havens hence lower demand nowadays to go to these cities.
kikboy to Multieman
29 Aug 17#5
That is a stupid and ignorant comment. So you really think that the Eurostar pricing is inversely linked to terror attacks. Stupid Troll.
dxx to kikboy
29 Aug 17#8
Is it? Prices normally reflect demand, and I can't imagine demand for trips to Brussels to be especially high these days. I'm not sure if you've been there yourself, but I was there a couple of months ago, and it stands as the single worst place I've ever visited.
ssatoh_inreverse to dxx
30 Aug 17#10
There are multiple worst places right here in England. Not sure where you went but there are some beautiful places in Brussels. The Grand Place, chocolate tour, nice restaurants, the portrait gazette also the mystery and belgian tour is pretty good. In fact the more I remember about the four trips (one this year) I made there, the more places comes to my mind. Where exactly did you go in Brussels?!?
I recommend everyone to visit Europe for the next two years because after 2019, the pound will be even cheaper against the Euros making it even more expensive plus getting there with visas etc will be more hassle. Leave the rest of the world post 2019.
dxx to ssatoh_inreverse
30 Aug 17#16
That's a remarkably weak whataboutism to open with. "There are multiple worst places you've visited in another country where you don't live", what? But I digress.
Anyway, if you want to know exactly where we went in Brussels (at least on the first full day there), click on this. On the second day, we covered from the palaces out to the UN HQ, although I can't show you exactly where we went because my phone was stolen at the end of the first day. I absolutely agree that there are some really impressive things to see there, but it's all so heavily weighed down by just how much of a hostile dump large parts of the city have become. Kinda taints it a little when you're admiring some of the classic buildings and your view is obscured by the fiftieth anti-terrorism military patrol you've seen that day, don't you think?
Bruges is really nice. Brussels though, particularly the area around the South Brussels Station (an area so dense with pickpockets that our 3-star hotel wouldn't let us take our keycards out of the building, in case they too were stolen), is awful.
ssatoh_inreverse to dxx
30 Aug 17#17
Hence why I posted. I felt you were being terribly unfair in your original post and I'm glad we've finally found some balanced view.
Cr0m to dxx
30 Aug 17#15
Yeah it is, very stupid in fact. Visitor numbers to Paris are at a ten-year high.
dealsukhot1
29 Aug 17#2
It's generally much cheaper to fly from the NW, admittedly you still have to get to centres. But for example, a typical return fare from Manchester to Brussels is £24.98 with Ryanair.
jinkssick to dealsukhot1
29 Aug 17#3
Depends on how much it costs from Center to Manchester Airport and then Brussels airport to city center. Its often cheaper to have this Eurostar drop you in center of Bru or Paris.
dealsukhot1 to jinkssick
29 Aug 17#7
True, although it's probably a lot cheaper than price from Manchester to London and back! For those living in London or nearby, this might be a relatively good deal though.
phatbear
29 Aug 17#6
Cheaper to fly from my local airport. So not gonna vote either way
Jigglegoob
30 Aug 17#9
Ooh good deal I did one of these and it is a nice trip
lookatmywadd
30 Aug 17#11
Careful with Eurostar at Kings X. They'll claim they're overbooked on your scheduled train and try to put you on the next train at vastly extra expense.
dush_yant to lookatmywadd
30 Aug 17#13
Afaik you're only on the overbooking list if you have not been allocated a seat number. Then if someone with a seat allocated fails to turn up within 30 mins of the departure time, the seat is allocated to the overbooking list. If no seat can be released, then those who are overbooked have to wait for the next train (you agree to this when buying the overbooked/flexi ticket).
I see, I stand corrected. Apologies. Seems so dumb of eurostar to risk this kind of bad reputation though.
evilhomeruk to craigmarshall92
1 Sep 17#22
That Trip Advisor post isn't a good example of Eurostar being bad or evil or disingenuous regardless of whether you have an allocated seat or not.. Try getting on a plane when you arrive at a gate when boarding has closed.
usetheforceluke to craigmarshall92
13 Sep 17#23
if you read the ONE review it states "THEY WERE LATE". they dont overbook. they arrived with 27 minutes to go and you have to check in with over 30 minutes.
Cooltide
30 Aug 17#12
Almost cheap enough just to go to Brussels just for lunch; moules et frites or maybe just some abbey beer and cheese. Mmmmm. Heat added.
dush_yant to Cooltide
30 Aug 17#14
Not quite, for this price you could get lunch at a michelin starred restaurant in London.
intime
31 Aug 17#20
Where are these illusive tickets, I searched to the end of September and the cheapest I can find is £45 :thinking:
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Travel between 28 September and 9 December
23 comments
I recommend everyone to visit Europe for the next two years because after 2019, the pound will be even cheaper against the Euros making it even more expensive plus getting there with visas etc will be more hassle. Leave the rest of the world post 2019.
Anyway, if you want to know exactly where we went in Brussels (at least on the first full day there), click on this. On the second day, we covered from the palaces out to the UN HQ, although I can't show you exactly where we went because my phone was stolen at the end of the first day. I absolutely agree that there are some really impressive things to see there, but it's all so heavily weighed down by just how much of a hostile dump large parts of the city have become. Kinda taints it a little when you're admiring some of the classic buildings and your view is obscured by the fiftieth anti-terrorism military patrol you've seen that day, don't you think?
Bruges is really nice. Brussels though, particularly the area around the South Brussels Station (an area so dense with pickpockets that our 3-star hotel wouldn't let us take our keycards out of the building, in case they too were stolen), is awful.