Enjoy a fantastic day out in France for just £10* per car each way. With a crossing time of just 35 minutes, there’s never been a faster way to get across the Channel by car. It will be the best twenty pounds you’ve ever spent!
Have to call the number on the site to book
*This offer is available for travel Monday to Thursday, from 6 November to 7 December 2017. Excludes Monday 27 November and Monday 4 December 2017. Subject to availability. This offer can only be booked by phone at least one day before travel. Terms and conditions apply. Calls cost up to 7p/min + your phone company's access charge.
Ya but savings will offset by call cost to France to book tickets. This deals is telephone only
luvsadealdealdeal to adi0604
2 Oct 17#5
possibly, we get free international calls so wouldn't affect us...
adi0604 to luvsadealdealdeal
2 Oct 17#6
These are national nos, not usually included like UK no is 0844 most operator charges 7-10ppm, in france it costs 0.20Euro pm.
luvsadealdealdeal to adi0604
2 Oct 17#7
Service €,06/min + prix appel.
dlm136
2 Oct 17#8
Worth reading up on legal requirements of driving in France before booking rac.co.uk/dri…ce/ Esp the clean air ticket requirement in certain cities
diabeticguy to dlm136
2 Oct 17#9
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nlman
2 Oct 17#10
Pick up a free "extra" traveller on the way back. Offer only available in the Calais area.
From_the_Midlands to nlman
3 Oct 17#21
Just been there, no problem at all. It's media and stupids like you who make others hate other fellow humans.
nlman to From_the_Midlands
3 Oct 17#25
It was as intended as a joke which has somewhat bypassed you.
We need a touch of humour in this sad world.
From_the_Midlands to nlman
3 Oct 17#37
Get out of your house and live in the cruel world with no blanket, no new clothes, no guarantee of food and no shelter. Your kids next to you and no hope of getting anywhere. Let's all joke about it then.
johnsmith1997 to nlman
3 Oct 17#27
:grin:
Papag to nlman
3 Oct 17#31
Wrong they are available to pick up at any French port for travel back to the UK, favorite ones now are La Havre or Dunkirk where local people are more than happy to help for their onward trip to what the travellers call Treasure Island :smile:
tinkerbellian
2 Oct 17#11
Thanks , will be booking myself, however worth noting that you can use their local number 01303 282061 to avoid the 7p a minute premium line.
amour3k to tinkerbellian
3 Oct 17#14
Yep!.
Much BETTER?!, hehehehe. :-D
Gentle_Giant
2 Oct 17#13
Actually, they moved a lot of them to Dunkirk; which is a bummer, because Dunkirk is my preferred route; although I expect a lot drifted back to Calais.
amour3k
3 Oct 17#15
Cool Post, now all I need is a few extra willing host's/bodies on-board ... (pun intended), lol.
Brown_Rolf
3 Oct 17#16
This deal is a cheap and easy way of popping to Adinkerke in Belgium for tobacco (only 38 miles from the Eurotunnel terminal). Last year I saved £750 against UK prices just from buying one carrier bag full of tobacco pouches (approx 3kg).
spitthedog1964 to Brown_Rolf
3 Oct 17#18
Better idea is to stop smoking altogether and save yourself a lot more money plus less air pollution and reduce your risk of lung cancer and other smoking related diseases and less strain on the NHS.
SaverSaver to spitthedog1964
3 Oct 17#19
Done both, the rolling tobacco run to Belgium and the quitting. As nice as a day out in Bruges was the quitting is a better option in every way - the savings are brilliant and the self satisfaction is priceless.
spitthedog1964 to SaverSaver
3 Oct 17#20
Great stuff mate. :raised_hand:
samsimcox to spitthedog1964
3 Oct 17#33
Strain on the NHS? Where are you getting your facts from - smokers are economically better for the country - are you assuming that those that live longer from not smoking don't use the NHS when they do croak in the extra 20 years or so of life? Also the tax revenue created and the lack of government support needed for those that die before retirement age? Get your facts straight before you spout nonsense
Woogass to samsimcox
3 Oct 17#34
Absolute rubbish, there's no way smokers are economically better for the country, a ludicrous thing to say, obviously read from the daily mail or telegraph!! Maybe if you only count lung cancer sufferers but the ripple effect on all health, not just cancer and inability to work makes smokers a blight on this country!
Itoreabolokov to Woogass
3 Oct 17#36
It is not absolute rubbish. The cost of one individual on the finances of the country vastly increases when you reach old age. The last two years of an over 70 female and an over 68 male cost more to the taxpayer than the rest of their lives combined. Drug abusers are also a huge burden in a much lower age bracket. You should not smoke because it stinks and is bad for your health, but then again so is self induced diabetes.
What are the prices like compared to here? I like Golden Virginia which costs about £12-£13 in London, is it any cheaper in Belgium?
tan159
3 Oct 17#17
Pickup free passenger from Calais on the way back? Why didn't they just say please take the refugees with you one at a time.
davemhaynes
3 Oct 17#22
Weirdly the website doesn't say if you need a passport? Ours have expired, won't renew just for this...
lucas to davemhaynes
3 Oct 17#24
You’ll definitely need your passport
eligh3121
3 Oct 17#26
Anyone ever done this for a holiday? TCs state that you have to do it on the same day as a round trip and if you dont turn up they will pursue you for the difference, you'd also have to make two bookings without them cancelling your return 'round trip' but if it works, legally I'm sure they don't have a leg to stand on?
MarzBarz to eligh3121
3 Oct 17#28
Would also like to know this.
kfs to eligh3121
3 Oct 17#32
Yes they will charge the full single fare for your outward journey against your card if you don't show for the return. As you write, in their T&Cs, if you breach these, they absolutely have the legal right to charge you. It used to be possible many years ago, but both tunnel and the ferry companies wised up to the fact that people were pulling this scam. They also stopped letting people pay by cash at the departure port for day returns. In these days of ANPR it's very easy for them to verify whether travellers have returned. Eurotunnel and ferry companies aren't mugs. Sorry to disappoint you, but my advice is don't try!
eligh3121 to kfs
3 Oct 17#35
Thanks for the info! obviously if you can't pay cash then it won't work.
I am not sure that the scam would be being played on my end, they are the ones charging 8 times as much for the exact same product - if anyone disagrees with this then the next time you attend a wedding don't forget to tell your hair stylist so they can charge you 5 times as much, you wouldn't want to be guilty of scamming them would you :smile:
luvsadealdealdeal to kfs
3 Oct 17#39
but you could easily get round this by using a prepaid Visa card - use up whatever is left before they can pursue you for the difference
without a card to charge, they're just going to forget about it
kfs to luvsadealdealdeal
3 Oct 17#40
Like it, hadn't thought of that one! I suppose in theory they will have your car reg details and could pursue you via DVLC to get your address, but, as you write, would they bother doing so? Is there a risk of their computer blacklisting registration numbers so that when you next roll up to the UK terminal they demand monies or refuse to let you travel? It might sound paranoid but computer databases make such things very easy if they are programmed into the system.
In the end, I'm not sure it's worth all the hassle - I usually use the ferry and the fare difference is not really enough to merit it. Is the fare difference using the tunnel greater?
If anyone is able to advise whether they've done this successfully we'd all love to know about it!
SteveMclaughlin
3 Oct 17#29
Are any other destinations included?
kingchris to SteveMclaughlin
3 Oct 17#30
Anywhere you can drive.
mistriladi
3 Oct 17#41
So you drive to Kings Cross and drive onto the Eurostar train, is that right?
nlman to mistriladi
3 Oct 17#42
Don't try that the police will definitely stop you in your car. eurostar trains are for passengers only. eurotunnel trains are for vehicles and their occupants and go from Folkstone to Calais.
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Have to call the number on the site to book
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EUR10 each way
rac.co.uk/dri…ce/
Esp the clean air ticket requirement in certain cities
Offer only available in the Calais area.
:grin:
Much BETTER?!, hehehehe. :-D
Maybe if you only count lung cancer sufferers but the ripple effect on all health, not just cancer and inability to work makes smokers a blight on this country!
I am not sure that the scam would be being played on my end, they are the ones charging 8 times as much for the exact same product - if anyone disagrees with this then the next time you attend a wedding don't forget to tell your hair stylist so they can charge you 5 times as much, you wouldn't want to be guilty of scamming them would you :smile:
without a card to charge, they're just going to forget about it
In the end, I'm not sure it's worth all the hassle - I usually use the ferry and the fare difference is not really enough to merit it. Is the fare difference using the tunnel greater?
If anyone is able to advise whether they've done this successfully we'd all love to know about it!
eurostar trains are for passengers only.
eurotunnel trains are for vehicles and their occupants and go from Folkstone to Calais.