Bit of a boozy bargain bonanza! Dover to Calais day trip is back on offer, with SIX free bottles of wine! Offer is valid until Monday, so get booking! Hit the get deal link and;
Go to the farefinder on the left
Choose your route, date, time, vehicle and passenger number
Enter the discount code FREEWINEDT
Click GET A QUOTE
Our popular FREE WINE DAY TRIP OFFER is back!
To take advantage of this great promotion, simply book a day trip between now and 8th October 2017 using discount code 'FREEWINEDT' in the fare finder on the left for travel between 18th September and 19th October 2017.
Your voucher will be printed at Dover check-in and you can collect your 6 bottles of red or white Banrock Station wine (NOT ROSE) from the onboard shop on your outward journey only.
All comments (41)
psmith1958
4 Oct 17#1
they cant give it away, why do you think even lorry drivers don't feel safe
MRGRINGO to psmith1958
4 Oct 17#3
Don't feel safe how?
We did dover to Calais in the summer with our caravan and its fantastic. Organised and no hassle at all.
Free flowing roads in and out of Calais. Loved it and would recommend.
gsj87 to MRGRINGO
4 Oct 17#12
Good to hear. Is there much to do in Calais in a day? Or the 7/8 hours you're there?
patrick_000 to gsj87
4 Oct 17#15
Calais - I go to the big Carrefour near the Eurotunnel exit (google maps is good for getting around if you have free European data), there’s also the big Auchen supermarket - but that’s a bit downmarket - a bit like Asda. I’ve not found much to do in Calais so usually go elsewhere. We will often drive to Bruges (lovely) for a walk around and lunch then come home via Carrefour. Adinkerke is another day trip option if you want cheap tobacco.
benjus to gsj87
5 Oct 17#34
Don't stay around Calais itself. There are some nice areas nearby such as the bay of Wissant (nice walk along the beach looking across to the white cliffs of Dover). The walled town at Boulogne is quite nice too.
For grocery shopping I like the big E Leclerc just outside Boulogne (Outreau I think it's called) although there are other big supermarkets much closer. There are also some decent outlet stores at the Cite Europe shopping centre near the Eurotunnel terminal.
balsingh458 to psmith1958
4 Oct 17#6
Been reading the daily mail again?
Done 2 trips in the last couple of years. Nothing to report!!
benjus to psmith1958
4 Oct 17#10
What are you on about? They've been doing these deals for years.
patrick_000 to psmith1958
4 Oct 17#13
This isn’t true - they’ve run this offer in off season every year for as long I can remember. They’re just trying to get more people on board who’ll buy food in the cafes and booze/junk from their gift shop. No different to hotels that offer good deals in winter to fill rooms.
Grazz0r to psmith1958
4 Oct 17#14
There's always one, isn't there?
Sam_Crow
4 Oct 17#2
Can you just have the wine and not have to go to France?
sparklehedgehog to Sam_Crow
5 Oct 17#30
I’d prefer that too and I don’t even drink
MrSweeney to Sam_Crow
6 Oct 17#37
:joy: :joy: :joy:
atro24
4 Oct 17#4
Eurotunnel at the moment better dea but no wine.
mel1408
4 Oct 17#5
Went last Friday all OK, 6 bottles of Banrock Station, 3 red/3 white.
bargai
kcajjones
4 Oct 17#7
What's stopping you booking this cheap return and then not coming back the same day?
dan_is_the_man01 to kcajjones
5 Oct 17#33
They hold your payment details and charge you for a full price single ticket....
goodrug
4 Oct 17#8
T&C says "Excludes foot passengers, cyclists, minibuses, motorhomes, motorcycles, vans and caravan." It's a pity cause I was planning to have a 1day trip to Calais by foot.
joesmum to goodrug
4 Oct 17#19
this is cheaper than a one day trip we are going on to the Isle of Wight as foot passengers :persevere:
holeymoley18
4 Oct 17#9
Not worth my petrol costs to get to Dover. Good if you're local
lucas
4 Oct 17#11
Is the wine disgusting? Chunnel deal is much better if so
patrick_000
4 Oct 17#16
If Eurotunnel have a better deal then I’d go with them as it’s a much quicker journey and the free wine on P&O is usually pretty ropey. We go to Carrefour by the Eurotunnel exit and buy loads of wine as it’s much cheaper than the uk due to lower tax. There’s also Majestic wine in Calais too - you can go to their website and check out prices and take £ cash to pay if you want.
jrah1
4 Oct 17#17
Calais has a bad reputation. If you know where to go, there are some amazing beaches within striking distance, some great markets, fantastic restaurants, great walks, and for the kids a great water park and aquarium down the coast towards Boulogne. Fill up from near empty over there and save a shed load on fuel. All of that to say nothing of amazing wine, cheese, and other goodies. I’ve done this deal before and the wine is perfectly drinkable. Amazing deal.
jaydeeuk1
4 Oct 17#18
Calais is a dive, even before the well documented 'problems' down there. It's basically Nottingham with sea but with even fewer nice areas.
Go a few miles out and things improve if you're wanting to have a wander around.
halecrater
4 Oct 17#20
Can someone post the Eurotunnel better offer people are mentioning
why are they so desperate to make sure you come back the same day?
luvsadealdealdeal to effingandjeffing
5 Oct 17#23
because this deal is just extra income in a half-empty ship
they don't want to cannibalise the more profitable tickets
ianhalling
5 Oct 17#24
:thumbsup:
SomebodE
5 Oct 17#25
We stopped at a wine warehouse in Calais on our way home at the start of September. Migrants were loitering and police were in riot gear moving them on.
We were glad not to stop for very long as my wife didn't feel safe. The kids (4&1 years old) were blissfully unaware.
balmots
5 Oct 17#26
Do I have to learn French before I can go ?
woldranger to balmots
5 Oct 17#28
Yes, and you're not allowed to leave your house or post anything more on here until you're fluent
kris8701 to balmots
5 Oct 17#29
No. You need to learn jiu-jitsu.
Gabi to balmots
5 Oct 17#32
Once you get close to Calais French may not be understood you could always try a multitude of other languages.
Flyingzard
5 Oct 17#27
Did it a few years back. It was Blossom hill wine then and not the best but hay its free!
Been over for years for various reasons and we go to a massive Auchan hypermarket just outside Dunkirk (in Grande Synthe which do good wine deals. It's 25 miles from the port
Anyho - heat from me!
MRGRINGO
5 Oct 17#31
Ha...I don't know. We went straight down to Paris then across to Vannes and back via the Somme region in about 3 weeks.
ianhalling
5 Oct 17#35
Oooh - La La ! :thumbsup:
steedam
5 Oct 17#36
Don't believe the rubbish you read in the papers! We go to France / Holland 3 times a year via the tunnel or ferry and never had any issues at all. Very nearly cancelled when there was the huge fuel shortage only to get there and not see one station without fuel. We always stop in the centre of calais first lunch (by market square opposite fountains) and again never had any issues. There isn't a huge amount to do in calais but Bruges is a short easy drive and beautiful! Someone also suggested bolougne which is nice and naussica (sea life centre) there is less than 40 mins from calais.
Sam_Crow to steedam
6 Oct 17#38
But they're French...
linhang90
6 Oct 17#39
Only £29 to go from dover to calais... some over there in calais would give out their lives to travel the other way around
eSimple
7 Oct 17#40
I used this today and i got 3 bottles Red and 3 bottles White on the way out.
Plus a GREAT day out in Calais and Bruges. Shame about the earlier rain but was worth the two countries one day trip.
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Opening post
Hit the get deal link and;
Our popular FREE WINE DAY TRIP OFFER is back!
To take advantage of this great promotion, simply book a day trip between now and 8th October 2017 using discount code 'FREEWINEDT' in the fare finder on the left for travel between 18th September and 19th October 2017.
Your voucher will be printed at Dover check-in and you can collect your 6 bottles of red or white Banrock Station wine (NOT ROSE) from the onboard shop on your outward journey only.
All comments (41)
We did dover to Calais in the summer with our caravan and its fantastic.
Organised and no hassle at all.
Free flowing roads in and out of Calais.
Loved it and would recommend.
We will often drive to Bruges (lovely) for a walk around and lunch then come home via Carrefour. Adinkerke is another day trip option if you want cheap tobacco.
For grocery shopping I like the big E Leclerc just outside Boulogne (Outreau I think it's called) although there are other big supermarkets much closer. There are also some decent outlet stores at the Cite Europe shopping centre near the Eurotunnel terminal.
Done 2 trips in the last couple of years. Nothing to report!!
bargai
It's a pity cause I was planning to have a 1day trip to Calais by foot.
Go a few miles out and things improve if you're wanting to have a wander around.
hotukdeals.com/dea…385
they don't want to cannibalise the more profitable tickets
We were glad not to stop for very long as my wife didn't feel safe. The kids (4&1 years old) were blissfully unaware.
Been over for years for various reasons and we go to a massive Auchan hypermarket just outside Dunkirk (in Grande Synthe which do good wine deals. It's 25 miles from the port
Anyho - heat from me!
We go to France / Holland 3 times a year via the tunnel or ferry and never had any issues at all.
Very nearly cancelled when there was the huge fuel shortage only to get there and not see one station without fuel. We always stop in the centre of calais first lunch (by market square opposite fountains) and again never had any issues.
There isn't a huge amount to do in calais but Bruges is a short easy drive and beautiful! Someone also suggested bolougne which is nice and naussica (sea life centre) there is less than 40 mins from calais.
Plus a GREAT day out in Calais and Bruges. Shame about the earlier rain but was worth the two countries one day trip.
Thanks OP! Massive heat!