Quote: gerr'emonside "Dont forget most of your motorways in france are also toll roads so driving each way through france will probably cost between 40-50 quid each way. Plus your ferry crossing 50 quid, and fuel (at least £350) you're probably looking at nearer 500 just in transport costs if you drive. With the price of fuel these days, and the bargin flights that are still available, it makes driving not even an option. Which is a shame because i wouldnt mind the road trip!'" We were hoping to avoid as many motorways as we can tbh. I know it'll take a bit longer, and will cost a bit more in fuel, but it'll be more interesting and hopefully cheaper compared tot he price of some of them toll roads! There's one toll road I'm definitely heading down though en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct I'll pay €6.40 for that !

Quote: gerr'emonside "Dont forget most of your motorways in france are also toll roads so driving each way through france will probably cost between 40-50 quid each way. Plus your ferry crossing 50 quid, and fuel (at least £350) you're probably looking at nearer 500 just in transport costs if you drive. With the price of fuel these days, and the bargin flights that are still available, it makes driving not even an option. Which is a shame because i wouldnt mind the road trip!'" We were hoping to avoid as many motorways as we can tbh. I know it'll take a bit longer, and will cost a bit more in fuel, but it'll be more interesting and hopefully cheaper compared tot he price of some of them toll roads! There's one toll road I'm definitely heading down though en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct I'll pay €6.40 for that !

£450 H/B, flights, accom, transfers etc. Staying in Barcelona

We stayed in an Apart-Hotel in Montpelier last year for a couple of nights on the way to Perpignan. Very cheap and great value. Tram stop outside and bus to the beach round the corner. If anyone is interested I'll post the details.

Anybody know if you can pay on the day or is it tics only

if tics only where can you get them from?

may be a late decision to go

We've booked a four night trip to Montpellier by train after doing the same last year, which worked really well:

- Return train to London (2 hrs) £30
- Return Eurostar to Paris (2 hrs 20) £69
- Return train Paris-Montpellier (3 hrs 20) 60 euros

We're stopping in a 4-bed apartment in Montpellier - Citadines ApartHotel, central and right next to a tram stop, at £20 per person, per night, on Friday and Saturday, breaking the journey in Paris on the Thursday and Sunday nights to do some sightseeing, that will be about £25 per head each night.

Works out as a really good deal for the length of time we're away, and with the timing of this trip, we've got the added bonus of being able to go to the French Open tennis in Paris. The hotel fees are probably the same now as when we booked, but I'd expect the trains (especially within France) to have gone up since we booked 6 weeks ago.