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| Quote: CyberPieMan "Making this the main holiday this year & I'm driving down & taking my time about it. Setting off Tuesday & getting to Perpignan on the Thursday. Then either driving over to Montpellier, or if the rumours are correct & the kick-off is moved to 3pm, going on the train.
Hotels on the way down (and back) are between £30 & £50 per night & I'm staying in the Hotel de France in the Centre of Perpignan for 7 nights for a little over £400.
Taking fuel and ferry into account I'll have the thick end of a fortnight's holiday for around £700.
How the Dickens the official packages justify £430 for 3 days is beyond me but if you're prepared to go a bit square eyed staring at a computer for a couple of hours & can read a map & know how far you want between stops then it's worth the initial hassle.
Use a cheap hotel chain like Ibis for the motels & I checked 3 or 4 "review" sites before settling on the hotel in Perpignan.
I'm sure you could get down to Montpellier on the plane & into a cheap B&B for less, but unless you're staying in one place (or simply attending the game) you'll need to hire a car to get around & I found that that worked out just as expensive as taking mine on the ferry & driving down & back (plus not only would you be on the wrong side of the road, you're on the wrong side of the car too).'"
I'm doing something similar but it's going to cost a lot more than £700! How much have you budgeted for fuel? We're reckoning it'll cost us a good £400.
We're setting off on the Thursday, stopping for a night near Paris, then making our way down to Montpellier on Firday. Then we're stopping off in Paris on Monday and Tuesday to go to Eurodisney Gonna cost about £1500 between 2 of us once everything is added up
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| Quote: --[ WW ]-- "--"I'm doing something similar but it's going to cost a lot more than £700! How much have you budgeted for fuel? We're reckoning it'll cost us a good £400.
We're setting off on the Thursday, stopping for a night near Paris, then making our way down to Montpellier on Firday. Then we're stopping off in Paris on Monday and Tuesday to go to Eurodisney
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!
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| Quote: 22-10 "Cheers for the advice and info. We've sorted ours now, went for the all in package with mayfair.'"
how much mate and what do you get ?
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39110_1363272058.jpg Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
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[quote="boz the warrior":1udbj28j]lee briers is a nice person whoooo luck at lee forming a scrum the wire bum banger[/quote:1udbj28j]
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39110_1363272058.jpg Dropkick Murphy..we actually saw and heard a mass of bouncing and scarf and flag waving to Dale Cavese that drowned out anything we could muster.. It stopped us singing our own celebratory songs, it died out seconds later when we accepted we couldn't be heard over the Wigan lot
Celebrations muted from us, job done from them. Most fans who slag them off are jealous their own club's support is nowhere near that good
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sally cinnamon..Why not discuss Wigan? It's a rugby league message board. Wigan are the most famous brand in rugby league
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Tre Cool..Saints fans are hopeless unless it's a cup final or grand final. Wigan fans are so much more loyal and passionate
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the flying biscuit..Wires havent been massively succesful over the years, but I've spoke to Brian Bevan And he spoke to me and i wouldnt swap that for Wigans History, ever
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Ande..on the TV i could only hear the Wigan fans with about 10 to go
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Saint94..Every team is in your feckin shadow, we all know
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[quote="boz the warrior":1udbj28j]lee briers is a nice person whoooo luck at lee forming a scrum the wire bum banger[/quote:1udbj28j]
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[quote="boz the warrior":1udbj28j]lee briers is a nice person whoooo luck at lee forming a scrum the wire bum banger[/quote:1udbj28j]
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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 !
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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 !
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| Quote: shooter69 "how much mate and what do you get ?'"
£450 H/B, flights, accom, transfers etc. Staying in Barcelona
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| Quote: 22-10 "£450 H/B, flights, accom, transfers etc. Staying in Barcelona
Whereabouts and for how many days?
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| 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.
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7914_1630875396.png I'm 49, I've had a brain haemorrhage and a triple bypass and I could still go out and play a reasonable game of rugby union. But I wouldn't last 30 seconds in rugby league.
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| 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
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| 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.
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