France Trip 2011 Booking Thread ROUTE ADDED

vinp182 · Post by **vinp182** » 07/01/11 21:11

In an attempt to try and please everyone that has shown interest in this trip, the planning team have decided that both 2 day and 3 day trips can be merged

The dates have been set and are 25th, 26th,27th June 2011

Tunnel booking info for 2 day trip:

Departure time from Folkestone 07.20 25th June 2011

Departure time from Calais 22.20 26th June 2011

At the moment this will cost about £51.00

Tunnel booking info for 3 day trip:

Departure time from Folkestone 07.20 25th June 2011

Departure time from Calais 22.20 27th June 2011

At the moment this will cost £87.00

Link to Eurotunnel - http://www.eurotunnel.com/ukcP3Main/ukcPassengers/

These costs may change depending on when it is booked

Hotel info for staying over in Folkestone on 24th June 2011
Holiday Inn, Folkestone Channel Tunnel
Cheriton Park
Cheriton High Street
Folkestone
CT18 8AN
http://www.laterooms.com/en/hotel-reser ... stone.aspx

Here is a quick run down of the trip once we arrive in France:

Day 1 we will head from Calais down the coast to Honfleur.
Day 2 will be from Honfleur to Lemans

where you can have a drive around the famous circuit

we will then return to Honfleur.
Day3 We will travel back up to Calais

The people who are doing the 2 day trip will do day 1 Calais to Honfleur ,stay over in Honfleur and then on day 2 returning to Calais.

Regarding hotels we have decided to nominate two hotels which are within a few hundred yards of each other in Honfleur, they are the premiere class Honfleur at £82 for two nights,this is a basic hotel or for those wanting something a little better there is the Ibis Honfleur at £107.27 for two nights,this includes a 15% discount for booking two nights stay.

I will post in more detail over the next few days and post the links up but just wanted to fill you in on what was decided on the skype call for now

Next we will be looking into places to stop en route for food or points of interest that people may want to stop at and have a wander around,and hope to compile a list of food outlets for the route.

Please post on this thread once you have booked your tunnel crossings. Also add how long a trip you have booked

Thanks

Planning Team (Midlifecrisis, d-peg, Steve-m-uk, PeteT, vinp182)

1 vinp182 & Stace crossing booked, 3 day trip (2 nights in Folkestone double)
Hotel In France Reserved......Hotel In Folkestone Booked
2 Steve-m-uk & Tara crossing booked, 3 day trip (2 nights in Folkestone double)
Hotel In France Reserved......Hotel In Folkestone Booked
3Topgun crossing booked, 3 day trip (1 night in Folkestone single)
Hotel In France Reserved......Hotel In Folkestone Booked
4Olly.Dent + Mrs Dent Crossing booked, 3 day trip (1 night in Folkestone Double)
Hotel In France Reserved
5Trouble crossing booked, 3 day trip (2 nights in Folkestone Double)
Hotel In France Reserved......Hotel In Folkestone Booked
6Hannahmac + 1 Crossing Booked, 3 day trip (2 nights in Folkestone Double)
Hotel In France Reserved......Hotel In Folkestone Booked

1Whitworthmike Meeting in France
Hotel In France Reserved
2Lotte_tots meeting in France
Hotel In France Reserved
3MartinR Meeting in France
Hotel in France Reserved

Route from Honfleur to Le Mans - (Thanks Tara

)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source= ... 18&ie=UTF8

d-peg · Post by **d-peg** » 07/01/11 21:34

Well done mr vinny! Like I say - work commitments may mean I miss it this year but will plan a gathering point for the Friday night somewhere local to Folkestone. I may leave it till late to book if I can as the work thing cannot be confirmed till March

vinp182 · Post by **vinp182** » 07/01/11 21:40

d-peg wrote:Well done mr vinny! Like I say - work commitments may mean I miss it this year but will plan a gathering point for the Friday night somewhere local to Folkestone. I may leave it till late to book if I can as the work thing cannot be confirmed till March

Maybe you should tell your boss you will leave too

lol

Be a shame if you can't make it dude

topgun · Post by **topgun** » 07/01/11 21:48

sorry to hear you might not be able to make it Dan,pull a sicky thats what i do lol

.Vin are those train times correct if so i will have to amend my booking.

d-peg · Post by **d-peg** » 07/01/11 22:26

topgun wrote:sorry to hear you might not be able to make it Dan,pull a sicky thats what i do lol .Vin are those train times correct if so i will have to amend my booking.

Trouble is i am overseeing the corporations' global switch over from AutoCAD to Inventor as our design software. This will be a trip for me and my right hand man to USA for 5-8 days. It's not something i can duck out of as we'll have representatives from Oz and S. Africa joining us. As of now it is the only time we can gather everybody together...

topgun · Post by **topgun** » 07/01/11 22:28

d-peg wrote:
topgun wrote:sorry to hear you might not be able to make it Dan,pull a sicky thats what i do lol .Vin are those train times correct if so i will have to amend my booking.
Trouble is i am overseeing the corporations' global switch over from AutoCAD to Inventor as our design software. This will be a trip for me and my right hand man to USA for 5-8 days. It's not something i can duck out of as we'll have representatives from Oz and S. Africa joining us. As of now it is the only time we can gather everybody together...

Never mind bud who knows we may have another one later in the year maybe late Aug /Sept

vinp182 · Post by **vinp182** » 08/01/11 10:45

I've added hotel info for staying in Folkestone on the 24th June

Might be worth booking for the return journey too if you don't fancy the long drive home straight after the trip

topgun · Post by **topgun** » 08/01/11 11:01

vinp182 wrote:I've added hotel info for staying in Folkestone on the 24th June

Might be worth booking for the return journey too if you don't fancy the long drive home straight after the trip

Nice one Vinny roll on June

topgun · Post by **topgun** » 08/01/11 13:04

Just amended my ticket so now going for 3 days not sure at this stage if the missus(Sue) wants to go.

vinp182 · Post by **vinp182** » 11/01/11 9:53

Link to eurotunnel added

I've just checked and the prices are still the same

vinp182 · Post by **vinp182** » 25/02/11 7:56

Tunnel prices have gone up slightly guys so I'd get booking if you can

whitworthmike · Post by **whitworthmike** » 25/02/11 9:40

What are we booking for though? No idea as to where we are going. I haven't booked because I want to see where we are going and what we are doing first..........

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vinp182 · Post by **vinp182** » 25/02/11 11:42

whitworthmike wrote:What are we booking for though? No idea as to where we are going. I haven't booked because I want to see where we are going and what we are doing first..........

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There is a skype call tonight to finalise the routes

topgun · Post by **topgun** » 25/02/11 12:18

whitworthmike wrote:What are we booking for though? No idea as to where we are going. I haven't booked because I want to see where we are going and what we are doing first..........

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Just get it booked Mike it will be good what ever we do