Ticket to Paris with BBC what to wear mag [CLOSED]

SallyD

Hey, just noticed over 35,000 have read this thread....no wonder I had trouble finding the magazine.................I expect every Eurostar between now and Christmas will be packed, ha ha ha.

Marigold123

JohalaReewi wrote:

What sort of "travel" insurance? Would an E111 and contents of house policy be enough?

No, home insurance doesn't cover you for accidents and things like that, and probably won't cover you for loss of belongings abroad either. You need to buy separate travel insurance. But if you search around on the web you should be able to get a good deal. The costs vary enormously for very similar packages, so do shop around.

The E111 only gives you reciprocal Health care, which varies enormously depending which country you are travelling to. Make sure you read the section on the relevant country in the information part of the E111 itself.

spacecadet_2

Thanks for the freebie, I've bought the magazine and will send off for the offer, if it works will be sending a postcard from Paris! oh and the magazine is also a great read!

koala_sister

WH Smith at Manchester Piccadily station had loads of copies of What to Wear yesterday

gustav

imported_ami wrote:

i have bought one for my friend too, we are going to travel seperately but on the same train to avoid the clause in the t&c's.
hoorah

Ok, so my wife and I are past stage 1 and now have two free ticket booking vouchers (different addresses of course). Now I need some advice.
Haven't travelled on Eurostar before so dont know the score.
Question----If my wife and I both ask to go on Eurostar on the same day, and are lucky enough to get allocated the same departure time from Waterloo, can we sit together (ands hold hands), or are seat numbers allocated to passengers like on aircraft? Or if we get separate seats, is it possible to just sit where you like? (You can tell I haven't been on Eurostar before )
Advice please (dont say take somebody else!!)

gromituk

As far as I know, all seats are reserved, as I found out to my cost when they booked us in the smoking coach. The train manager threatened to throw us off when we refused to sit in those disgusting seats.

JohalaReewi

gustav wrote:

Ok, so my wife and I are past stage 1 and now have two free ticket booking vouchers (different addresses of course). Now I need some advice.
Haven't travelled on Eurostar before so dont know the score.
Question----If my wife and I both ask to go on Eurostar on the same day, and are lucky enough to get allocated the same departure time from Waterloo, can we sit together (ands hold hands), or are seat numbers allocated to passengers like on aircraft? Or if we get separate seats, is it possible to just sit where you like? (You can tell I haven't been on Eurostar before )
Advice please (dont say take somebody else!!)

It's like a plane, you have an allocated seat.

Ally

Finally, I got the mag at last :j

Have to say, I thought it was a full sized mag, that is probably why I never noticed it before:o

Anyway, will be sending off for it in the morn then, once (and if) the travel dates are confirmed, will book some additional seats with the KitKash offer to match:T YAY!!

Ally

Bonus!!! Free haircut offer in the mag :j woohooo ... thanks OP:D

pudding

After sending off for the free ticket twice as they said they hadn't received the first one I have now got an email to say "Unfortunately we have exhausted all our promotional availability with Eurostar, due to the huge response we have had for this promotion. However we will be able to offer you a flight to Paris."
Ok no eurostar but they can get me a flight for £50 to Paris and not on any of the 3 dates that I had to state.I am going to forget this one....Has anybody actually got a Eurostar ticket?