Day trip / Weekend in Paris

3dsmills

Hi All!

I want to surprise my Mum with a trip to Paris for her birthday (end Sept) but I'm on a tight budget! We ideally need to go at the weekend as I can't get much time off work at the moment, and we're going from Northampton. Happy to go by coach / train / plane, a package inc hotel and transfers would be ideal.

Anyone know of any offers on at the minute, cheap eurostar deals etc?

Any help would be gratefully received!

Thanks

Sarah

dearbarbie

erm, I used to live in Paris as a student and flew home a lot with bmibaby to east midlands airport. expedia may do some nice package deals though - have a look? if not, I can recommend a 'traditional' place to stay in the Chinese quartier near the quartier latin, but it's by no means glam (although about £15 a night and walkable to various places...!

TimothyEBaldwin

By coach is slow, you would arrive at 7:15pm on Saturday and leave 2pm on Sunday. Unless you leave Northampton at 2:25am to arrive at 3:30pm, and buy multiple tickets due to lack to though ticketing between Greenline and National Express.

Of the remaining travel options train + rail replacement bus is the quickest and cheapest, from £175 about 5 hours out and 6 hours back including check-in, and you can leave at 5:45pm Friday evening.

A Eurostar ticket entitles you to a discount on connecting trains to London, ask for a ticket to London International (£25.90 return Northampton to London Waterloo)

Comper21

Day return on P&O Ferries Dover/Calais route with www.cheaperferries.com cost me just £30. Driving time to Paris is about 2hours 45 mins normally.

Only expensive bit of the trip was the cost of the speeding fine I had to pay to the French Gendarmerie!!

nh101

Which hotel is that dearbarbie?