EuroRail
 

We are trying to plan our honeymoon to Paris in October and I just found tickets that are 50% cheaper if we fly into London and out of Paris...so we are changing plans and doing 1/2 and 1/2!! We were wondering though how much a EuroRail ticket between the two places normally costs....it is too soon to make reservations but we want a general idea!

You'll be taking the Eurostar from London to Paris.

Prices on this train is like airfares in the US. Very high full fare, lots of discounts available on certain trains (with restrictions) and roundtrip often cheaper than one-way.

Full-fare standard class is around US$263 one-way, but can be as low as $89. Sometimes same-day return can be as cheap or cheaper. Throw away the return ticket if you don't need it.

With these railway prices, I would try a low-cost flight. It will be surely cheaper (if booked in advance) and shorter.
(try with Easyjet or Ryanair, I prefer Easyjet much better).
Congratulations on your next wedding.

US$89 is a high fare? Now if you fly a discount airline out of Gatwick or Stansted, how much do you pay to get out from London to the airport? 8-9£ (that's US$16 already. And train from airport in Paris to town? Another US$10 or so.

With the extra time for those transfer, plus getting to airport for security (last trip at STN, 25 minutes for security; last trip at LGW, 15 min), the train is so much better between London and Paris.

I was trying to say £8-9 is minimum when one takes the slower buses or regular trains for those airports. Gatwick Express is £14, Stansted Express £15.

That's one-third the cost of the cheapest Eurostar ticket already.

Easyjet if showing prices from Paris to London for September at 37 euros (25 GBP/48$), including the taxes,so I believe it is a good option, even considering that one must add the cost of going from the airport to the city. I was only trying to offer another option (the one I would choose, by the way).

Eurostar trains take about 2 hours 40 minutes from central London to central Paris. Flying will not only take longer, when you add journey times to and from airports and check-in times, but will be much less pleasant.
Book a cheap return ticket with Eurostar and throw away the return part.

Pleass listen to the others - flying London to Paris really <u>isn't</u> the way to go -- UNLESS you are flying directly from your arrival airport. Then it makes sense. But not for someone leaving from central London.

It is much easier, cheaper in the long run and probably faster, to fly into London, stay there, take the Eurostar to Paris, and fly home from Paris.

oh - the &quot;probably&quot; was in the wrong place. Should have read &quot; <i>. . . probably cheaper in the long run, and faster . . . </i>&quot;

It would definitely be faster - no &quot;probably&quot; about it.

So long as you're already going to be in central London, add my vote to those who recommend taking the train. You can check fares at www.eurostar.com. They vary widely according to time of day, day of the week, and how far in advance you book them (up to 120 days). As others have said, it may be cheaper to book a return (roundtrip) ticket and throw away the unused portion.

Just to point out that Ryanair don't fly from London - or anywhere in England or Wales for that matter - to Paris (not even Beauvais)