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I am visiting London in mid March and would like to go to Paris for a couple of days. Does anyone know what my options are to travel there and where I could find some deals? thanks

Take the Eurostar through the Chunnel. Your best, most time saving option and it's only 3 hours. http://www.eurostar.com/dctm/jsp/index.jsp

europegirl, Try www.buzzaway.com. We flew Buzz Airlines in Jan. Flight was short around one hour. I believe a round trip from London to Paris and back is around $218.00. per person. I would make the flight the next time I travel from Britin to France.

I've never taken the Eurostar & I trust EyeSpy's info on time (I guess you don't waste travel to & from airports) but I'd fly. Easy Jet (www.easyjet.com) flies from Luton into CDG or try ebookers.com for other air options like BA, BMI, KLM all with really cheap fares.

The BIG advantage of the Eurostar train is that it is city-center to city-center. You avoid the hassle of getting from central London (assuming you are staying in central, as most people do) to one of the airports, and on the other end avoid the hassle of getting into central Paris from one of the airports. For me the train is the best and easiest way. The train ride is fun as well, with the trip through the tunnel a new experience and realizing just how FAST you are going once you hit France and the driver puts the "pedal to the metal"...go for the train. You can always fly in an airplane, but the chunnel is unique.

Hi Although the channel train can be fun, I am looking at the reverse trip at the moment (Paris-London) easy jet looks to be the cheapest option, and if you book in advance it can be extremely cheap (10-15 euro for May). Of course you then need to get to central London, but if savings is an aim I think the cheap air is the way to go. If anyone has found cheap channel train deals please let us know.

It depends on the day of the week, but in October we got round trip for $120. I know it's been said before, but don't undestimate the cost in both time AND money of taking transportation to the airport, getting there two hours ahead of boarding and transportation into London on arrival at Heathrow. Look at www.eurostartickets.com and www.eurostar.com

hi, Am I reading this right? Based on the last post I went to the easyjet online site and found roundtrip from london/paris for 37pds (inc tax). you will not find a chunnel train(eurostar) for this kind of deal. how much does the train from the airport cost? what is the catch here?

Jet asks, >If anyone has found cheap channel train deals please let us know.< The best I could find is The Eurostar Youth Fare (<26) for 75E one way or the train to Dover, ferry to Calais and train to Paris for about 60E one way. The latter takes all day.

The catch is time. I shall take a morning flight as example. Paris Nord leave 0600, Charles de Gaulle 0630, leave by Easyjet 0840, Luton 0900, Kings Cross Thameslink 1020. 5 hours 20 minutes. Or Paris Nord check in 0743, leave by Eurostar 0813, Waterloo 1013. 3 hours 30 minutes. [email protected]

Europegirl, my first trip to Europe 2 yrs ago I took the Chunnel from London to Paris. Round-trip tickets from Eurostar at that time for the cheapest seats were $158. Loved the fact that I could go city-centre to city-centre in one shot and not have to worry about maneuvering from the airport into Paris (my 1st trip so I wanted to cut as many hassles as possible). You're welcome - ; ) ~MaryC

I don’t know that I can add much here except to reiterate what has already been said and to add my personal experience. Last spring we flew from London to Paris then Paris to London via Buzz-Away airlines and it was fine. But one just can’t under estimate the expense and hassle of making your way from London out to Stansted, arriving early, putting up with the wait and rigors of boarding, hassling with baggage, baggage inspections, baggage delivery, arriving in Paris and getting a cab to wherever one is staying. We’d bought our tickets via computer and the printout did not list our terminal of departure from Charles DeGalle for the trip back. Of course we’d made no particular note of where we’d originally arrived. Buzz-Away is part of KLH airlines and we didn’t know that as the office in Stansted had a Buzz sign above it, the one in Paris did not. There was quite a crowd milling around trying to find out where in the hell Buzz airlines window was. It really was a big, rushed magilla. Since I don’t really love flying that much in the first place I vowed that when I return it will be via the Chunnel. Again, this is not meant to reflect poorly on Buzz-Away, the flight was fast, smooth, and efficient.