Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

Saw an offer for Dover to Calais for £1 per foot passenger, so thought I might take the kids to France for the day and let them loose with the French they have learned.

...but the train to get to dover and back is £50!!! What a rip off.

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

You can take the car across for about £20 return for a day trip

I do this twice a year for ciggies and only went 2 weeks ago.

I know that P&O say that its £30 each way, but thats if you return on a different day to departure

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

Cheapest I could get for a 10 day trip in September was £40 for my bike, that was with seafrance.

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

If you book far enough in advance you can also use Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais for about £11 each way.

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

No car though!

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

So you think the railways should run for free?

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

I thought about taking the kids over for a day or two but we dont have passports so I checked on the govt website and i'd be looking at £220 for the passports for me and my 3 kids, OUCH!!!

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

Crazy seeing as we're part of the EU and if you drive between France and Spain you don't need your passport.

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

They waved me through passport checking onto the Eurotunnel whilst I was still wearing my helmet, complete with blacked out visor fully shut.

Just borrow someone elses passport for the day Kelly!

Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
 

Yes.If it wasnt for that Bob Crow and his union they would all be on minimum wage we could get tickets for half the price.Why should I have to fork out from my nice fat pay packet to subsidise others.I pay my taxes and buy the Daily Mail.What more do they want?:mad::rolleyes: