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Post by penylanpaul1 on Dec 13, 2015 12:00:57 GMT
Unbelievable feeding frenzy from airlines and hotels, My flight to Bordeaux from Bristol went up from 109 to 150£ in the 2 minutes I was booking, and that was before the draw had finished !
Flying Bristol to Bordeaux on 9th June, Flying Bordeaux to Lille on the 14th, and flying Lille to Toulouse on Easy Jet on the 17th.Have been told that the ticket I booked from Bordeaux to Lille had more than doubled in price about an hour after I booked.
It is a shame that we are playing all the matches in small grounds and so many Welsh fans will be unable to watch them. Why could they not extend some of the stadiums as other countries have done for major tournaments ?
No money left for Christmas. Little choice but to have a dry January after paying for 3 flights and 3 hotels.
The boys have got to do a job in Lens. My 2 nights there will be interesting. Nearest hotel I could get at a reasonable price is 7 miles from the city centre. I must ask whether my Cardiff bus pass is acceptable in France.
Hopefully should get a bit of sun In Bordeaux with a couple of trips to the beach and then back to the old city for the evening.
Keep the faith
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Post by scoop76 on Dec 13, 2015 12:14:39 GMT
Count yourself lucky you managed to book on that Bristol to Bordeuax flight when you did. £300 return seems reasonable, given some of the prices I've now seen (the flight you're on went up to £350 one way!)... I forgot Easyjet flew that route, delayed booking and missed out. Kicking myself. Now waiting for organised trips to be confirmed.
Bristol to Toulouse flights sold a bit more slowly, so I'm sorted for the Russia match. £300 return.
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Post by gwernybwch on Dec 13, 2015 12:26:02 GMT
Unbelievable feeding frenzy from airlines and hotels, My flight to Bordeaux from Bristol went up from 109 to 150£ in the 2 minutes I was booking, and that was before the draw had finished ! Tell me about it, I was booking a ticket for my nephew and each time that I clicked on the 'buy' button, it came back with a "the price of the ticket has now increased" error message. It went up £50 in the space of a couple of minutes!
Now that I've booked the flights and the accommodation it is starting to feel a bit real. Oh, and how bl*ody expensive it is going to be!
I'm flying Birmingham to Bordeaux on the day of the game (Sat 11th) and then flying back the next day. A couple of days in work and then flying Bristol to Brussels on Weds 15th. Hopefully then spend two weeks travelling around France, taking in Toulouse and the venues that we will be playing in the knock-out stages :-)
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Post by ger27 on Dec 13, 2015 12:40:29 GMT
8 of us are booked on flights to La Rochelle - £40 on the Friday. La Rochelle is only an hour north of Bordeaux, so a good option if you want to fly on the Friday and think that the Bordeaux flights are too expensive.
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Post by scoop76 on Dec 13, 2015 12:55:55 GMT
8 of us are booked on flights to La Rochelle - £40 on the Friday. La Rochelle is only an hour north of Bordeaux, so a good option if you want to fly on the Friday and think that the Bordeaux flights are too expensive. Cheers! |
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Post by ontheroadagain on Dec 13, 2015 13:16:34 GMT
Posdilby catching a ferry across from Portsmouth on the Thursday night and drive down to Bordeaux in time to watch the opening game on TV or in a fan zone.
Pick out a few places to visit on the way to Lens. Then a couple of stops down to Toulouse.
After that depends on where the fixtures take us.
This will be cheaper and more educational than £300 flights for each game.
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Post by caerphillylad3 on Dec 13, 2015 13:26:37 GMT
Prices shot up when I was sorting it so I now have Hotel Booked for Arres about 12 miles from Lens for the 16th June and get a ferry over and drive there on the 15th get a hotel somewhere on the French side just past Calais and then do the Last hour and half or so on the day
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2015 14:44:39 GMT
Dover-Calais 8th June
Hotel in Dordogne 8th-21st, Drive to the games (allthough may book one night near Lens as 1000 mile round trip)
22nd onwards depends on Bale and co....
Options....dependent on Bale and Co
Stay on for Round of 16 and further (Prefered Option!)
Take in the TDF,
Drive down to Southern Europe for sun,
Come home to watch endless shite on Tv about England. (Least Prefered Option!)
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Post by underwood on Dec 13, 2015 15:01:28 GMT
Basing myself in Lyon, got a return flight there for £120 a few weeks back. This morning I booked internal flights to Bordeaux & Toulouse & they were only £65 a pop, so all in just £250 spent on flights. Will get the train to Lens if I get a ticket.
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Post by cymro on Dec 13, 2015 15:12:21 GMT
Flying Birmingham to Bordeaux via Brussels on the 10th, then up to Brussels on the 12th. Will most likely just travel to Lens from Brussels on the day of the game as hotels seem ridiculous there, and as its an afternoon game can get the hell out of there straight away. Getting to Toulouse I haven't decided how yet.
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Post by yanto on Dec 13, 2015 15:17:37 GMT
Posdilby catching a ferry across from Portsmouth on the Thursday night and drive down to Bordeaux in time to watch the opening game on TV or in a fan zone. Pick out a few places to visit on the way to Lens. Then a couple of stops down to Toulouse. After that depends on where the fixtures take us. This will be cheaper and more educational than £300 flights for each game. You not hopeful of a ticket? |
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Post by yanto on Dec 13, 2015 15:23:04 GMT
I've booked hotels in bordeaux and toulouse but have given upin lens everything bookec althouh a very small hotel in the centre starting asking £263 for 1 night!!!! Ha ha ha. Thinking of findinb campsite close to to tgv station and going in early and should be easy to get back given early kick off.
Likely ferry and car as flights in and ojt for every game is just too expensive. Will e quite nice travelling between the cities watching games in bars.
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Post by President Bale on Dec 13, 2015 15:41:10 GMT
'Scenic route' flights from Heathrow on the 10th to Madrid with a connecting flight doubling back up to Bordeaux. Two nights in a hotel on the edge of town and then flying back same way on the Sunday. £180 return air tickets booked with Iberia late last night and £25 per night hotel. By the sounds of it they might turn out to be half decent prices... Too expensive for me to stay the whole tournament but, tickets or no tickets, it feels important to be at our opener in Bordeaux. Can't wait!
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Post by scoop76 on Dec 13, 2015 16:18:19 GMT
Posdilby catching a ferry across from Portsmouth on the Thursday night and drive down to Bordeaux in time to watch the opening game on TV or in a fan zone. Pick out a few places to visit on the way to Lens. Then a couple of stops down to Toulouse. After that depends on where the fixtures take us. This will be cheaper and more educational than £300 flights for each game. This is all down to each fan's personal circumstances though. Work means I can't stay out in France for the whole of the group stage - and I need to get my son back to school on the Monday after the Slovakia match - so for me flights in and out are the best option. Obviously I would have preferred to stay out for the whole of the first round but that's just not an option. |
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Post by erasedcitizen on Dec 13, 2015 16:24:27 GMT
8 of us are booked on flights to La Rochelle - £40 on the Friday. La Rochelle is only an hour north of Bordeaux, so a good option if you want to fly on the Friday and think that the Bordeaux flights are too expensive. We've decided to stay from the 8th to the 15th June in La Rochelle. Got a very good deal on an apartment there. |
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Post by leggybach on Dec 13, 2015 16:24:56 GMT
Belgrade - Paris Beauvais 9th June, night in a hostel in central Paris.
Paris - Bordeaux 10th June, 7.30am. Meey up with the old man and friends in apartment in Bordeaux around 11am
Leave Bordeaux 13th
13th/14th - ?? Make our way up north
15th/16th - near Lens (already had two places turn us down, though).
17th/18th - ?? Make our way down south
19th/20th - Apartment in Toulouse
21st - Go to Marseille for Ukraine - Poland
23rd - Marseille to Dublin
24th - Family Wedding
25th - Potentially return to France for Round of 16!
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Post by ontheroadagain on Dec 13, 2015 16:30:06 GMT
Posdilby catching a ferry across from Portsmouth on the Thursday night and drive down to Bordeaux in time to watch the opening game on TV or in a fan zone. Pick out a few places to visit on the way to Lens. Then a couple of stops down to Toulouse. After that depends on where the fixtures take us. This will be cheaper and more educational than £300 flights for each game. You not hopeful of a ticket? Went to 7 of the last 8 away games plus Netherlands away, also TT holder for the last 2 tournaments, so more than hopeful. Will be applying for FMT ticket. I want to have a holiday and watch the football. Work will be expecting me to put in my holiday application tomorrow! To save a days holiday, if I do not have the Friday off on our rota I will try to swap that day off. |
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Post by machnomancunian on Dec 13, 2015 17:24:54 GMT
New Member but a lurker over the years!
Going down to Bordeaux from Manchester on the train.
I've booked hotels so far 10th June 2 nights in Bordeaux and 2 nights in Tolouse from June 19th, Flying home via Brussels for £76 to Manchester
Thinking for basing in Paris for the Ingerland game, only an hour on the TGV from Gare du Nord.
F1hotels from Accor seem cheap and cheerful. Aslong as i've a bed to sleep the beer off i'm fine with it!
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Post by ontheroadagain on Dec 13, 2015 17:31:11 GMT
New Member but a lurker over the years! Going down to Bordeaux from Manchester on the train. I've booked hotels so far 10th June 2 nights in Bordeaux and 2 nights in Tolouse from June 19th, Flying home via Brussels for £76 to Manchester Thinking for basing in Paris for the Ingerland game, only an hour on the TGV from Gare du Nord. F1hotels from Accor seem cheap and cheerful. Aslong as i've a bed to sleep the beer off i'm fine with it! Welcome lurker. Where are you based in the Manchester conurbation? |
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Post by machnomancunian on Dec 13, 2015 17:33:46 GMT
Welcome lurker. Where are you based in the Manchester conurbation? Diolch! Been here 6 years, now residing in the affluent and lovely Newton Heath. |
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Post by CR86 on Dec 13, 2015 17:46:14 GMT
Flying from Manchester to Paris on 10th, Paris hotel booked for 9 nights. Got TGV booked to the Saturday morning down to Bordeaux but can't see any trains back up after match and hotels look expensive in Bordeaux on the Saturday night so will probably get first train back in the morning.
Will travel to Lens and back on day of match.
Have flight booked down from Paris to Toulouse on the 19th where we will stay for two nights then fly from Toulouse to Manchester via Brussels on the Tuesday.
Will fly out again if we get to the knockouts.
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Post by helipad138 on Dec 13, 2015 18:58:56 GMT
Flying Bristol to Bergerac early morning on 11th then train to Bordeaux. Flying Bordeaux back to Bristol via Brussels the next day.
Very early Eurostar to Lille on morning of 16th then train on to Lens. Hoping not to have to come home between games 2 and 3 so (annual leave permitting) probably a couple of days in Paris before heading south to Toulouse. Flying back via Brussels the next day.
Will deal with knockout rounds later!
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Post by erasedcitizen on Dec 13, 2015 19:45:08 GMT
8th June - Fly from Luton to Bordeaux
8th June - 15th June - Stay in La Rochelle
15th June - Travel to Dunkirk, stay there for the night
16th June - Taxi or train from Lens to Brussels. Spend the night in Brussels.
17th June - Fly from Brussels to Toulouse
17th June - 21st June - Stay in Toulouse
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Post by penylanpaul1 on Dec 13, 2015 20:06:21 GMT
La Rochelle is a lovely city and ok for a few days. You can get across to to visit the islands and it may not be too crowded in June. In August they are queueing to get over there.
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Post by ontheroadagain on Dec 13, 2015 20:45:17 GMT
Welcome lurker. Where are you based in the Manchester conurbation? Diolch! Been here 6 years, now residing in the affluent and lovely Newton Heath. A man u fan? |
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Post by ontheroadagain on Dec 13, 2015 20:50:01 GMT
Belgrade - Paris Beauvais 9th June, night in a hostel in central Paris. Paris - Bordeaux 10th June, 7.30am. Meey up with the old man and friends in apartment in Bordeaux around 11am Leave Bordeaux 13th 13th/14th - ?? Make our way up north 15th/16th - near Lens (already had two places turn us down, though). 17th/18th - ?? Make our way down south 19th/20th - Apartment in Toulouse 21st - Go to Marseille for Ukraine - Poland 23rd - Marseille to Dublin 24th - Family Wedding 25th - Potentially return to France for Round of 16! What do you mean potentially? |
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Post by machnomancunian on Dec 13, 2015 20:55:51 GMT
Asu mawr no! Derby County! |
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Post by holmesdaleultra on Dec 13, 2015 21:01:38 GMT
My itinerary plans so far is travel with paganella logistics over to France with a tent & take it from there.
No need for finding these camping sites and wasting euros plenty of rural land in France & it's going to be hot anyway.
Had my access code but may struggle to get tickets as I have no credit card.
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Post by ontheroadagain on Dec 13, 2015 21:05:25 GMT
Asu mawr no! Derby County! Do I say commiserations or congratulations? ;-) |
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Post by ontheroadagain on Dec 13, 2015 21:08:41 GMT
My itinerary plans so far is travel with paganella logistics over to France with a tent & take it from there. No need for finding these camping sites and wasting euros plenty of rural land in France & it's going to be hot anyway. Had my access code but may struggle to get tickets as I have no credit card. Get your dad to apply for your tickets. Then take his credit card with you. |
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