(10-05-2023, 06:25 PM)Denis Sweeney Wrote: Hi Chris, when brother Pete, myself and our good ladies went on the Eurotour last year we stayed in a Travelodge literally 5 minutes drive from the docks, cheap and cheerful and clean. There is a decent pub for food in the evening just a few minutes walk across the road at the rear.
We used a company called Relyon Parking at post code CT17 OHL. This is about 10 minutes from the hotel but they will transfer you to the hotel when you drop your car off and will pick you up in the morning to collect your car. It is open air parking but is secure and maned 24/7. At the time we were charged £25 for one night parking and includes transfers.
I stress I have no connection with this company, but there were a number of A7’s on the Eurotour that used the same parking.
You can check the location of parking and the Travelodge on Google Earth.
Hope this helps
Thanks Denis, I will feed that helpful info into the master computer which is crunching the options!
(10-05-2023, 08:48 PM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: Have you thought about Newhaven-Dieppe?
My last few trips to sunny France have been with that route. I have found that the run to Dover feels interminable and very busy.
Newhaven is considerably nearer to me (in N Yorks) than Dover and what you lose on the ferry ticket you can save on fuel depending of course on where you're heading...
The cheapest fare is of course at 22.00h but you can doze on the ferry and you land early in the morning so can get a good way along before breakfast. The return is often(?) 10.45 ish and I can get home by 19.00h
I have Duncan, and I'd prefer that route for several reasons, but the cost is easily double that of Dover - Calais, and one of the ground rules for this trip is that the two of us are not going to try to sleep in the Ulster in a car park on the docks. If I were travelling alone it would be different... We also looked at Harwich - Hoek which has several advantages, not least that we can get there easily from Bedford and get a night's sleep on the boat, but return fares are currently edging up towards £600 for mid-summer crossings.