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mandyandandy

In August we decided to go for 19 nights to France then Andy got an extra 2 days off so we thought thats ok we will just go earlier and stay at the Aire in Canterbury, do the cathedral and then stay around Dover and actually look at the place instead of just driving through it.

Did the cathedral then on to Dover front, tried to do U turn and hit the concrete bollard next to road ( a warning to others , they don't move). So fed up with ourselves we decided to go and try and confuse the machine at the tunnel 24 hours early.

Hey presto ! it worked we logged in our number and it offered us the next train out at no extra cost. Either that or it saw our faces and felt sorry for us.

We often go earlier than the 2 hours, we spoke to a lady on the machine once and she said if you go anytime after midnight on the day you are travelling you stand a chance of being offered an earlier crossing, which you can refuse and just go with the original time (happened to us once which is when the lady told us what she did, it offered us a 4.30am crossing instead of our 9.30am one, which we declined)

Mandy

redwell

e have been on the tunnel several times with our rv it is 34 ft long and we have a large gas tank fitted they ususally check that it is switched off. twice they havent checked it. we did have aproblem this year the tolls to book in are very narrow and we scraped the side it sounded dreadful but it was luckily only the leg of the awning. the toll is like the french tolls a ridiculous width. the train is also narrow so take it slow and watch were the doors are because they are even narrower. but apart from that it is much more convenient then a ferry just sit in your van with a flask and you are in france in no time. we have normaly been able to arrive on an earlier train. i do use tesco vouchers and find the tunnel the cheapest way to cross as there is no height and length supplements

falken

seamusog

Could someone please tell me how the Tesco vouchers work,I understand that if I shop in Tesco I will get the points,but how do I 'magic' the points into ferry/train tickets?regards,seamus.(thick as poo in the neck of a bottle) Confused

pneumatician

If I am feeling a tight wad I go for the Ferry usually through C.C or C&CC. When I am feeling all is well with the world and remember how much easier and convenient it is to board etc its the Tunnel.

Steve

redwell

it is very easy to use the vouchers. unfortunately they have just stopped po ferries dover to calais. when you spend money in tesco you get points this is sent to you in vouchers .you go onto tesco.com click deals go onto eurotunnel put in how many vouchers you have and it will tell you how much this worth. you then check on eurotunnel .com so you know how much the crossing is. you then ring tesco or order on line the tesco vouchers .when they arrive ring eurotunnel telling them you are booking with tesco vouchers they ask for what crossing you want they tell you the price you tell them how much in vouchers you have you then either pay the difference or if you have enough for the whole crossing you dont pay anything. they make the booking but they only hold it for 4 days .you must send the vouchers to eurotunnel special delivery it costs 4.95. you are then sent the conformation. i put in all my fuel intesco also if you join the various clubs such as food club you are sent vouchers for extra points if you buy something. these increase my points,so you will find they soon mount up. the vouchers from tescos are valid for two years.
hope this is helpful

Oldskool

seamusog

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