Best site to book the chunnel

[M 80NGO]

Hi we want to take l'oreal and trailer down to limoges again to see some friend this summer but this time we want to us the chunnel from ashford, do any of you nice people know of a good website for doing this and also can we only go as far as calais on the train or is it possible to get further into france on the train with the Bongo ?

Thanx, Pete.

[briwy]

When I've used the tunnel I always end up using the official site, seems to be as cheap as anywhere.

BTW, don't forget your breathalyser

[scanner]

It doesn't leave from Ashford that is the Eurostar passenger service, Eurotunnel leaves from near Folkestone and as said the Eurotunnel site is as good as any.
The cheapest way to buy a ticket is with Tesco Rewards Vouchers (that's if you collect them/shop at Tesco) as each £10 of them is worth £30 in Eurotunnel fares.

[Nick65]

Pete - You can get motor rail from Calais or Paris.

Not sure if you can get to Limoges though.

[scanner]

You can get motor rail from Calais

Not any more

What is Motorail?

Normal passenger trains don't carry cars or motorbikes, just passengers and sometimes bicycles. However, there are special 'Motorail' trains which carry cars & motorbikes using car transporters attached to the train. These run on a handful of holiday routes, see the motorail route map below. They're usually summer-only and usually only once or twice a week. They are run by several operators. You must first take a ferry or Eurotunnel shuttle across the Channel, as motorail trains cannot use the Channel Tunnel, they start at either Düsseldorf (Germany) or s'Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) or Paris, but no longer (as of 2010) from Calais. Motorail trains carry cars, motorbikes, small trailers & roof boxes, and on many routes you can now take some over-height 4x4 vehicles & people carriers. However, they can't carry big 4X4s, vans, caravans or campers, as these are too high. There are no motorail trains within the UK, these ceased in 1995.

from
http://www.seat61.com/Motorail.htm

[M 80NGO]

Thanx for the info guys most helpful

[hembramacho]

Second the Tesco voucher deal.
We've just exchanged £65 worth of vouchers which will get us return Chunnel in August, which would normally cost £196!

No brainer to me.

Cheers

Andrew

[Nick65]

You can get motor rail from Calais

Not any more

What is Motorail?

Normal passenger trains don't carry cars or motorbikes, just passengers and sometimes bicycles. However, there are special 'Motorail' trains which carry cars & motorbikes using car transporters attached to the train. These run on a handful of holiday routes, see the motorail route map below. They're usually summer-only and usually only once or twice a week. They are run by several operators. You must first take a ferry or Eurotunnel shuttle across the Channel, as motorail trains cannot use the Channel Tunnel, they start at either Düsseldorf (Germany) or s'Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) or Paris, but no longer (as of 2010) from Calais. Motorail trains carry cars, motorbikes, small trailers & roof boxes, and on many routes you can now take some over-height 4x4 vehicles & people carriers. However, they can't carry big 4X4s, vans, caravans or campers, as these are too high. There are no motorail trains within the UK, these ceased in 1995.

from
http://www.seat61.com/Motorail.htm

That's a shame, but to be honest I'm not surprised.