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Dr Moriarty
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One more tip for Slim...
Slim, if this is still in time to be useful...(?)
If you're renting a car, check if you can pick it up AT Beauvais airport (and presumably return it there).
I've done this a few times in recent years when bringing the Missus + 5 kids on a January break to Paris (incl. 1 full day at Disneyland — quite enough for anyone's nerves/budget...!)
Last January I flew the 7 of us there for 6 days ex-Shannon, taking full advantage of the Ryanair €0.01 seat offer. OK, took a bit of trawling through the site — and I could afford to be reasonably flexible about the dates. But I ended up getting 7 return flights for €145. €20-ish per head — you couldn't NOT go...!
Now, had I then taken the Ryanair bus the 65km into Paris (Beauvais isn't even in the "Paris region"..!), that would have cost me exactly another €140 (7 x €10 each way, for a coach transfer that quite properly used to be free...) Instead, I booked the car from/to Beauvais airport, saving €140 and getting to our destination faster — and even the car hire itself was fractionally cheaper! (most of the agencies charge a small premium for a Paris city-centre pickup)
As for car hire value — again, if it's not too late? — give your bucks to an Irish-based agency that — for me, anyway — beat all comers, and gave great service to boot.
www.argusrentals.com
And don't be apprehensive about driving in France and/or "skirting" Paris (quite sensibly). I've been doing it for years and it's a helluva lot easier than driving around Ireland.
Bon voyage,
Dr. M.
P.S. If you want good value accommodation in Paris at some stage along the way, read
Slim, if this is still in time to be useful...(?)
If you're renting a car, check if you can pick it up AT Beauvais airport (and presumably return it there).
I've done this a few times in recent years when bringing the Missus + 5 kids on a January break to Paris (incl. 1 full day at Disneyland — quite enough for anyone's nerves/budget...!)
Last January I flew the 7 of us there for 6 days ex-Shannon, taking full advantage of the Ryanair €0.01 seat offer. OK, took a bit of trawling through the site — and I could afford to be reasonably flexible about the dates. But I ended up getting 7 return flights for €145. €20-ish per head — you couldn't NOT go...!
Now, had I then taken the Ryanair bus the 65km into Paris (Beauvais isn't even in the "Paris region"..!), that would have cost me exactly another €140 (7 x €10 each way, for a coach transfer that quite properly used to be free...) Instead, I booked the car from/to Beauvais airport, saving €140 and getting to our destination faster — and even the car hire itself was fractionally cheaper! (most of the agencies charge a small premium for a Paris city-centre pickup)
As for car hire value — again, if it's not too late? — give your bucks to an Irish-based agency that — for me, anyway — beat all comers, and gave great service to boot.
www.argusrentals.com
And don't be apprehensive about driving in France and/or "skirting" Paris (quite sensibly). I've been doing it for years and it's a helluva lot easier than driving around Ireland.
Bon voyage,
Dr. M.
P.S. If you want good value accommodation in Paris at some stage along the way, read