- May 7, 2011
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Hi,
I know most senoir citizens have time to spare so no problem, but my question is/was when planning your holiday abroad do you go for cheapest route to france or think about alternative routes,
ie if going to west coast or brittany do you consider portsmouth ferry or poole, all be it dearer so as to save time,diesel and wear & tear and get a few extra days holiday to boot.
We live on the Isle of Wight, so to travel to dover or tunnel adds an extra day each way or there abouts to our itinary,
then to drive to brittany or west coast takes another 2 days approx each way making about 4/5 days overall travelling to our destination.
Personally I enjoy the driving seeing all the villages and french countryside on the way but before I retired and only had 2/3 weeks hols at a time I had to give it some serious thought.
Only once used peage roads (toll ) by error, blamed it on sat nav.oh:
Taking cost of diesel and time saved ??
Do you think it worth trying a more expensive route to save the mileage and time. Just wondered what you all thought.:thumb:
I know most senoir citizens have time to spare so no problem, but my question is/was when planning your holiday abroad do you go for cheapest route to france or think about alternative routes,
ie if going to west coast or brittany do you consider portsmouth ferry or poole, all be it dearer so as to save time,diesel and wear & tear and get a few extra days holiday to boot.
We live on the Isle of Wight, so to travel to dover or tunnel adds an extra day each way or there abouts to our itinary,
then to drive to brittany or west coast takes another 2 days approx each way making about 4/5 days overall travelling to our destination.
Personally I enjoy the driving seeing all the villages and french countryside on the way but before I retired and only had 2/3 weeks hols at a time I had to give it some serious thought.
Only once used peage roads (toll ) by error, blamed it on sat nav.oh:
Taking cost of diesel and time saved ??
Do you think it worth trying a more expensive route to save the mileage and time. Just wondered what you all thought.:thumb: