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Daily newsletter for day trippers, shoppers & visitors to Calais, France - buying wine, beer, booze in Calais, and tobacco in Belgium.
This page is now run like a blog - a diary following the webmaster as he runs, researches and develops this web magazine.
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WOW! PO ferries now offer special especially low fares to visitors to day-tripper.net.
Just book via this link for daytrips to Calais starting at £20 (No fuel surcharge. Subject to availability, online only). More information about this offer |
The next Public Holiday is Bastille Day, Monday 14th July. The main shops in Calais will be OPEN. Holiday shopping - which shops are open, when?
You need a 1 euro coin for supermarket trolleys in Calais. However if you ask for a token at the information desk you get to keep it (I keep mine in the ashtray). At Carrefour Mi-Voix you will need a 2 euro coin.
Next 5 days weather
Caen, Calais, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Dover, Dunkirk, Le Havre, Ostende, Roscoff, St. Malo.
CREDIT CARDS - we suggest you ring your credit card company before shopping in France - increased fraud means they are turning down shoppers cards if their spending deviates from the norm. Take your mobile - you can often sort the problem out over the phone.
Journalists - if we can assist you with your articles - please click here
OFFER 2 - Cheapest ferry fares to Calais with P O Ferry. Cheap daytrips starting at £20 only (No fuel surcharge, subject to availability)
Direct Booking links
| Transmanche Ferries Dieppe | LD Lines Ferry Le Havre | Transeuropa Ferries |
| Norfolkline Dover to Dunkirk | SpeedFerries Boulogne | DFDS Ferries Newcastle |
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| Eurotunnel to Calais |  |
 - La Voix du Nord, Northern France. www.lavoixdunord.fr
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Ferry - Don't be late.
If you arrive less than 20 minutes before your sailing you are unlikely to get on. Via the M2 from the Blackwall Tunnel to the A2 turn off is about 50 minutes, to the Dover turn off (next roundabout) about 30 minutes, to ferry - about 15 minutes. | ||||||||||||||||||||
"I want shops concerned mainly with wine" - Quality Wine Shops
Le Chais, Boursot's - the best for French wines in Calais. "I want shops that sell cheap beer, wine and spirits" - Wine & Beer Shops Bottles Wine & Beer, did well in our wine tastings. "I'm Jewish and want Kosher wine!" - Only Le Chai, Ardrésien, sell kosher wines in Calais. Did you know Kosher wines are organic? "I want to buy wine "en vrac" - Bar a Vins sells wine "en vrac". Bring your own bottle - wines priced per litre (Côtes du Rhônes, Tarn, Rosé, Sauvignon) Also selling wine "en vrac" is Perardel. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Property shows concerning France that may interest you - Property in France.
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French Public Holidays - don't travel when its busy or holiday when everyone else is!
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You now need a 2 euro coin for some supermarket trolleys in France. | ||||||||||||||||||||
CREDIT CARDS - we suggest you ring your credit card company before shopping in France - increased fraud means they are turning down shoppers cards if their spending deviates from the norm. Take your mobile - you can often sort the problem out over the phone. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Journalists - if you need advice or assistance - pleaseclick here for more information.
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- French Radio. 
- Radio France International. 
- Agence France Presse. 
- Le Figaro. 
- Liberation. 
- Le Monde Newspaper. 
- Le Monde Diplomatique. 
- Le Parisien. 
- Reuters (France). 
- Say NO to 0870. Why should you pay to speak to a company whose service you want to buy into? 
