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June 3rd - Tobacco prices DOWN in Belgium! Good news at last. The tobacco companies are reducing the price of Golden Virginia tobacco from £4.55 to £3.70 from today (Wednesday). Cigarette prices have also been reduced, Benson and Hedges is now £38.00 per 200.

The savings are not as big, but there are still good savings to be made - more

DIY / Decorating - Leroy Merlin DIY.

Maps - France, Calais, distances.

Markets - where & on what day.

Other Shops - Cheese, Chocolate, Car Service /Garages, Opticians, Perfume.

Prices - price surveys & advice on ferry tickets, beer, tobacco, petrol, champagnes & food etc.

Shopping in Calais - Where to go, Cite Europe, other shops.

Supermarkets & Hypermarkets - ALDI, ATAC, Champion, CORA, Intermarché, Le Clerc, Leader Price, LIDL, Monoprix, & others.

Tips - what to buy, what's cheap, Revenue & Customs (Customs & Excise), weddings, foot passengers, etc.

Tobacco in Adinkerke, Belgium - Shops in Adinkerke and Ostende.

Tobacco in France - shops in Calais selling cigarettes & pouch tobacco.

Wine & Beer - shops & warehouses selling wine, beer & spirits in Calais. Eastenders, Tesco, Sainsbury's, etc.

Wine Shops - Just wine.

Travelling to France - Hotels in Calais - Restaurants in Calais - Tourism in France

Save loads of money on a single day-trip. New Calais voucher site - check it before you go.

 

Book a ferry to France

OFFER 1 - Cheapest ferry fares Dover to Calais with P O Ferry. Daytrips only £19 on Day-tripper.net. No fuel surcharge, subject to availability.

OFFER 2 - Brittany Ferries Offer. Daytrip from £65 (£25 a car plus £20 per passenger, minimum two people)

OFFER 3 - DFDS Seaways Ferries. Mini cruise breaks to Amsterdam from Newcastle. Great deals available.

Direct Booking links

Transmanche Ferries DieppeLD Lines Ferry BoulogneTranseuropa Ferries
Norfolkline Dover to Dunkirk-
click hereDFDS Ferries Newcastle
eurostar trainEurotunnel
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Book a Hotel in France, Belgium and Europe

Useful outside links

Dover Calais Ferry - Quick links

- PO Ferries - Seafrance - Norfolkline (Dunkirk) - LD Lines (Boulogne, Dieppe)

Eurostar / Eurotunnel

- Eurostar - Eurotunnel - Rail Europe -

Travelling to France - its getting cheaper

Airlines - Budget airlines & other carriers.

Airports - Airports in France, United Kingdom and other E.U. member states.

Buying cars in France, Belgium, & Holland.

Car hire in France - Cars, motor homes, companies, links. Spain, Camping Cars

Coach Travel - coach companies, all details and links.

Day-trippers crossing the Channel - all the day trip companies. Book a fare with Brittany ferries, Condor Ferries, Eurotunnel, Norfolkline, P and O Ferries (Channel), P & O Ferries (Calais), SeaFrance, Stena, Transmanche.

Other Ferry Companies - Colorline, DFDS, Irish ferries, Norse Merchant, P&O Irish Sea, POFerry North Sea etc.

Rail - Getting to and around France by rail. Agents & companies. Rail Europe

www.bestferryfares.com

Been a victim of HM Revenue & Customs? We want to hear from you.

Calais Hotels - Calais Restaurants - Calais Tourism

"plan your journey to save"

Channel Ports (other) - Boulogne, Dieppe, Cherbourg, many more.

Conversions - pounds to Kilograms? Miles to kilometres?

Driving information - tips, links, autoroutes, find cheap fuel, Breakdown insurance.

French - phrases and words, study information

French Search Engines - helpful when you are looking for something special.

Holidays in France - links and information on many types of holiday in France.

Hotels - in Calais and France. Logis and Gites de France, B & B, camping. Links to all the chains. Book a hotel in France

Travel Insurance - information and links to many companies. Ski Insurance

Pets Abroad - some useful info.

Property to Buy in France - links, information.

Property to rent in France - links, information.

Restaurants - in Calais & other Channel ports.

Route Planners - choose from one of many we have found.

Skiing - Ski companies, resorts, links, useful info.

Tourism - places to visit.

Tourist Offices - Nord, Pas-de-Calais and the rest of France.

Travellers Tips - useful tips & advice.

Useful information - Public & School holidays, events, France info.

Weather in all the channel ports.

Save £635 in France, £929 in Belgium, £964 in Luxembourg and stay within the limits!

A horror story - it happens in New Labour Britain

"After answering the questions the officer went away with our passports and came back 10-15 mins later with a small notepad with his questions & our answers on and asked us to sign it. We refused because this list of Q & A had been compiled in another part of the airport away from us. The senior officer came out to us and said that if we didn't sign, then he would! He wasn't present when the questions were asked so how could he sign it to say it was completely accurate? We found this a breach of our rights as it should have been written down it word for word face to face, and totally unacceptable that a senior officer would sign something that he hadn't witnessed. The tobacco was confiscated and we were given a seizure note of the amounts confiscated.

The officer told us that they were taking it because we were `over the limit`. We asked `what limit?` as we had been told that there is no limit if for own use or gifts which was what ours was, half for my husband and half a gift for our son. We produced the receipt for these goods confirming that tax duty had been paid on them. We are appealing.

Many thanks for your excellent & informative site

We agree - please let your MP and MEP's know your feelings.

New voucher site for Calais

The "Club hôtelier de Calais", the restaurants Toques d'Opale, tourist places of "Calais-Côte d'Opale", all the shopkeepers of Cité Europe and Carrefour hypermarket have combined their efforts to offer vouchers to U.K. shoppers. You need to apply for the CPlus card to obtain them. www.cpluscard.com

With daytrips to Calais costing just £19 via Day-tripper.net with PO Ferries, you can do a few trips, buy the wines you like and then go back to stock up with the ones you want or enjoyed.