www.alexfactory.com - Tables et Chambres d'Hôtes near Boulogne
Pre -order by internet from the Wine Beer Warehouse and if you spend £400 or more get a free daytrip with Seafrance or £30 cash back if you travel with Eurotunnel.
Holiday Autos - cheap car hire in France, and Spain.
*** Top tips ***
Chocolate in Belgium is cheaper - a kilogram of dark Belgium Chocolates costs just £13 in Adinkerke, Belgium. In London the exact same box costs £30!
Wine in Calais is much cheaper - e.g. Blossom Hill White Zinfandel 75cl * is £4.98 at Tesco (U.K.). at Tesco, Calais it is just £2.48 (a saving of 100%)
Beer in Calaisis also cheaper. e.g. Stella Artois * is at least £8.99 in the U.K. (20+4 x 25cl 5.2%). In many Calais shops it costs just £4.99 (a saving of 44.5%)
Save on spirits in Calais. e.g. Baileys Irish cream * 1lt, costs about £16.98 in the U.K. at Sainsbury in Calais it costs just £9.99 (a saving of 41%)
Tobacco in Belgium - Huge savings
e.g. Benson & Hedges Gold (200) costs £50.49 in the U.K. In Belgium they are just £27.00 (a saving of over 46%)
Groceries are often cheaper in Calais - best buys (Auchan Hypermarket compared with Tesco U.K.)
Catsan Cat litter 10L - 25% cheaper
Chicory (endives) - 220% cheaper
Pine nuts - 131% cheaper
Evian Mineral water - 48.6% cheaper
Fabric softer - 54% cheaper
Kitchen paper - 350% cheaper
. . . and all for daytrips starting at £20 (booked on this site).
* Prices at 6th Jan. 2007.
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Shopping in Calais - Where to go, Cite Europe, other shops.
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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.
Save loads of money on a single day-trip. New Calais voucher site - check it before you go.
OFFER 1 - 20% off daytrips to Boulogne with Speedferries. 50 minute crossing. From £20 return (Offer available on this site only)
OFFER 2 - Cheapest ferry fares to Calais with P O Ferry. Cheap daytrips starting at £20 only (No fuel surcharge, subject to availability)
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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. Exit 5 Tobacco (Lu) - Brazza TABAC (Fr) - Boursot's Wines (Fr) - Route 66 Tobacco (Lu) - Stop & Shop (Bg) |
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 weekday daytrips to Calais costing just £20 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. |