Tesco and Eurotunnel
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Cancelling a Eurotunnel Booking
I have had to cancel a return trip on Eurotunnel [Car + 2 + Dog], as I have to go into hospital for an op.
The booking was 'non-refundable'.
IMU - Its still around
I thought this had disappeared in the new tax system, but my Comune website says the first payment for 2014 is due by 16th June
Looks like the days of the easy/cheap trip to italy through Switzerland are numbered.
Apparently, the Swiss government has decided to raise the cost of the vignette to 100 Swiss Francs for 2015.
Petrol prices in France are now comparable with the UK, except on the French Autoroutes.
For a change this year we drove down to Italy via Besancon [avoiding most tolls by taking some good french non-motorways.]
In today's Guardian
Ryanair have announced their credit card will now be liable to the same charges as other credit cards - so the end of no charge bookings
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The route to Calais from Padua is about 800 miles.
Assuming you stay within legal speed limits, allowing for sensible stops each day, you'll average about 55 mph overall, so (including sensible stops) you'll be on the road for approx 15 hours.
If you stop overnight at anywhere like Bapaume before Calais, that will leave a 90 minute drive to Calais, and an acceptable drive on to W Midlands.
That leaves about 13+ hrs travelling, which means about 6hrs to 7hrs each day on the way from Padua.
Is that acceptable, or would an extra overnight make it a more pleasant journey?
(I know some will say "just blast through and do it as quickly as possible:, but you need to consider who is travelling (number and ages) and is driving shared etc etc)
What sort of route do you want?
Fast, scenic, cheap, how many overnight stops, how many hours driving a day? etc etc.
More info please.
Do you have a friend in Italy who can pay the bill, at any Italian Post Office, if you email them the signed F24 and transfer the cash to their bank account?
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Ugo
Grazie Mille
Thanks for that Ugo
However, what I am looking for is a bookshop that I can order a specific book, such as "The secret diary of Boris Johnson aged 13....yrs", for delivery to my English friend near Bergamo.
I can do it from England with Waterstones, who will post it from UK, BUT there is the distinct possibility that my friend would be asked, on delivery, for import taxes. (And the postage from UK would be more than the book)
If you want someone to sort out all the train tickets for a trip down Italy, Ffestiniog Travel sorted all mine out. They do charge, it cost me about £47 in fees for our return journey, but I feel it eas well worth it.
""Maybe the way I entered it--formatting for phone numbers is always a problem."
Did you post it without the 0039 prefix and without any gaps between the figures?
Worth reading - ......
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/italy/italy-one-euro-homes-…
Try Googling "1 euro houses Italy" Plenty of info
I think the big 'catch' is that the houses require major refurbishment, which must be completed in a set time frame, or the house reverts back to the Comune/town