London to Paris

Any suggestions as to getting to Paris from London? I am studying in the UK and have friends coming to visit. We%26#39;d like to travel to Paris but we are on a limited budget and want to see as much as possible. We have been invited to visit friends in Germany and Poland also. I don%26#39;t have time to do much investigating...

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YOu have 2 options, either take the train (eurostar.com) or fly (Easyjet.com)

I%26#39;d bet that it%26#39;ll be much cheaper to fly but takes longer (checking in at least 1 hour in advance, 4 minutes to get to airport and getting train into London afterwards).

Train will maybe be up to twice as expensive ($100) but you lerave from central Paris and 3 hours later, step out in central London.

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Not much difference in the costs of flying or train, if you book in advance train can be as low as 60 quid return.

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%26quot;40 minutes to get to the airport%26quot; is what I meant.

So check out the sits that people here suggest with your dates (different dates can often throw up very different prices)

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If you are a student, there are cheaper rates for you on the train, so the Eurostar may not be that much more than the plane. I usually get my tix for 70 Euros r/t, and I%26#39;m not a student.

RyanAir

Easyjet

VirginExpress are all airlines that may have cheap flights for your trip.

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You would have to check with EUROSTAR to find out but several years ago,they used to offer some sort of %26#39;..student stand-by..%26#39; fare, which allowed students to purchase tickets but did not guarantee them a reserved seat on any particular train (all seats are reserved on Eurostar). If there was a seat available 30 minutes or so before the train left, the student could take it; if not they had to wait and take their chances on the next, Since trains left every hour,this was never a great hardship. But as I said this student stand-by fare was offered perhaps 10 years ago. Today???