Eurostar prices in October, International campsite & October halfterm questions!

[Serenlas]

So it turns out that our October halfterm is a week earlier than the majority of the country's, so the school holiday price hike doesn't happen until the week *after* we're off school & work So, although I probably can't justify it, I'm wondering about taking my girls away for a few days. We're already planning a late Nov trip to DLP to do the Christmas thing, but my parents are Sky customers so they could get us free one-day tickets, so we'd only have to pay for 1 of us to get in to the parks for a day trip. And Eurocamp's International site would only cost about £118 for 4 nights, and it's commutable. We could also do a couple of days in Paris. Has anyone here done this?

The only problem is the transport.. I don't drive, flights would cost too much to be worth it, and Eurostar doesn't go up to October yet. Does anyone know how much tickets start at for October - are they comparable to the same days of the week in July? If so, they're about the same price as flights!

What to do!

 

[A Small World]

We were going to stay at International campsite a few years ago but cancelled at the last minute and stayed at Holiday Inn instead - we werent going to travel to DLP from there though just into Paris and then move to DLP.
I dont know if youve been before but I think its a very basic campsite. Its the opposite side of Paris to DLP although on the same RER line. It will take quite a while to get there as you would have to go through Paris everytime then out again so could take 1h30-2hrs each way.
Have you looked at the hotels at Val d"europe - sometimes you can get Etap for about £30 night- again very basic but much closer

 

[Carrie_Cat]

Once you get on the RER at Maisons Laffitte it's an hour and 10 minutes to go straight through to DLP

If that doesn't bother you it's a not a bad town to be in and it's very close to Paris center - 30 mins will get you to Chatelet-Les Halles so central Paris - for exploring the city

Eurostars lowest fare is always £69 but there aren't that many of them..have you tried phoning Eurostar and seeing when the tickets will be available ?

 

[Disney Princesses LW]

If you ring Eurostar direct they can give you the prices earlier than webiste
We go the smae week and have booked flights £95.00 each

 

[Serenlas]

Thanks. I haven't phoned them yet, but if it's £69 per person each way (??) I'd probably be better off flying with a budget airline, if I can justify it. I don't mind basic campsites but then again it'll probably be pretty nippy in a static caravan in late October! I think I'll look into the hotels some more And invent a teleporter to get us there for free

 

[Disney Princesses LW]

try expedia they have good deals on hotels and flights from about $130 each