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Hope you have a ball.

I recently asked the question as too how much it would cost to do this late August but after much searching have bottled it and we are stopping in blighty. Have never done it before and with 2 teen girls in tow think it would be just that bit to stressful. So good luck.

Going from 8th August till 26th, costs so far,

Ferry to Zeebrugge   £220                                                                                                                                    

Stopover France £13.00

Spanish site 8 nights £350

Spanish site ( 2 ) 4 nights £110

Ferry back   £545

Four nights CC site   £84

Fuel £250-300

So including tolls, and no spends, up to £1600 already, but ain,t that what we work for, no doubt some surfers might think we,re mad, but we,ll see more, do more and blooming well enjoy it.

So Bill the Bus there you go , wished sometimes shopped at Tescos to get them point thingys for the ferry discounts though.

Quote: Originally posted by lilyt on 16/2/2008

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I've sorted out 2 sites in France with 5 days spare to do look around. Ferries booked and 2 stop-over hotels. Camped last year for first time ever and loved it. Can't wait for July to be off again. I never want to return to package hols and airports ever 

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 Brilliant,what area? we are going in June only 2 weeks though just pottering down west coast stopping whenever we feel.always do it this way as we are on bikes so its really easy,sometimes we get to Spain and other times have not gone much further then the Gironde...cant wait and totally agree about never doing package hols or airports soooo boring and stressful in comparison..Have a great time,

Evo

Quote: Originally posted by Bill the Bus on 17/2/2008

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I recently asked the question as too how much it would cost to do this late August but after much searching have bottled it and we are stopping in blighty. Have never done it before and with 2 teen girls in tow think it would be just that bit to stressful. So good luck.

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If it's of interest to you, we spent £1200 in total for two and a half weeks in France last summer (11-28 August). That was for two adults in a tent (and not towing anything).

I haven't got the detailed breakdown in front of me, but that total includes, petrol, tolls, Dover-Calais ferry, campsites, insurance, maps, guidebooks, days out, food, drinks. In short, absolutely everything we spent. Certainly the campsites and spending money would cost more with children but that surely wouldn't be must worse than it is in the UK?

We took out annual travel and breakdown insurance too, so that our upcoming 3 weeks in Italy this summer (booked since the ferry timetables first came out) is covered as well. Bargainous.

Now all I need to do I find me a new tent between now and then!