Anyone seen any ridiculously cheap deals to Greece?

[foliedouce]

With all the turmoil going on and a thread of worried holiday makers, I reckon there must be some amazing deals.

Fancy driving to a London airport on Friday with the family and flying to Crete or another Island for a long weekend

Any ideas?

[tvrforever]

The problem will be the excess baggage charges from the extra suitcases needed to carry all the hard currency

[foliedouce]

tvrforever said:

The problem will be the excess baggage charges from the extra suitcases needed to carry all the hard currency

Yes but think about the half price cars you could drive back

[thainy77]

Wait until next week after the referendum results are in, that could see the prices plummet.

As for cash, expats can still withdraw their daily maximum, only the Greeks are restricted to 60 euros per day but it's obviously advisable to take currency with you.

[The Leaper]

fd,

Sorry to correct your view about the price of cars in Greece. My brother is married to a Greek lady and he has bought a car in Greece several times. In general they are more than twice the price of the UK price, and if you want to export it the export taxes are very high too.

Now, if you fancy an executive jet....

R.

[Cheib]

foliedouce said:

With all the turmoil going on and a thread of worried holiday makers, I reckon there must be some amazing deals.

Fancy driving to a London airport on Friday with the family and flying to Crete or another Island for a long weekend

Any ideas?

I'd be worried about getting there and there being strikes etc.....how will you fly home if air traffic control isn't working ? There is a very real danger of at least one of the banks going bust. Your cash card won't work is the bank is insolvent.......

You should absolutely take all the money you would possibly need and more for emergencies in cash.

[Johnniem]

The Leaper said:

fd,

Sorry to correct your view about the price of cars in Greece. My brother is married to a Greek lady and he has bought a car in Greece several times. In general they are more than twice the price of the UK price, and if you want to export it the export taxes are very high too.

Now, if you fancy an executive jet....

R.

+1. Has always been the case. My father drove his mark 2 Jaaaaag there in the late 60's to sell it as there was a massive premium at that time for such cars. Job done.

[HotJambalaya]

wonder if them getting a boot out of the euro will effect property prices at all.

Quite fancy a little villa on a greek island!

[MiniMan64]

Booked in all inclusive in Crete next summer, I hope it doesn't all go tits up too badly!

[Blown2CV]

I'd be worried about them switching back drachmas whilst I'm out there, and not being able to get any.

[telford_mike]

I'm in Greece now (Nidri, Lefkada).

Getting cash is a problem - most of the ATMs are empty so you need to hunt for one that still has money.

Most businesses will no longer accept credit cards - most notably hotels. They simply don't believe the banks will be able to repay them.

Other than that, the only sign that anything is wrong is that there are noticeably less tourists than there should be.

Everyone is waiting for the referendum result. If it's a No I think things will go into meltdown,

[anonymous-user]

Johnniem said:

The Leaper said:

fd,

Sorry to correct your view about the price of cars in Greece. My brother is married to a Greek lady and he has bought a car in Greece several times. In general they are more than twice the price of the UK price, and if you want to export it the export taxes are very high too.

Now, if you fancy an executive jet....

R.

+1. Has always been the case. My father drove his mark 2 Jaaaaag there in the late 60's to sell it as there was a massive premium at that time for such cars. Job done.

Cars have only been expensive in Greece because of the Greek import duties and taxes. The Jag story didn't happen.

But that was the case, it certainly won't be in the future, when most Greeks will be looking to sell anything they have for anything they can get......

[Blown2CV]

telford_mike said:

Everyone is waiting for the referendum result. If it's a No I think things will go into meltdown,

i hope you've packed a camping stove and some tins of food.

[tescorank]

Blown2CV said:

i hope you've packed a camping stove and some tins of food.

A riot shield/helmet and tear gas mask might be handy.

[telford_mike]

Blown2CV said:

telford_mike said:

Everyone is waiting for the referendum result. If it's a No I think things will go into meltdown,

i hope you've packed a camping stove and some tins of food.

Well, it is a No and the party in the street below me continues. Who knows what tomorrow will bring...

[vournikas]

telford_mike said:

I'm in Greece now (Nidri, Lefkada).

Getting cash is a problem - most of the ATMs are empty so you need to hunt for one that still has money.

Most businesses will no longer accept credit cards - most notably hotels. They simply don't believe the banks will be able to repay them.

Other than that, the only sign that anything is wrong is that there are noticeably less tourists than there should be.

Everyone is waiting for the referendum result. If it's a No I think things will go into meltdown,

Can you let us know how things are unfolding, chap?

We're booked to go to Vassiliki (down the road from Nidri) in September.

Ta (Simon - also in Telford)

[SystemParanoia]

image from #greekreferendum


they seem happy about it

[Johnniem]

REALIST123 said:

Johnniem said:

The Leaper said:

fd,

Sorry to correct your view about the price of cars in Greece. My brother is married to a Greek lady and he has bought a car in Greece several times. In general they are more than twice the price of the UK price, and if you want to export it the export taxes are very high too.

Now, if you fancy an executive jet....

R.

+1. Has always been the case. My father drove his mark 2 Jaaaaag there in the late 60's to sell it as there was a massive premium at that time for such cars. Job done.

Cars have only been expensive in Greece because of the Greek import duties and taxes. The Jag story didn't happen.

But that was the case, it certainly won't be in the future, when most Greeks will be looking to sell anything they have for anything they can get......

Er, not quite sure why you say ' the Jag story didnt happen '. Yes it did. What the fk! As you will see when you re-read the post....it wasnt someone who knew someone who.... it was my father who drove to Greece to sell his car.

[telford_mike]

vournikas said:

Can you let us know how things are unfolding, chap?

We're booked to go to Vassiliki (down the road from Nidri) in September.

Ta (Simon - also in Telford)

Yes no worries. We'll be here until the weekend. No changes this morning, everything pretty normal.

[Blown2CV]

SystemParanoia said:

image from #greekreferendum


they seem happy about it

yes but they're clearly fking stupid otherwise:

• they wouldn't be fked in the first place
• they wouldn't have elected those maniacs
• they wouldn't have voted no; sending themselves into the abyss whilst still truly believing it's a good move

there will be civil unrest within days. There would be looting but there isn't much value in the black market for crocheted blankets and little models of grecian ruins. The only things worth robbing will be... oh, holidaymakers with a fortnight's worth of euros in their pocket!!!