What does Le Mans 24 cost you?
Discussion
Curious how much others spend on "Doing Le Mans". Not a willy waving competition 'I did it for 3p and a Kit-Kat' but more to gauge what the options cost.
I will start the ball.
Eurotunnel with Flexi Return (up to a year).
4 nights single room in a private home in Le Mans with bathroom on an bed and breakfast basis. Secure parking.
Entrance ticket with parking at the circuit and grandstand seats in Sommer for the weekend.
Total cost = £914.
It may seem expensive to some but I don't camp, like good food and wine (excellent restaurants in Le Mans) and the tram is a very easy way into the circuit.
Lots of noise, mingling food smells and the chance of having your stuff pinched is not for me.
So, do you spend more or less, and more importantly, is it 'value for money'?
Paul
BTW. I will spend about £400 on fuel getting there and back (just to put things in perspective).
I will start the ball.
Eurotunnel with Flexi Return (up to a year).
4 nights single room in a private home in Le Mans with bathroom on an bed and breakfast basis. Secure parking.
Entrance ticket with parking at the circuit and grandstand seats in Sommer for the weekend.
Total cost = £914.
It may seem expensive to some but I don't camp, like good food and wine (excellent restaurants in Le Mans) and the tram is a very easy way into the circuit.
Lots of noise, mingling food smells and the chance of having your stuff pinched is not for me.
So, do you spend more or less, and more importantly, is it 'value for money'?
Paul
BTW. I will spend about £400 on fuel getting there and back (just to put things in perspective).
My son and I don't camp (I'm too old and want some comforts!) and we always have tribune seats. We don't want to do LM on the cheap either and see it partly as an opportunity to enjoy some of what France offers eg good value nice food and wine. I also think there are "hard" and "soft" costs and I have a spread-sheet for these for past years. For LM 2013, in summary for the two of us they were:
Hard
Eurotunnel
General entrance
Tribune seats
Parking Blanc
Ticket mailing
Hotel: 2 single rooms, B&B basis
Total hard costs £664
Soft
ACO membership
Travel insurance
All food and drinks
Diesel for Range Rover
All tolls
Total soft costs £690
So, total all up cost for two £1354
So, do I consider my £677 good value? This is subjective, of course, but I do. For a few days away doing something I really enjoy and with my son I think the cost is acceptable. And, I also know that if we used a well know ticketing/event agency then their brochure indicates that just the Hard Costs above for two would be just short of £1500, indicating a DIY basis is the way to go.
R.
Hard
Eurotunnel
General entrance
Tribune seats
Parking Blanc
Ticket mailing
Hotel: 2 single rooms, B&B basis
Total hard costs £664
Soft
ACO membership
Travel insurance
All food and drinks
Diesel for Range Rover
All tolls
Total soft costs £690
So, total all up cost for two £1354
So, do I consider my £677 good value? This is subjective, of course, but I do. For a few days away doing something I really enjoy and with my son I think the cost is acceptable. And, I also know that if we used a well know ticketing/event agency then their brochure indicates that just the Hard Costs above for two would be just short of £1500, indicating a DIY basis is the way to go.
R.
Well total for me includes
Share of ACO membership camping TR and GA £160
Tunnel £125 (but used tesco vouchers)
Fuel £100
RAC euro cover £40
food and drink for 6 days £200
Total around £600
A little more expensive this year as I am currently in car on own on the way down, but will reduce if i get a passenger
Share of ACO membership camping TR and GA £160
Tunnel £125 (but used tesco vouchers)
Fuel £100
RAC euro cover £40
food and drink for 6 days £200
Total around £600
A little more expensive this year as I am currently in car on own on the way down, but will reduce if i get a passenger
Rather a lot 
This year..
Fastcraft ferries £250
Euro breakdown cover £30.00
Camping.......... £375
Grandstand/ GE Tickets approx. £140
Fuel..Er, at least 4 tanks approx. £85.00 per tank £340
Chateau Sunday evening £240 (with wine)
Then general spending T shirts, race stuff, food 400
£1775.00 Ouch!
No wonder I'm always skint! I don't normally add this up
Then got the classic in July!!!!
This year..
Fastcraft ferries £250
Euro breakdown cover £30.00
Camping.......... £375
Grandstand/ GE Tickets approx. £140
Fuel..Er, at least 4 tanks approx. £85.00 per tank £340
Chateau Sunday evening £240 (with wine)
Then general spending T shirts, race stuff, food 400
£1775.00 Ouch!
No wonder I'm always skint! I don't normally add this up
Then got the classic in July!!!!
£300 camping and admission (standard 7 x 5m camping plot)
£200 diesel
£80 ferry
£20 tolls
£600 for 2 people this year (usually 3 for about £670 including admission)
6 nights in motorhome on Tertre Rouge camp site with our own toilet (& shower if needed), hot running water, oven and hob, fridge freezer, back up freezer and fridge, satellite flatscreen tv, gas bbq and back up camping hobs and grill.
£300 each plus beer and food
3 or 4 mates are coming down in their camper so they'll do it for about £250 each as they go tolls all the way.
If we could buy the camping tickets from aco it would save £40 each but it's near impossible to get them so have to buy from agent.
This is cheap for me but it's not my motorhome
£200 diesel
£80 ferry
£20 tolls
£600 for 2 people this year (usually 3 for about £670 including admission)
6 nights in motorhome on Tertre Rouge camp site with our own toilet (& shower if needed), hot running water, oven and hob, fridge freezer, back up freezer and fridge, satellite flatscreen tv, gas bbq and back up camping hobs and grill.
£300 each plus beer and food
3 or 4 mates are coming down in their camper so they'll do it for about £250 each as they go tolls all the way.
If we could buy the camping tickets from aco it would save £40 each but it's near impossible to get them so have to buy from agent.
This is cheap for me but it's not my motorhome
The last few years I invested rather heavily in camping equipment:
-2 Carrefour style gazebos, which both died on me in 2012
-1 heavy duty gazebo which withstand the monsoon of last year without a problem
-fridge
-4 person tent
-several electrical leads (of which one 100m lead) and connectors and splitters
-camping stove
-chandelier for in the gazebo
-lots of other small items
But with all stuff now bought and accounted for, each extra Le Mans I use it, it gets cheaper and cheaper!
Costs that return every year:
-105 euro ACO VIP membership
-3 camping tickets, 4 entrance tickets, Arnage parking + shipping: 494 euros = 123 euro pp
-1400 km * 7ltr/100 km * 1,60 euro = +/- 160 euro per car
-food and drink about the same as at home, so I don't think that this is a Le Mans related cost, although the drink department might get bit more expensive than at home
-t-shirts and stuff= +/- 100 euro
-Toll = 100 euro per car
-2 Carrefour style gazebos, which both died on me in 2012
-1 heavy duty gazebo which withstand the monsoon of last year without a problem
-fridge
-4 person tent
-several electrical leads (of which one 100m lead) and connectors and splitters
-camping stove
-chandelier for in the gazebo
-lots of other small items
But with all stuff now bought and accounted for, each extra Le Mans I use it, it gets cheaper and cheaper!
Costs that return every year:
-105 euro ACO VIP membership
-3 camping tickets, 4 entrance tickets, Arnage parking + shipping: 494 euros = 123 euro pp
-1400 km * 7ltr/100 km * 1,60 euro = +/- 160 euro per car
-food and drink about the same as at home, so I don't think that this is a Le Mans related cost, although the drink department might get bit more expensive than at home
-t-shirts and stuff= +/- 100 euro
-Toll = 100 euro per car
Our rough costs are as follows:
2 large pitches on PH Bleu Nord, 2 cars with 7 people in total. Price includes breakfast and evening meals, wifi, GE ticket, Eurotunnel etc.
£390ish per person
£60 per person Fuel and Tolls
Then some extra food, drinks and spend we’re probably looking at around £600 per person.
Granted I’ve spent much more accumulating my Le Mans kit like tents, gazebo, generator, fridge, scooter etc etc with much more planned this year.
2 large pitches on PH Bleu Nord, 2 cars with 7 people in total. Price includes breakfast and evening meals, wifi, GE ticket, Eurotunnel etc.
£390ish per person
£60 per person Fuel and Tolls
Then some extra food, drinks and spend we’re probably looking at around £600 per person.
Granted I’ve spent much more accumulating my Le Mans kit like tents, gazebo, generator, fridge, scooter etc etc with much more planned this year.
fist year we went, we done one of those all inclusive private campsite jobs. Second year, we booked the boat and camping separately from their respective websites and purchased tickets when we got there (all be it using our old student cards). Dont remember exact figures but it was a good £300 saving over a package "deal". Doing same thing again in the next month or so and will update. Instead of eating out, we buy a cheap BBQ, some ice and cool boxes and loads of bacon chicken etc etc. Can be done for under £500 if you shop around and clever with spending. But unless your going for a fancy private campsite, eating out every night etc, I struggle to see how it would be possible to spend over 1k. We take Dover to Dunkirk boat which is very cheap too.
We've got 6 of us staying over 2 pitches at PH Bleu Nord. Includes;
-Camping
-Ferry crossings
-Race tickets
-Breakfast & dinner
Cost = £2100 or £350 per person
Petrol; I'm guessing around £80 pp
Then general spending on lunches, drinks, tolls etc, probably another £50-100 pp
Let's call it £500 pp all in or thereabouts.
-Camping
-Ferry crossings
-Race tickets
-Breakfast & dinner
Cost = £2100 or £350 per person
Petrol; I'm guessing around £80 pp
Then general spending on lunches, drinks, tolls etc, probably another £50-100 pp
Let's call it £500 pp all in or thereabouts.
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