100,00 people stuck in France, helpful advice (possibly)

[Pvapour]

Having ourselves been caught out by the airport situation the last couple of days we managed to find a solution that was pretty equal cost wise to flying if not a little more time consuming.

Tried 6 different car rental companies within major city near train station where we had managed to get to (Toulouse) with the cheapest being 450 euros for a one way rental with designated 600 miles

so phoned the same 6 companies at the airport location, the cost for an unlimited mileage one way rental for 1 day came in at 180 euros which wasn't to bad considering flight costs, was for a Citroen C3 which was not tooo bad, there was a Twingo option that was cheaper but you have to draw the line somewhere

We were traveling within France but Guessing you could drive as far as one of the ferry ports & foot passenger it to other side where someone could collect you?

anyway, short of the story is:

Airport based National Car rental were cheapest and be sure to ask for unlimited mileage rather than designated mileage.

Hope this helps someone.

Edited by Pvapour on Saturday 17th April 08:46

[Moley RUFC]

Poor excuse for a disappointing finish tomorrow night.......

[monman321]

Been done before, get the goverment to commandeer all boats over 22 feet, send with navy escort over to France and bring everyone possible home.

[Craigyp79]

You might want to check with the ferry company first btw, according to the PO website there are still no foot passenger spaces available at the moment! My fiancee popped over to the ferry terminal on Thursday and it was packed full of people trying to get on the ferries as footie.

Not sure about ports further SW but PO are the only carrier offering foot passenger crossings in the Nord-Pas-De-Calais area.