Average Fuel Cost in France?

TripleT · 5 Sep 2008 at 13:08

Why not fly from London? (if it's cheaper!) Just arrange an overnight stay in a hotle or with friends the night before.

NickXX · 5 Sep 2008 at 13:17

Massive fluctuations for me last week. Pick the right place and you're paying €1.22 a litre, pick the wrong place and you can pay over €1.40.

Edit - sorry, those were diesel prices.

paradigm · 5 Sep 2008 at 13:19

TripleT said:
Why not fly from London? (if it's cheaper!) Just arrange an overnight stay in a hotle or with friends the night before.

Its not much cheaper (£5-15 per person tops), and I'd end up having to fly to somewhere with a 4hr cramped coach journey at the other end. Defeats the point of flying IMO.

Plus the added costs of getting to london + hotel + food + time, means its more expensive than flying from Manchester.

Scottland · 5 Sep 2008 at 13:19

paradigm said:
I'd still have the Ferry to "catch", and the saving is looking to be at least £100 per person.

Also, Scottland, I was looking at SeaFrance rather than P&O, but I haven't looked at norfolkline yet, cheers!

OMG, just looked on P&O - £140 to sail on the 24th Jan!

paradigm · 5 Sep 2008 at 13:29

SeaFrance are £25 each way for a car of 4 people for the 10th Jan.

Septh · 5 Sep 2008 at 16:58

I'm in France at the moment, Vendee region, prices are pretty much the same in euros as they are in pounds, so its technically cheaper than the UK.

mrmoose · 5 Sep 2008 at 17:32

me and a mate got back from a roadtrip. on the big toll roads it was 1.55euro a litre and on the backstreets, at supermarkets etc it was 1.36. Keep off the tolls. Theres equally as good roads that run parrellel to the tolld roads that make for a more intresting drive.

paradigm · 5 Sep 2008 at 17:48

mrmoose said:
me and a mate got back from a roadtrip. on the big toll roads it was 1.55euro a litre and on the backstreets, at supermarkets etc it was 1.36. Keep off the tolls. Theres equally as good roads that run parrellel to the tolld roads that make for a more intresting drive.

They aren't as quick though, and given its a 14h drive at its best, avoiding the tolls takes you up to 20hrs pretty rapidly!

I am going to be avoiding the tolls around Lyon however as I do know how to get round those without losing much (if any) time.