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Eurostar Breaks Online – Buy 1 get 2 nights free

Details Buy 1 get 2 nights free on Eurostar Breaks from £85pp Includes 3 nights hotel breakfast and return travel on Eurostar September /December 2009

These offers are going to be available for Eurostar breaks right up to December but only when you book online.

Eurostar breaks close to passenger milestone

It has been revealed that we are now very close to a major passenger milestone, with the 100 millionth customer due to check in to travel just like all the others on Eurostar breaks on the morning of Friday 28th August 2009. The lucky 100 millionth nominal traveller should look forward to VIP treatment from the English and French crew. Eurostar, the high-speed train operator launched services on 14November 1994 and now offers direct links to Calais, Lille, Paris and Brussels, as well as connections within France, Holland, Belgium and Germany. On the travel routes to Paris and Brussels from London, Eurostar now claims a market share of 75% despite competition from airlines.Richard Brown, chief executive of Eurostar, said: ‘We are proud and delighted to be ready to carry our 100 millionth traveller nextFriday. We are preparing ourselves for our 15th anniversary on 14 November and look forward to welcoming the challenges with on-rail competition from next year. However, we are confident that our knowledge of operating across three countries and through the Channel Tunnel sets us in good stead for our next 100m Eurostar travellers.’

Eurostar’s high-speed rail network now connects more than 200 British towns and cities to the continent, making Eurostar breaks one of the easiest ways to get away abroad no matter where in the UK you startout from.

. . . namely that you can’t sell Eurostar tickets.

I really want to sell them otherwise they’re just going to go to waste. Any ideas?

You’re right, Ebay UK refuses to carry Eurostar tickets. But on the other hand Ebay France does carry Eurostar tickets. It seems that lots of English people have cottoned on now.
So they will probably carry Eurostar vouchers. I’ve sold plenty of Eurostar tickets on the French ebay, including signles from Londnon to Paris.
Another idea would be to simply go to Waterloo Station or Gare du Nord and sell them to someone queueing to buy tickets.
There are also a couple of French web sites re-selling railway tickets, including Eurostar (kellbillet.com and trocdesprems.com) but they are not really geared for selling vouchers but you can give it a try. Incidentally, reselling tickets in France is only legal if you sell them for not more than the price you paid.
How much do you want for them by the way and how long are they valid until?

As part of eurostar’s Little break, Big difference campaign, 15 fashion bloggers were taken on an exclusive trip to Paris to experience the difference a little break can make.
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This blog is all about going on Eurostar breaks to Paris, Lille, Brussels, Amsterdam and other places. Using the Eurostar from London, it’s easy to get away abroad  even if you don’t have much time. Just a weekend will do, or even a day trip but a few days is always better. The Eurostar takes just over two hours to get to Paris these days and Paris is easily the most popular city for Eurostar breaks, even if you have to start from Manchester or further afield.

Paris Eurostar breaks are fastest

Paris Eurostar breaks are the fastest way to escape from London to another country for a couple of days.  Having booked the Eurostar tickets online, you can turn up at St Pancras station half an hour before departure, check in and be away on the most exciting train in Europe. Hurtling through the countryside and underneath the English channel you arrive at Paris Gare du Nord in just over two hours and walk straight off the train into the streets of north Paris, ready to amble along the boulevards Magenta , Madeleine and rue la Fayette. In this area it is possible to wander down a side street and find somewhere to eat, drink and sleep just by walking in to a cafe, bar or hotel and seeing if it takes your fancy. There’s no need to book a rigid itinerary unless that’s what you want to do.

Eurostar breaks for Art lovers

Paris is the best place for Art lovers who want to visit several galleries in one weekend by taking a eurostar break to Paris and then getting about on the Metro or the batobus. There are so many to choose from:

• The Musee d’Orsay – A huge art gallery in a disused railway terminus
• The Picasso museum – a collection of Picasso paintings and artefacts to rival Spain
• The Louvre – The most prestigious and famous art gallery in the world
• Rodin Museum – Sculptures by Rodin in a grand house and gardens

Rodin's The Kiss

That’s just the beginning. If you can do a little bit of reearch on the ground once you arrive in Paris you can discover a whole world of little open house exhibitions, studios you can visit, events and happenings with artists converging on Paris from all over the world for it’s inspiration and reputation. Al genres are represented somewhere in this fantastic city, it’s just a matter of keeping your eyes open and being willing to explore some of the less well known areas, making the most of  precious eurostar breaks from the very start.

Eurostar Breaks from London

I have to look at Eurostar breaks from a London perspective for now, being based in London myself having access to the St Pancras Eurostar terminal within what, about twenty minutes or so. That means I can leave work on a Friday afternoon if I’m prepared, get to the Eurostar station for about five thirty and then be on the six o’clock train to Paris. So for me, Eurostar breaks mean principally weekend breaks to Paris.

Eurostar breaks to Paris

Paris is a city you can never tire of, so I try to get in several Eurostar breaks to Paris every year. Living in London, you’d think something other than just visiting another city would be called for and to be honest, most city breaks in Europe wouldn’t hold any attraction for me but Paris is not just any city. It’s the most popular visitor destination in Europe by far, and that’s for a whole host of good reasons.

Eurostar Breaks Sacre Coeur

Take the Sacre Coeur for example, illustrated above. There are always hundreds if not thousands of tourists on Paris breaks walking around the stepped gardens, the little square with all the touristy artists and enjoying the view across Paris. That doesn’t mean it’s a place to avoid though, the atmosphere is pretty easy going and it’s a place you can return to again and again whenever the busy streets down below get a bit much, which isn’t too often either, I hasten to add.

Weekend Eurostar Breaks

Eurostar Breaks - St Pancras

I’ve already explained why I like getting on board Eurostar breaks to Paris for my weekends off, and I work hard during the work so why shouldn’t I relax in France for a day and half as often as I can possibly get away with it? It may be different for you. You might be in the enviable position of having a bit of time off during weekdays and not just weekends, which means you’re in luck. You’ll be able to take midweek Eurostar breaks and have a much more flexible itinerary, avoiding the busiest Eurostar trains and getting the lowest fares.