Hello,

I just checked the rail europe site and saw that the cheapest tickets from Paris to London on the Eurostar is $137.00 Are there discount sites or agencies where I can purchase these tickets for less? Or is it less to wait until I am in Paris to buy? Thanks a million!

Hi, I don't believe there is a cheaper way to book a seat on Eurostar. As a rule the earlier you buy the better the rate so I'd advise against waiting until nearer the time.

It is not possible to buy a single ticket and expect to make a saving,it is cheaper to buy a return and that cost is from £59 return.
This is what I did when we travelled to Paris by Orient Exppress but came back by Eurostar last June.

To verify this then check out the man in seat 61, a fabulous rail travel resource.
Wendy

I did this trip (opposite direction though) in 2006 and I believe I paid $120 or so one way so that seems about right. But it's so convenient to board in Waterloo and get off at Gare du Nord...although I heard from my cousin who lives in London that Waterloo is now closed and you have to leave/arrive from Kings Cross..hmm.

St Pancras is exactly right k)3740!
It's a lovely station but certainly less convenient for us coming in from Surrey.
Wendy

For me too, Wendy - a mere hop and a skip from Platform 17 to the late, lamented Waterloo International departure. I miss seeing the Eurostar trains as I came into the station - always made me start thinking about a little cross-channel trip!

I was sad to see that the Tesco Deals offer for Eurostar is stopping - £25 worth of vouchers for a return (with no restrictions). Did a couple of trips that way and now I'll have to use actual money

One way Eurostar fares. Makes my comments above about one way Eurostar fares out of date but it is extremely helpful as I am hoping to use trains for our next trip to Switzerland in May.

I am determined to ease our carbon footprint and hope to put the "cheap skate " airlines out of business by starting a trend!

We love rail travel and hate flying so that makes it slightly easier I hope.
Wendy

We are planning to do a day trip to London from Paris in July 2008. The same day round trip is $106 from RailEurope for 2nd class. It looks like it's cheaper than a one way ticket. Is there a rule that says you have to use the return trip portion?

Check out the fares you get from Eurostar's own website www.eurostar.com. An intermediary might well be adding on additional processing charges.

In principle, yes, it is cheaper to buy a restricted terms return than a single fare and from the UK the cheapest works out at about £59, so your US$106 sounds about right.

As for what happens if you don't use the return - well, I booked a couple of Australian friends for a Paris-London return last summer for which the return leg wasn't used. The Eurostar website certainly doesn't publish at all prominently any terms and conditions other than that such fares are non-refundable if not used.

So far there's been no additional charging to my credit card. Of course, I don't know what might happen if either of them turns up in the future for a Eurostar train, though!

We are travelling by Eurostar on Monday, to visit the family in England. Our tickets are £33.50 each way, each.
If you book at least three months before you go, you get what is called a 'prem' rate.Have booked by speaking to the booking office in England and also on line. We are travelling from South West France at a cost to us of £110 each, no extra's at all, and more comfortable.
Judy

I had a look at the Eurostar website to see how the London-Paris fare compared to our Venice-Florence 1st class Eurostar fare.

The result is I do not understand some of the above posts.

The Venice-Florence trip is 3 hrs compared to about 2hrs20mins high speed and the single fare was less than E80 compared to about the same for "standard" class, I guess similar to second class in Italy. So the L-P fare may be much dearer.

If I went on the 14 May "standard" class the 10.28am train from London would cost me E79.50 adult and the return fare on 16 May on the 15.13pm from Paris was the same price ie E159 return.

Are you saying that an advance purchase return fare is about half the normal fare?

I don't think the Italian railways Eurostar and the London-Paris Eurostar are the same thing, are they?

In any case, that an advance purchase fare might be a lot cheaper than a walk-up fare sounds about right. Don't forget that the cheapest fares are non-refundable and non-exchangeable - and rates vary quite widely with different times of travel, just as with airfares. Business travellers want more flexibility and get charged accordingly. Leisure travellers can commit to a specific time in advance and are willing to fill empty seats at less convenient times in return for cheaper fares.