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short-haul summer knowledge
Rail & ferry
business class needn’t compromise on
luxury: Eurostar’s Business Premier class
gives lounge access, a check-in time of 10
Fly and flop...
minutes and even the option of chauffeur
transfer to the station in some locations.
Ferry
Ferry travel requires reaching the coast first,
but without
but once there, clients can be just a couple
of hours’ relaxing ferry ride from hitting the
beaches of the Channel Islands and northern
France. More people travelled by ferry than
ever before last year, and the Passenger
the flight
Shipping Association predicts it will rise
again in 2010. “Taking a ferry means no
stressful check-in queues, no worries about
baggage allowance and plenty of room
onboard to relax and get into the holiday
If your clients want to avoid the airport, beach holidays
mood,” says PSA director Bill Gibbons.
by rail and ferry are easier and more varied than they
might imagine, says Philippa Jacks
Channel Islands
Of course, mainland UK has plenty of its
own impressive beaches, but for clients who
W
ith rising surcharges and taxes “When people say flying only takes two won’t feel like they’re on holiday until
on air travel, rail and ferries hours to get to the Med, they don’t factor in they’ve crossed an expanse of water, the
can sometimes be a cheaper the two-hour check-in time at the airport Channel Islands are an alternative.
way to travel – and there are and a lengthy transfer at the other end.” Closer to France than to the UK, they’re
beach destinations closer to home that can Many beach resorts have a railway station, usually warmer, and they have enough of
be reached relatively quickly. meaning the train delivers you direct to your their own quirky customs to make you feel
final destination. There’s no need to book you’re in a different country. Condor Ferries
Rail the train to London separately – Eurostar depart from Weymouth, Poole and
As Bill Smallwood, managing director of rail offers connecting fares from more than 200 Portsmouth, fast ferries take two hours
specialist French Travel Service, points out: stations in the UK. Clients who’d fly first or and 10 minutes to Guernsey, Turn to 40
Getting to Lake Garda by train may not be the cheapest method of travel, but it is the most picturesque Families can save money on car hire by bringing their own by ferry
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