Monaco GP 2009 - Help please!!!

[ECW Dan Selby]

Ok so as some of you may know, I am off to the Monaco GP to lose my F1 virginity

Tickets sorted. Accomodation is in the works (she's sorting that side of it!). Only trouble is getting there and back...

Unfortunately, I need to work Fri/Mon. I start at 9 and end at about 4.30 (give or take a bit earlier/later if need be).

I've had a look on Easyjet and the flights will cost me around about £300 to be able to make work

I don't know if anyone know any other means of getting there that won't cost me an arm and a leg..? Thought i'd ask here before booking.

Thanks in advance!

Selby

[bodgit]

Eurostar then French high speed trains? dunno weather the trains go directly to monaco though and dunno how much the tickets will cost

[ECW Dan Selby]

Yeh that's looking like the only feasible option I think :/

Selby

[bella]

driving will cost around £300 as well, so that's not really going to be of financial benefit. i think the tgvs all end at nice (or at the earliest, cannes), and you can easily catch a local train to monaco with little fuss from the same station and the same platforms.

try milan bergamo airport for cheaper options from stansted, and hire a car to drive the distance from milan to your accomodation - it's about 3-4 hours and 30€ tolls to the nice area. there are trains and so on, but it'd waste more time and cause more hassle than it was worth. also montpellier and marseille are within 2-3 hours of nice. may even be worth considering lyon airport - that would also be about 4 hours drive plus about 30€ tolls but you have the option of the tgv from there.

hope that helps

[Eric Falce]

I have just driven to Italy with my brother and am horrified at the cost's.Dont know the cost for it but I would go TGV to Marsailles/Nice then a local train along to Monaco.Did that trip a good few years ago and found it a lot of fun.

[bella]

top to the bottom of france is clocking up at between 80-100€ at the moment one way on tolls, even if diesel is cheaper than the uk (unleaded is around 20-30p a litre more expensive though).

o/t but the best way to italy is belgium/luxembourg/switzerland/gotthard tunnel - tolls on that one just to get to italy are no more than €10 plus the swiss motorway tax which is €20-30 for a year.

[ECW Dan Selby]

Originally Posted by bella

driving will cost around £300 as well, so that's not really going to be of financial benefit. i think the tgvs all end at nice (or at the earliest, cannes), and you can easily catch a local train to monaco with little fuss from the same station and the same platforms.

try milan bergamo airport for cheaper options from stansted, and hire a car to drive the distance from milan to your accomodation - it's about 3-4 hours and 30€ tolls to the nice area. there are trains and so on, but it'd waste more time and cause more hassle than it was worth. also montpellier and marseille are within 2-3 hours of nice. may even be worth considering lyon airport - that would also be about 4 hours drive plus about 30€ tolls but you have the option of the tgv from there.

hope that helps

This sounds good - I'll look in to it. Apart from the fact I can't drive

Thank you very much!

Selby

[Spudy]

I have an alternative for you.
Fly Stansted to Marseille on Ryanair. There is a flight departing 19:10pm on 22.05.09. Then fly back on 24.05.09 on the 22:40pm flight.

Its about £180 and you can get a train from Marseille to Nice quite easily for about £50.

Given there would not be much in the price I would go for Easyjet and book now as it will only get more expensive! Most of the teams do a Wednesday out and Monday return on Esayjet so avoid these days to fly but Nice will always be busy during GP weekend whatever days you fly.

Next year go to Spa, much cheaper!! But Monaco is awesome to watch, I work for a team and went there last year for my first race and it was brilliant and the noise really ecos around the place, have a great time!

[bella]

there is no planet on which a ryanair return flight is worth £180.

[ECW Dan Selby]

Thanks for your help everyone - I think regardless of what I do I'm going to have to pay a considerable amount to get there and back in the allocated times I really hate the fact I can't book time off work. It'd make my life alot easier, but at the same time, I do have the holidays off, so I can't complain!

Thanks again

Selby