 Poster: A snowHead
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Frosty the Snowman, did you look at the link? The figures I quoted are per passenger mile based on average load factors and were quoted in Parliament by the last government.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Frosty the Snowman, True if the bus is full, but according to the link, the average number of passengers per bus is only 9. So 3x the fuel but only 2x the passengers.
They have closed one park and ride near here as the average bus loading was less than 3 passengers per trip.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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For us, the clincher is food - Going to Switzerland, we take EVERYTHING bar bread and booze with us (I know its technically illegal, but ive been checked by Swiss customs in the past no problem)
For a family of 4, I reckon we save about £250 per week self catering compared with buying locally.
I hate to imagine what the cost would be if we ate out every day / night!!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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and please - admin - what about a spellcheck system for us forgeiners?
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spellcheck is usually a feature of the browser rather than forum (chrome has in-built spellchecker, firefox too iirc, don't know about IE)
for self catering, convenience starts to swing towards the car anyway. It's not just total cost of a trip, unless you're really trying to save every single last penny. Convenience of a car has a value, regardless of whether you take the kitchen with you, or go shopping in it in resort or in the last supermarket before heading up the valley (and getting cheaper fuel there too).
I wouldn't compare self-catering to eating out every night, but compare it to half board. Again, may be a little more cost, but another convenience with value.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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We have not considered Hull ferries, from Whitby, Hull is not as quick as you might expect to get to, The price is too high compared to tunnel on Tesco vouchers. We also did Newhaven - Dieppe once but nearly missed the ferry out due to traffic and on the way back we allowed far too much time and arrived 4 hrs before the next ferry, tunnel or Dover ferry, you would simply get on an earlier ferry, I would see the same problem with Hull ferries. Its only 3 hours further to the tunnel.
We have had the S-max from new and intend to drive it into the ground, hopefully get 200k+ miles out of it, the 2000 mile round trip will actually put very little wear and tear on the car compared to 2000 miles normal use in the uk.
I would not consider the drive if I was the only driver though.
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Harry Flashman, I am not taking mine!!! Wife's soft roader will have to do.
The idea of driving to the alps in a defender makes me shudder, but your looks pretty smart.
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FAQ
We have the Land Rover for other reasons & I'm we certainly wouldn't fit skis in our other car! It'll average around 30mpg on a long run so not the worst fuel consuption ever 
