 Poster: A snowHead
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Can you take skis as carryon on Eurostar (not the Ski Train).
The T&C's seem to say that there is a 25 pound cost to send sporting equipment seperately (over 85cm).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's been a few years since I did so but I took my skis on the Eurostar as carry on with no problems, would suggest arriving say a little earlier just in case there is an issue
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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moosewurst, same experience as DG Orf.
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I took skis on the Eurostar a few times this Winter.
Never any problem.
If you have a normal ski bag, they'll easily go on the over-head rack although as D G Orf syas, being a few minutes early means you don't need to shuffle the bags that got there before you. You can't get there too early anyway as they don't usually start boarding till 20-30 mins before departure.
For a large bag like a double wheelie bag, they have a couple of baggage compartments in cars 9/10. Again, give yourself a few minutes if you need to use this. The protocol is that the train manager needs to be informed of anything that is put in there so they can take a minute or 2 to answer their call.
The bag I take is often huge: 30kg+ double wheelie. Occasionally someone has suggested that there ought to be an extra charge but never very seriously. I've used E* perhaps 20+ times and never paid extra for skis.
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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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About bag stowage - sometimes I have used one of the ski-bag tightening straps to clip the bag to a vertical pole that holds the luggage shelves in place at the end of a carriage. Doesn't stick out much for a bag with one pair of skis, and makes for peace and harmony on a crowded train.
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See also this Facebook discussion
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| I did get a response - helpful too. They count skis as one of your two permitted bags, no problem. |
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I have recently just brought my first pair of skis. The bag isn't big enough to accomodate boots. I wonder what their response will be to a person carrying a ski boot bag, ski bag and holdall i.e. 3 bags. As I can imagine this will be my set up from now on and I'm keen on using the Eurostar.
I wonder whether it is a case of stuffing the boots in the holdall to prevent any problems.
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Christopher, my main bag has boot compartments in it, solves the problem. For convenience whizzing round stations, be it in London or Paris, keeping the bag numbers down is good, quite apart from regulations.
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Christopher, I take a ski bag and a rucksack. As admin said, the ski bag fits in the overhead luggage space quite nicely, although not if there are already someone else's bags there, so make sure you are towards the front of the queue for boarding. It probably also helps if you book yourself a seat near the doors - so you don't have to lug it too far through the carriage. Boots go in the rucksack no problem. As achilles says, keep the number of bags to a minimum. I used to have a boot bag, but saw no point to it whatever so now no longer have one. You are also allowed a small bag that would go under the seat in addition to the two main bags - so I have that as daysack, and put my laptop in that if I'm taking that.
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