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It was a normal standard rate ticket.

@londonwalker3362 , Thanks, good to know.

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Thank you for watching. Have a wonderful journey. Good luck! :)

Do you mean the border control officers? They check your passport and visa (if relevant). I think most car insurances in the UK offer some level of European cover, but you should check with your insurance provider before travel. There's also an option to purchase an insurance when booking your train online at LeShuttle website.

Sorry to hear that. I agree their website isn't really user friendly and they often change the design.

Many thanks for reply ..l will try ringing them tomorrow.. Ricky

Good luck! Hope you sort it out without too much hassle.

When booking online, you need to enter the details of your vehicle and all people travel together including yourself and any passengers, e.g. passport numbers & etc. On the day of your travel at the border control, you should present the same passports (and any sorts of visa or entery permit, if applicable to your nationality) of your own and all passengers that are eligible for EU border entry.

I guess it was simply because they had some space left there? :-)

@@londonwalker3362 Possibly, although I've never been put on a single deck train, while driving my car.

Thanks a lot for watching! Sorry I have no idea as I don't have pets. I found this page from their website. www.leshuttle.com/uk-en/travelling-with-us/travelling-with-pets Hope it helps. :-)

@@londonwalker3362 Thank you. What's the music title at the end of the video driving on the French side please?

It was one of bundle music clips included in the video editing tool, Filmora. When making the video, I remember Filmora didn't give me detailed info such as exact song title, composer, etc. Last night I tried to find a relevant page from their website to let you know, but I couldn't find it probably because I no longer use Filmora (I didn't renew my subscription). Sorry!

Thank you for watching. They check passports of the main driver and any accompanying passengers in the same vehicle. I think you don't need to prepare anything else if you hold a valid passport eligible for EU border entry. Sorry I have no idea, as I haven't driven into central Paris before. :-)

yes, you need the crit'air sticker to drive in Paris and the surrounding area (not just central Paris) (except during the night or on Saturday or Sunday)

Thanks a lot for watching. Just passport, as they're from Border Control not DVLA. :) I'm not sure whether the vehicle ownership really matters when booking. I don't think so.

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Omg! 😂😂😂

No, I remember it didn't take too long in that specific queue, but if you travel back to the UK, here is my another video which is more recent - th-cam.com/video/-Bi0MpKMBhU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AiyIFoP-2d68uSyx There're no particular 'terminals' for either LHD or RHD cars, but border control officers may serve you on your either LH or RH side depending on the queue. For example, at 5:49 cars in my queue meet the officer on the RH side (UK frinedly), but cars in the adjacent queue meet on the LH side (EU friendly). If you can choose a better queue for your car, it'd be perfect. In reality, there're too many cars in long queues, so it's not easy to choose. :-)

@@londonwalker3362 I was originally trying to plan on flying over and renting or you say, hiring an RHD car. But the cost for either parking or a shuttle from home to the airport, flight, and rental car seems like a lot. I'm American and was stationed in England back in the 90s. If I can drive LHR on the left for that long, I can do it for two weeks.

Yes, why not? Have a great travel!

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Thank you for watching. I think it really depends on the level of congestion on the day you travel, but I remember it normally took 1-2 hours until I actually got onboard, including all stages of queueing before and after both border controls. I also experienced somewhat severe delay when returning back to the UK several years ago - th-cam.com/video/-Bi0MpKMBhU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AiyIFoP-2d68uSyx

@@londonwalker3362 Thank you, and is the ticket you purchased, flexible to a certain degree. So if you turn up quite early, do they bump you to an earlier trip, likewise if you're late, do they move you to a later trip. I ask because this service seems to have a lot more convenience than the ferry and with more frequent departures.

In general thay'll ask you to arrive at the terminal and check in within a set time window, normally 1 hour before your departure time. When you check in on the touchscreen, you may be given multiple options to choose if it's not so busy on the day of your travel. If it's congested, you may be given only 1 option. Yes, you can purchase their Flexi+ pass if you want to be allocated to any earlier or later trains with priority.

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Thanks a lot for watching. Have a great travel!

Passports of your own and any other people travelling with you by the same vehicle

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Thank you very much!

Probably because some people like driving and going on road trips?

@@tommyprior_ I know that some people like it. But I can not understand why 🤣 what are the benefits of this? I don't see many

@@chelovskiy Take all the luggage you want, includes 9 people in the price, flexibility. Travelling by plane has plenty of annoying steps too... get to airport hours before, check-in, security, wait, wait some more, run like hell to board, board, drink your sorrows away, land, passport control again, hunt for your luggage (hopefully it went on the same plane as your) etc etc. ;-)

@@therealgraeme I am traveling by plane practically each month for many years all over the world and I can tell you, that I don't go many hours before flight to the airport. If you have lot of experience, you know all the steps and hidden hints, that are making your flight experience easier. Then I go often business class, because sometimes it's almost same price, like economy flex, or even cheaper. But 90% of people don't know it, because of lack of experience. And I never lost my luggage and I enjoy all the process. From the Checkin, to the business lounge, the flight and the service and so on. And while flying I enjoy my vodka, or whiskey relaxing and having great time, instead of working while driving hours, which makes no sense at all.

@@therealgraeme and by the way, how much luggage do you need? I mean, I am travelling all the time and I need not even 20KG. Very often I take only hand luggage.

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That's awesome! Haha. :-)

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Thank you for raising that. Fortunately I've done correctly in my later videos - th-cam.com/video/xgRaw4lz0Rc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XS0vWwlnqRV13bV- and th-cam.com/video/-Bi0MpKMBhU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=07vtlUBZhmXm-mgn

Yes, you can use various facilities in the terminal building after checking in and before the border control.

@@londonwalker3362 thank you. My email confirmation states that we are advised to arrive at least 60 minutes before our departure time to clear check-in and border controls. I depart at 12.46 and need to check in no later than 11.46. If I check in at 11.00 and have a drink afterwards, do I need to pass border control before 11.46 as well?

Well, it's good to check in early enough. After checking in and having some foodies, you can leave the terminal building when your departure letter is called, but when you actually pass the border control really depends on how busy they are on the day you travel. It's not something like you *need to* pass it, but the reality is you simply queue for it. It means that you may spend too long time in the border control queuing if it is hugely congested, but in this case you'd be directed to a later train. In my recent video, I missed my train but I was able to return to the UK anyway. FYI - th-cam.com/video/-Bi0MpKMBhU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cYnBf6WEq0EVlihZ Hope it helps too.

@@londonwalker3362 Thank you again! On average, when is the departure letter called prior to the scheduled time of departure? Let's say the train departs at 12.30PM, check in no later than 11.30PM. When does the departure letter is called?

My pleasure! I still say it really depends on the level of congestion. When it wasn't that busy several years ago, I remember our letter was called in 2-30 minutes after we used the toilet only - I don't think this is the case in August. I would expect minimum half an hour or longer than that in summer breaks. I'm not sure how they have improved their service quality since they rebranded to LeShuttle. If you concern whether you'd have enough time to have meals/drinks, I think you'd be okay. Or grab some foodies as take away to have in your car?

Thanks a lot for watching. On 4:26 you can see the departure board marked on the left. They have the same one(s) across the parking as well as inside the terminal building. FYI, I have another video which is more recent - th-cam.com/video/-Bi0MpKMBhU/w-d-xo.html Hope it helps, too. Have a great travel! :)

What a waste of time

Thank you for watching. No need to worry too much. It'll be all okay. Have a good travel!

Thank you! As most UK schools start summer break from the next week or so, I guess many people go holiday from the next week rather than coming back to the UK. IMO your return journey may be okay without Flexi+, but it depends on the traffic on the day you travel back.

Cheers Sir,