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15% Off Eurostar Tickets until 15th September

Submitted by Ed on Mon, 09/06/2010 - 9:14pm

Rail Europe is offering a 15% discount on standard class Eurostar tickets until September 15th. You can book tickets for travel between September 21st and Novermber 30th this year. Eurostar services operate between London and Paris and Brussels. For more information about the service, visit this page.

Click here to find a ticket at Rail Europe.

Students travel for free to Ireland this year

Submitted by Ed on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 6:02pm

Stena Line have today launched a brand new promotion that lets students travel for free with one fare paying adult. The deal is that as many students as you like can travel for free with one adult passenger and car. That means that you can travel to or from Ireland from £69 one-way.

Bookings are valid between 31st August and 16th December, and will generally need to be booked 28 days in advance. All tickets for travel must be booked by 18th October. Most mid-week journeys are included, so why not take a trip to Ireland this summer!

You can book tickets direct with Stena Line here.

Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry route to be closed from December

Submitted by Ed on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 10:55am

After 18 months of operation, Scotland's only direct link to Europe is to be closed due to low passenger numbers. Launched last May, the route between Rosyth and Zeebrugge was originally operated by Norfolkline, and more recently DFDS. The passenger route will continue to operate until December 15th. After that, a freight only route will operate between Fife and Belgium. High ticket prices have been blamed by some as being the reason for low occupancy. If only suitable subsidies had been put in place!

So, from next year, if you are planning on travelling from Scotland to Europe without flying, your best route will probably be via London on the Eurostar, or through Harwich on the ferry.

Is this route closure going to affect you? Login or register and post a comment below.

Full story from the Daily Record here.

New Look Grounded Travel

Submitted by Ed on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 1:01pm

We've been hard at work for the past week to create a new look for Grounded Travel. The theory is that this re-design will make it easier for you to find and book your overland travel journeys, and to become actively involved in updating the information found on the site.

Please feel free to take a look around, and contact us if you have any suggestions for further improvement, or if you find any issues with the site itself.

New Grounded Travel Facebook Page!

Submitted by Ed on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 8:14pm

We've just made a brand new Facebook page for Grounded Travel fans! This new page should make it easier for you to 'Like' what we are doing, and share stuff with your friends! You can find it here.

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=141&uid=143215109038177#!/pages/Grounded-Travel/143215109038177?ref=ts