Despite a formidable teamwork ethic here among the Featurettes, we are not adverse to some friendly competition either, so we’re excited to be able to battle it out in an exciting cross-Channel challenge next week.
Superbreak recently launched online bookability of Eurostar packages - including regional rail travel to London St Pancras - and
to find out whether trains can beat planes for speed, we are sending one team to Paris by rail while the other makes the journey from a regional airport.
Everyone will start from the Superbreak office in York at 8.30am on February 22. Pippa will then travel to St Pancras station to take the Eurostar to Paris Gard du Nord with Superbreak’s national sales manager Graham Balmforth and top agent Steve Allinson of Holiday Travel in Bridlington. Meanwhile, Katherine will make a dash from York to a northern airport with Superbreak’s head of overseas product Chris Hagan and Tui regional manager Gail Smithson, to fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle.
The first team to reach a designated bar in the centre of the city and photograph themselves with a drink (possibly even a celebratory glass of champers) will win the challenge. “The race will be a bit of fun, but we also hope it will showcase how easy it is to get on the train in one UK city and get off another in Paris,” said Balmforth. “We’ve been very please
d with the interest there’s been from agents since we made Eurostar and the corresponding UK rail travel bookable online,” he added. “People tend to think the Eurostar is just for those in the south-east, but we’ve had bookings from all across the country.”
Prices for Eurostar-inclusive packages start from £132pp for one night’s stay at the Timhotel Gard du Nord hotel. Visit facebook.com/superbreak and guess which team you think will win the Great Race to Paris and their time, down to the exact second, for a chance to win your own mini-break for two in Paris, including Eurostar travel. We’ll tweet throughout the race so follow us at @philippajacks, @katherine_TTG and @superbreak, and look out for a race report in our March 15 issue.
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