Easter Forum Trip 19-24 Apr. Ardennes !!! ... The No Brexit Euro Easter Mini-break ;-)

I have now booked the Tunnel crossings as per these timings. Julian W is going to do the same.

@Dave Could you remind me how much ££ is a quarter of five days parking space fee, please?

 

OK, I'll give it to you in Bouillon. Promise!

 

Gold bouillon? Do people still trade in That?

 

I'll be paying in Knorr stock cubes. Or maybe Oxo.

 

Same here unless you want to PM me bank or PayPal details for payment now.

 

Check your bike insurance cover before you go.

Today, I have been advised by my broker it will need to be referred back to the insurance provider after 29 March.

 

It appears that Eurotunnel are helpfully offering free cancellations for crossings booked before 28 February and taking place after 29 March, provided you give them 7 days notice. I was resigned to losing the fare if it became expedient to cancel the Easter trip, but maybe not. Presumably advance booking were dropping off so drastically that they were forced to make this offer in order to keep their cashflow moving.

https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/brexit-promise/

 

Hi all, very interested in this trip, would there be space for 1 more?
I'm a friend of J biker's and done several trips with him around Europe over the years.

 

Nobody is stopping you from booking tunnel crossings and a hotel in Bouillon on the appropriate dates - in fact if you want to go, better get on and book ASAP. Suggest you message @Dave who is the prime mover of this trip.

 

Thanks for reply. Tunnel and hotel booked, I’ll drop Dave a PM, cheers.

 

Just a question. Will all participants be getting a green card from their insurance companies?
Reason that I ask is that my niece is coming over on her Monster in March and into April, but her insurance company does not know if she will need a green card.

 

Thank you, I shall pass that on so that she gets it sorted as soon as she returns from NZ.

 

Rang my insurance broker, they're checking with underwriters (Ageas). I'll report back on what they say when I get a response.

 

Just spoken to Bennetts on behalf of my niece. They have no intention of issuing green cards because they don't know what is happening yet. She is in NZ so is out of touch at the moment.
Does not help my niece who is coming over to Europe on the 19th or March for a few weeks. She will not come if she can't get a green card, but will change insurers if needed to try and get one.
Why they cannot just say that they will issue them, I don't know.
I would suggest that everybody starts to contact insurers.

 

..or move.

 

Thanks for the nudge on this Bob, was on my to-do list, a long one though...

Ageas confirmed to my broker, Ramasis (were Ducati Insurance last year, seem to have been usurped), late yesterday that two weeks will be plenty to arrange a Green Card if required. So, for me at least and in theory, it looks like it's manageable in the case of no-deal without a suitable arrangement in place. Doesn't help your niece much with travel plans just before the 29th of March though. Bennetts don't sound very helpful in her case, presume that they spoke to the underwriter? Maybe an approach you could try yourself saying that you're seeking clarification on a point that the broker failed to answer satisfactorily.

 

They did say that they would talk to their underwriter, I await response.
It really is a poor show when they can't just say that they will still cover after brexit and will issue a green card, it is after all just a case of printing something on green paper.
All EU countries issue a green card as part of the insurance policy, sometimes I think that people just try to be awkward.