Originally Posted by
Kevlondon
It's not hard, even with the strong Franc; 10 cartons of cigs @ approx £27 a pop, compared to £70+ over here - that's well over £400 for starters. Throw in a few bottles of perfume and we're over the £500 mark. Lop off the £100 for the ticket and it's a cosy saving of around £400. Doing this once every 3 or 4 months will keep at least a portion of my hard-earned taxes out of the greedy exchequer's pockets.
Fair enough, although 2k cigarettes is strictly speaking, over allowance, but heck, I'm not going to cast the first stone. However, unless you live round the corner from the airport, total costs are probably higher than just the price of the 'plane ticket, and particularly when the ticket cost is low, can be a substantial portion of the price.
However, I can thing of worse things to do as a day-trip!
tb