Trevor
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[quote user="Sunday Driver"] You also need to factor in the costs of registering the car over here: French type approval certificate - 120€, CT certificate - 56€, LHD headlamps - £££?, prefecture registration fee - 66€, new number plates - 20€. ..... More than the car is worth, so unless it has plenty of life left in it, you might be better off selling it/scrapping it in the UK and buying a little runabout locally. [/quote] What sort of figure would you estimate for insurance?
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Its only got 45,000 mls on the clock so has years of use in it, especially at the less than 1000 a year we would use it.
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I'm thinking of taking our 25 yr old Peugeot 205down to the S of France to live from October onwards. I shall have to insure it shortly just to make the journey and be available if needed here in the meantime. It's value is about £100. Any thoughts on the best way to go about this? (e.g. a day return on the ferry seems cheaper than a single - also is it poissible to get a single back with Ryanair or do I have to buy a return?)
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An article in the Times last Saturday recommended paypal as the best way to transfer m oney to France. I have a French bank account and sepnd around 10 weeks per year in France. Previous queries here led to me using Moneycorps to transfer money over. As I already have a paypal account this would seem to be a quick and easy way. Has anyone used this? Do they recommend it? Is it cheap? How do you do it?
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Moneysaving expert is my first call for anything financial but the company mentionmed there (via Insuresupermarket) doesn't come up. Have now purchased Post Office at £72, however it says you mustn't have visited a hospital specialist in the past 3 months . I have been twice in the past week for different things, neither of which I'll ever claim on. Martin Lewis site also says to check whether you're covered for unaccompanied trips - I make a lot of trips to France on my own. (Having purchased annual multi family insurance) The other thing that has occurred to me - I work over the internet for 2/3 days per week when there - does this class me as a business traveller and count me out as well?
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I have always had travel insurance, but I can't find it and suspect it's run out. Fellows brits next door in France who spend a couple of months there say they don't need it which made me ask the question (they are in their 60's). I just used onsurewsupermarket and was going to purchase the Post Office polict at £54, but when you follow through to the PO site it thewn goes up to £72. There are some at £38 but never heard of them. Any recommendations?
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In the email I received from them yesterday all the completly free flight were listed. Unfortunately I deleted it - might be worth subscribing to their newsletter for the future?
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I spend about 10 weeks per year at our house in France. Sometimes on my own an a £20 return flight, sometimes with my wife and son. Is there any point in having travel insurance? With regards to health aren't we covered by reciprical arrangements?