Overcoming Ryanair

donalh087

We are going on a family holiday to France in September. We need to bring towels, sheets, blankets etc as we are staying in a campsite that does not provide them. Allied to this we will need jumpers, jackets etc for the kids. As we are flying Ryanair this is becoming expensive.

Is there any facility to use something like a Parcel Motel in France where I could just post a box of stuff to the week before we go? then post it hiome again before we leave?

Yamanoto

Any chance you could pick up what's needed in a local hypermarché?

Eponymous

Have you investigated the possiblility of renting linens on-site?

I've posted stuff home from France in the past rather than go over the allowance and it worked out much cheaper in the long run.

Alternatively, if you're hiring a car when you get there, see if there's a Monoprix en route from the Airport to the campsite. They usually have cheap stuff and you could save in the long run.

donalh087

Yamanoto wrote: »

Any chance you could pick up what's needed in a local hypermarché?

Now, THAT makes sense.

zagmund

I'm not aware of any parcel motel equivalent that you could use. It's a bit late now, but for the exact reasons you are discovering, it's not necessarily a good idea to get too hooked on the initial cheap flight prices when pricing a holiday like this which requires stuff other than just clothes.

Most campsites (with any cop on) will rent this sort of stuff to customers. They know that all the Germans, Dutch, Danes, etc . . . will have everything they need in their car, but the Irish & British who are flying won't have the same options. I don't know how much you could expect to pay, but I expect it might be in the region of €10 per person . . . which is cheaper than Ryanair luggage charges.

z

donalh087

Eponymous wrote: »

Alternatively, if you're hiring a car when you get there, see if there's a Monoprix en route from the Airport to the campsite. They usually have cheap stuff and you could save in the long run.

The way forward deffo. Thanks guys.

donalh087

zagmund wrote: »

I don't know how much you could expect to pay, but I expect it might be in the region of €10 per person . . . which is cheaper than Ryanair luggage charges.

z

I understand all that but I am led to believe that quality isn't great and to be honest I like good sheet and towels. It's not really the price.

schemingbohemia

donalh087 wrote: »

I understand all that but I am led to believe that quality isn't great and to be honest I like good sheet and towels. It's not really the price.

If it's not really the price then why not pay the baggage charges and bring your own?

Mousewar

Just wrap yourself and your family in all the towels and sheets before you get on the plane. Tell them you're buddhists or something. Really cold buddhists.

donalh087

schemingbohemia wrote: »

If it's not really the price then why not pay the baggage charges and bring your own?

Of course you're right, I could. I just resent paying mad prices for luggage - It will end end up costing the same as one of the kids - maybe I should just pick one of them up in Monoprix as well

ProudDUB

donalh087 wrote: »

Of course you're right, I could. I just resent paying mad prices for luggage - It will end end up costing the same as one of the kids - maybe I should just pick one of them up in Monoprix as well

In fairness though, is it really mad for what you want to do and bring with you? Ryanair are a budget airline. While I fully understand your need to bring household items with you, Ryanair aren't really targeted towards people who want to bring said household goods with them on a camping holiday, especially heavy, bulky things like towels and blankets.

donalh087

ProudDUB wrote: »

Ryanair aren't really targeted towards people who want to bring said household goods with them on a camping holiday, especially heavy, bulky things like towels and blankets.

We all know that. Which is precisely why I'm looking for an alternative.

athtrasna

Generally people who need to bring all that sort of thing to France take the ferry? Flying Ryanair on holidays is difficult at the best of times, but when you need to bring household essentials it doesn't make much sense.

Yamanoto

donalh087 wrote: »

Is there any facility to use something like a Parcel Motel......?

Chrome translate isn't working its magic, but the comparable French service appears to be La Poste's Cityssimo. Looks like it operates much like Parcel Motel, in that your unique subscriber number forms part of the address. You also need a card sent to you to gain access to the locker locations - all sounds a bit convoluted tbh.

http://www.cityssimo.fr/

Another alternative would be to use a bag shipping service. At €55 + VAT for 25kg it's probably pricier than Ryanair, though travelling with kids, you'll have enough bags to lug about I'd imagine.

http://www.followyourbag.com/landing_page.aspx?title=world-saver-service

hfallada

OP you must have a set of bed linen and towels that you would care if dumped over there and pay for extra language if you have to on the way over. I know my parents are still using a kerrygold towel that is almost falling apart that was free with butter 25 years ago.

Are you fully taken advantage of your free carry on allowance. I know my mothers bag was 2 kgs over for hand luggage Liverpool to Dublin and she spent 15 mins rearranging the bag and eventually the ryanair staff caved in and let her on with it ( they get a good commission for forcing people to check in their bags. I know some who made €500 most weeks in Ryanair commission).

munchkin_utd

good point hfallada

If its 2 adults and 2 kids than thats 40kg of handluggage you have available BEFORE you get to checking in a single bag.
Surely to god the sheets arent all that heavy that you'd exceed the 40kg + 15 or 20kg checkedin bag (=55 or 60 kg total luggage)?

Lapin

Get one of these.

Or bring what you can and buy what else you need in Auchan or Carrefour over there.

keithclancy

Lapin wrote: »

Get one of these.

Or bring what you can and buy what else you need in Auchan or Carrefour over there.

I just ram everything into my jacket and close the zip.

Went through one day looking like the michelen man.