Dunclair replied on 28/02/2023 20:43
Posted on 28/02/2023 20:43
After several years of touring France and a little of Spain, we haven't been back since the combined disasters of Covid and Brexit. Things weren't helped by the P&O debacle either.
We are now considering a return to France for the lovely season of Late August to Late September. I've looked at ferry fares and they seem to have returned to some form of normality.
So, some questions please: What is the admin of going to and returning from France like now? Are there still miles long queues for the ferries? How bad is the queue at Calais when coming home?
Finally, how are HMRC behaving about duty-free allowances? We used to buy our wine imports in supermarkets well away from Calais. We found that is was cheaper than buying in La Cite or in duty-free shops. We used to bring back wine for the kids as well but Brexit has scuppered that. We would like to maximise our wine imports though, assuming that the answers to the previous questions give us a green light.
Thank you to anyone who helps us.
Dunclair
Caravanner