We're booking a family of four in August and the total trip is £100 cheaper if I book through the french site rather than .co.uk.
Has anyone had experience booking through the french rather than the UK site? I can't change the country from "France" if book so I'm concerned we won't get our tickets if we book this way. Do they email the tickets or post?
Thanks in advance!
Well, I have never booked through the French web site, but I'm Italian and have already booked a couple of times with the Irish offer. It's almost the same!
Well, when I book a offer from another country I prefer calling the Italian call center and ask for the offer I want. Never had problems doing that. I give my address in Italy and on the booking confirmation that I receive by email (it's what you need at the check in, they don't send you real tickets) there is written "Italy - Ireland".
Of course you can book on the web site too. You only have to leave the country as it is, and you can write your real address. Be sure to write well your email because you will receive all the documents there.
Hi. Yes, we have! You can ring disneyland reservation number and ask to book a 'crossover offer'. They know exactly what you mean, ask you for which site and transfer you to book.
It was fuss free and the only differences were that we paid in euros and the confirmation email is in French.
We saved £411!
Quote from: Mrsya on April 22, 2015, 12:01:41 AM
Hi. Yes, we have! You can ring disneyland reservation number and ask to book a 'crossover offer'. They know exactly what you mean, ask you for which site and transfer you to book.
It was fuss free and the only differences were that we paid in euros and the confirmation email is in French.
We saved £411!
I've never found the other sites to be any good lol! Maybe its just for when I wanna book there's no difference.
Recently booked on the Netherlands site to add some extra days to our Oct trip, really easy to do, you just type in your own address, add UK after your own town but leave the country as whichever site you are using (ie France/Netherlands etc). Make sure you put the correct email as they email you the confirmation letter etc & I found google translate to be my best friend in checking everything by copying/pasting across to it.
We saved £210 compared to the UK site for 2 adults, 2 kids under 7 staying 3 nights hb in oct.
Quote from: Mrsya on April 22, 2015, 12:01:41 AM
Hi. Yes, we have! You can ring disneyland reservation number and ask to book a 'crossover offer'. They know exactly what you mean, ask you for which site and transfer you to book.
It was fuss free and the only differences were that we paid in euros and the confirmation email is in French.
We saved £411!
I did exactly this as well. Phoned and asked for a crossover offer from the French site expecting it to be a real pain but there was no problem at all, not even a pause from the agent on the phone. I think we saved about £400 too because the French site was offering 40% off plus children under 12 free.
This time next week, we'll be on our way :)
I've booked online on the French site and it was fine. Nothing is posted, it's all emailed.
hi there
anyone know if you can book with deposit only ??
really want to book but carnt afford it all in one go
Quote from: ilovemainstxxx on April 22, 2015, 07:29:30 PM
hi there
anyone know if you can book with deposit only ??
really want to book but carnt afford it all in one go
I also wondered this too!
When booking online you have to pay all.
When booking calling the call center you can pay only the deposit if you book a offer from your country. When booking an offer from a different country you have to pay all.
Or at least it should be like that.
When I booked our next holiday with the Irish offer the cast member on the phone asked me if I wanted to pay only the deposit or all the amount. I choose all because I believe that the cast member wasn't very expert and he was making a mistake, so I though it would be better to pay all the amount to avoid problems!
I was offered the option to pay a deposit and remaining money 16 weeks before travel. I think it depends on how early you book. Under 16 weeks and you would have to pay the full amount. I booked over the phone from the uk via the French website.
Thanks so much for all the helpful comments, just booked it, all seemed to go through okay and I've received my confirmation email. Save £100 by booking on the French site.
I've booked extras like the buffalo bills and breakfasts in cafe mickey; they've been confirmed that I've bought these but not the dates I chose on the booking website - does anyone know if I have to book these direct or will the dates I booked on the website be reserved?
No easy this.....
This is how it was in our case the last 2 years: we wanted to use the UK offer, no problem. It was much cheaper than with meal plan included. The lady on the phone told me that, in our case we have to pay in GBP, not EUR, so she has to withdraw right at the time of the reservation to whole amount from the credit card. If I was paying in EUR, the withdrawal would be 1 month before our visit.
Does anyone know when you can book via the French site for stays in April 2016?
The French site currently only offers stays until 23 March 2016.
Most other sites (UK, German etc) do allow you to book for April 2016 but the French site doesn't yet.
Also is the French site normally cheaper than the German site? The German site is about £200 cheaper than the UK (£1,160 vs £1,340), so I wondered if we should wait to book or if we might as well book via the German site now?
Thanks in advance,
Mike
Its the same with a polish site - I am polish, but i live in Austria. We always book through polish site because its usually around 400 euros cheaper !!!
hi again
hubby says he really wants to go for new year now as our daughter will be 18 in April and think this may be the last new year all of us together in a while :(
so just to clarify if we do get to go and i want to book from the French site , do i still call the English number but just ask for the cross over deal from France , or do i phone the French number..?
Unless you speak French it'll be easiest to ring the UK number :)
this is what i had thought , but i know there is a French phone number to the resort you can use to book but they can put you to an English speaking operator
thanks
Uk number and ask for a crossover offer. They'll ask you which country and then transfer you so I imagine you're put through to the French reservations office. Phonecall will be cheaper that way though!
Thanks again guys , always know i can rely on my Disney buddies ...x
just hope we get to do it now :)
I booked online from the UK via the Irish site then I had to alter the booking dates. I rang the UK number and was then transferred to France as was considering using offer on Dutch site to try and alleviate some the increased cost. However, you can't amend a booking and change to another site (in this case from Ireland to the Netherlands) without first cancelling and incurring the cancellation fee. Consequently my amended booking remained with the Irish site. The French lady I spoke to was lovely, spoke perfect English and couldn't have been more helpful, going through all the options with me to try and save as much as we could.
My personal experience from today - I called the international phone number and ask to use the French crossover offer, as it is the best for Christmas time for the moment.
So no problem with the booking.
We've booked twice on the French website - both times was much cheaper than UK - mostly because UK was offering free 'under 7' but French site offering free 'under 12'. I think the meal packages are slightly cheaper on the UK site but this will depend on exchange rate. For 2 adults and 1 child (2 days park, 1 night hotel) we paid 198 euros at Santa Fe 3rd / 4th Jan and 341 euros at Cheyenne 3rd / 4th May.
Just checked out the French site and wow there are some savings to be made! Under 12s free bringing total cost down from £570 to €419 can I book online or better to call? Thanks! ;)
In my oppinion - better call.
We made reservation calling last Friday without problem. The confirmation will come in French than.
I booked using the French site for Halloween this year, it was 400 cheaper than the UK (for two nights!).
I booked last week, saved 300€. Use www.disneylandparis.fr and choose Autres regions. The boxes to complete are the same so even a basic knowledge of french will cover you. Do a mock run on you own site first. You need to do city, country in the city box and leave France in the country. Your booking is printable from you my Bookings area but the booking is in french which if fine as it's only for the staff need it.
Thanks guys :) think I'm going to book a short dec trip with myself and my son. Don't think I'm going to get anyone else to come along so it may well be our very first visit just us 2!
Aslong as I book Disney express all should be fine I managed his wheelchair and our suitcase last time. Just can't resist a Christmassy visit at such a good deal!
hi all
thanks for your help , i can now say i have a new countdown ;D ;D ;D ;D
i have just phoned the english site told them what i wanted to do and they put me straight through to a lovely helpful lady in paris..
really straight forward , paid with a 15% deposit and the remainder does not have to be paid till 30 day before
so have just myself over £300....
im so excited ....x
Same experience for me. The operator was a lovely, excellent English speaking lady. She explains it is absolutely fine as long as you don't mind confirmation letter in French and paying in Euros.
Highly recommend booking this way.
I booked for this year on the French site & over the phone with French Central Reservations for 2016 using the offer on the Irish site (paid 15% deposit) Saved £££££££££'s ;D
An update on my original post, we booked on the French site by translating through the Internet explorer page Translator toolbar. It was easy, we put France as our home country but in the home address section I specified UK. It doesn't matter as all communications have been by email and the site accepted our UK credit card. We save hundreds! It's scandalous, definitely shop around. I understand that Disneyland Paris are to be investigated for these price differences between countries - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/33703984
I don't get what the investigation is about. As we've seen, anyone can book the prices of any other country. What's the problem?
The problem is that if you don't look at all the sites you don't get the best price. People think that the price on every disney site is the same. As it's one company. And I thought that this practice is against the law.
I'm not sure what law it's against, but I know supermarket chains have different prices in different locations too...