London Paris Train Tickets

By far the best place to buy tickets for the train between London and Paris is direct from the train operator, Eurostar. Eurostar's web site offers the best deals and variety on Eurostar tickets, and offer fares and tickets without booking fees or hidden costs.

It stands to reason that as they are the company who also run the London to Paris trains, Eurostar will have the fullest choice of tickets available.

Eurostar tickets, booking and flexibility

When travelling on the Eurostar trains, there are 3 main ticket types, referred to as "Travel Options" by Eurostar:

1. Business Premier Tickets - obviously aimed at the Business traveller. See Eurostar or our Business Travel to Paris page for more.

2. Leisure Select Tickets - aimed at those wanting to enjoy a comfortable holiday or city break with a little added luxury. For example a complimentary glass of champagne, comfortable seats and dedicated carriages, and fine food. See Eurostar for more details...

3. Standard Tickets - these are where many of the bargains can be found, but you will need to book in advance and choose to travel off-peak. See Eurostar for more details

Flexibility

Within each of the 3 different "Travel Options" - Business Premier, Leisure Select and Standard - you will find further fare types, in particular regarding the flexibility of your ticket.

• Non-flexible tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
• Semi-flexible tickets are non-refundable, but they can be changed before departure for a fee.
• Fully flexible tickets are fully refundable and fully exchangeable.

So for example, a Standard ticket may be purchased for £59 return, but these fares are only available as a Non Flexible type - travel times cannot be changed and you must travel on the train you have booked originally.

Some of the limited flexibility fares also include:

• Midweek day return - you must return on a weekday
• Minimum 1 night - you must stay over at least 1 night
• Sat Night - your stay must include a Saturday night

The more flexible fares Semi Flexible and Fully Flexible are of course more expensive. A Standard ticket Semi Flexible fare starts at around £140 single.

London to Paris by Train - Booking Tickets

Eurostar train tickets for the train between London and Paris are available from Eurostar.

Eurostar offer the best deals and variety on Eurostar tickets by far, and offer fares and tickets without booking fees or hidden costs. Book your London to Paris train tickets direct at the official Eurostar web site.