ACO and Email

[Jay (Team Cannonball)]

Hi guys,

The last few years I have booked up with travel destinations and got everything i wanted. This year we are trying to do it on the cheap and hence tried to order our camping permits via the ACO. Not being very organised due to PhD commitments I have only just sent off the booking form via email to the ACO on Monday. My question is this, should i expect a reply to my email confirming the tickets or do i receive a invoice in the post with payment instructions. I am aware i will only be offered Beausjour but que sera.
I just really want to know when i should start chasing them.
Alternatively if any of the good members of this forum have any spares lying around then I would be more than happy to take them off your hand. The site we are not supposed to talk about has them, but if i go there then i might as well phone up travel destinations and shell out again.

Cheers

James

[Steve Pyro]

They should acknowledge your booking request and then, when your number comes to the top of the pile, send you an invoice and request for payment.

The invoice may, however, list your selection as 'Wait List'.

Fingers crossed.

[Jay (Team Cannonball)]

Thanks for that, a quick email to the ACO came back with the reply that my allocation for 2 Beausjour passes were despatched on the 31st Jan gives me a bit of reassurance. Although it is now 9th Feb. Is it true they have been sending invoices via Thailand.

Oh well looks like Team Cannonball will be on Beausjour unless i can arrange a swap nearer the time. Suppose its close to Arnage for all the fun and games on the Friday. That was brilliant last year was it not. I saw a few club arnage t-shirts in the crowd. The bollicking the french guy in the viper got was amusing. He looked thoroughly sheepish.

Which part of East Anglia are you at Steve. I'm stuck here in Norwich at the UEA furthering my education and stringing out my student days as long as possible. I am now in my 7th year dodging council tax.

Plus I get to ogle all those fresh young innocent 18 year olds who turn up at uni and are looking for anything they can get.

You can't beat it

Jay

[Bob U]

Plus I get to ogle all those fresh young innocent 18 year olds who turn up at uni and are looking for anything they can get.

You can't beat it

Jay

Sounds like a real chore to me, you lucky b******d

[Steve Pyro]

Which part of East Anglia are you at Steve.

I'm just outside Colchester but our cobra Le Mans regulars (generally 20 of us) come from Diss, Norwich, Thetford, Bungay, Ipswich - in fact all over.  We have monthly cobra meets at pubs all over East Anglia.

[chrisbeatty]

Got my confirmation/invoice last week, came straight from France tho!?!

I can second Jay's comments about the innocent 18 year olds in Norwich.
I've just moved up to Norwich for work & got all the "carrot cruncher" jibes but after a night out here my mates wanted to arrange a repeat visit  

[Jay (Team Cannonball)]

Brilliant. 2 Beausjour passes confirmed in yesterdays post. It makes the guys on Ebay selling tickets for ridiculous prices look a bit silly. Makes the guys buying them look even sillier.

So you can book late and still get away with it. Now wheres that transmanche website.

[Andy Zarse]

Plus I get to ogle all those fresh young innocent 18 year olds who turn up at uni and are looking for anything they can get.

You can't beat it

Jay

Sounds like a real chore to me, you lucky b******d

Jay

Which would be the most convenient weekend to come and visit you? This weekend or next?

[Jay (Team Cannonball)]

Unfortunately, this weekend is Valentines weekend and after the better half (who is coming to Le Mans this year - what was I thinking) read this post, after she was looking for info on what goes on. I am now officially barred from ogling. However she can't watch me all the time.

[Barry]

So you can book late and still get away with it. Now wheres that transmanche website.

Transmarche have cancelled all sailings this week due to 'technical' problems.
Speedferries are worth a look, but some people think that they are a bit risky as well, hope they survive we are using them for our summer hols

[Jay (Team Cannonball)]

Speedferries haven't any places left for the sailing times i want. bit of a pisser about transmanche. oh well looks like p and o out of calais then. unless anyone else knows of any better deals.

[smokie]

Norfolk Line, they were a lot cheaper for car + caravan but they go to Dunkerque which is even further than Calais.

[Nordic]

Hoverspeed also run the Newhaven - Dieppe crossing.

last time I looked they still had some space on the Monday return crossing.

Transmanche have only cancelled crossings this week The ones in June are still on.

[Jay (Team Cannonball)]

Cheers Norfolk Line looks good at £59 notes I can't complain.

[Barry]

Transmanche have only cancelled crossings this week The ones in June are still on.

That's what I meant, must brush up on my use of english and punctuation, sorry for any confusion