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Long weekends,
properly planned.

Paris and Amsterdam, curated down to the last dinner reservation — plus the hotel perks you won't find booking it yourself. Based in London, easy reach of St Pancras.

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Boarding pass
LON ✈ PAR
Passenger
You + whoever's coming
Trip length
3–4 nights
Gate
St Pancras
Status
Confirmed

Eleven destinations, one train line. More on the way.

Shari Travel Co plans long weekends across the Eurostar network — with Zanzibar and further afield to follow.

LON → CDG

Paris, long weekend

By
Eurostar, 2h16
Best for
Food, art, first-timers

Left Bank hotels with a proper concierge, a table booked before you land, and a route around the Louvre that skips the queue. Built around your pace, not a checklist.

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LON → AMS

Amsterdam, long weekend

By
Eurostar, 3h55
Best for
Canals, cycling, design

A canal-side stay, a bike sorted for the weekend, and the kind of restaurant list you'd only get from someone who's actually eaten there.

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LON → BRU

Brussels, long weekend

By
Eurostar, ~2h01
Best for
Grand Place, beer, chocolate

A short hop with a proper payoff — Art Nouveau townhouses, a Grand Place worth the late check-out, and lunch reservations that don't need translating.

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LON → LLE

Lille, long weekend

By
Eurostar, ~1h20
Best for
A quick escape, market Sundays

The shortest run on the line, and one of the least crowded. Flemish-brick streets, a market that's worth timing your trip around, and no jet lag involved.

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LON → RTM

Rotterdam, long weekend

By
Eurostar, ~3h10
Best for
Architecture, markets, design

Amsterdam's sharper-edged neighbour — cube houses, a market hall worth the trip alone, and a skyline that looks nothing like the rest of the Netherlands.

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LON → DLP

Disneyland Paris, long weekend

By
Eurostar, ~2h50, direct
Best for
Families, first Disney trips

Straight to Marne-la-Vallée, no transfers. Park hotel packages, early-entry timing, and a plan that survives contact with tired children.

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LON → LYS

Lyon, long weekend

By
~4h45, via Paris
Best for
Food obsessives

France's food capital, reached with one easy change in Paris. Bouchons, traboules, and a table list built for people who plan holidays around meals.

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LON → CGN

Cologne, long weekend

By
~3h50, via Brussels
Best for
Christmas markets, the Rhine

One change in Brussels puts you under the cathedral spires by afternoon. Best timed around the Christmas markets or a slow weekend on the Rhine.

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LON → AVN

Avignon, long weekend

By
~6h, via Paris
Best for
Provence, slow weekends

A longer day of travel that trades itself for lavender-season light and a walled old town built for wandering, not sightseeing on a schedule.

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LON → SXB

Strasbourg, long weekend

By
~5h45, via Paris
Best for
Christmas markets, half-timbered streets

Half French, half German, entirely photogenic. Best known for its Christmas market, but the canal district earns a visit any time of year.

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LON → ALPS

French Alps, ski weekend

By
Eurostar Snow Train, seasonal, direct
Best for
Skiing, chalets, no airport

Straight from St Pancras to the snow, no airport queues involved. Chalet and slope-side hotel options across the Tarentaise valley, with the same preferred-partner perks as everywhere else.

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Why book through an advisor instead of a search bar

Fora's partnerships mean the hotel doesn't cost more — you just get more out of it.

01

Room upgrades, when available

Preferred partner rates at 4,500+ hotels can mean a better room, on the house.

02

Breakfast included

Daily breakfast for two, added at no extra cost at partner properties.

03

Early in, late out

Early check-in and late check-out, subject to availability — arranged before you arrive.

04

Someone to call

If your hotel booking hits a snag or plans shift last-minute, you're not on hold with a call centre.

05

No planning fee

You pay what the hotel charges anyway — the advisory sits on top, not extra. Your Eurostar ticket is booked separately, by you.

06

Local knowledge

Restaurant bookings, quiet-hour museum timing, and the neighbourhood worth an extra hour in.

How a weekend gets planned

Four steps, usually inside a week.

01

Tell me the shape of the trip

Dates, budget, who's coming, and what "a good weekend" means to you — quick call or a form, your call.

02

Get a proposed itinerary

Hotel options, a rough daily plan, and a suggested Eurostar time to aim for — back to you within 48 hours. You book your own train ticket direct with Eurostar.

03

Everything else gets booked

Hotel and any reservations that need a head start — confirmed and sent to you as one itinerary. (Eurostar tickets you book yourself — happy to point you to the right fare.)

04

You go, I stay on call

If anything shifts while you're away, I'm reachable — not a helpline in another time zone.

St Pancras International, Eurostar departure point
About your advisor

Nine years at the departure gate, before becoming the one planning the trip.

I'm Victor Shari, and before Shari Travel Co, I spent nine years as a travel advisor for East Midlands Railway at St Pancras — the same station Eurostar leaves from for Paris and Amsterdam. I've watched thousands of people head off on exactly this trip, and picked up a fairly precise sense of what makes the good ones good: the right train time, a hotel that's actually in the right neighbourhood, and nothing left to sort out once you've landed.

Shari Travel Co is that knowledge turned into something you can hand a weekend to. I'm an independent advisor with Fora, which means access to preferred rates at thousands of hotels worldwide — without it costing you any more than booking direct.

VS
LONDON-BASED · FORA TRAVEL ADVISOR

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Email
victor@sharitravel.co
Based in
London, United Kingdom
Hours
Mon–Sat, 9am–7pm UK time
£750£2,500+
£80£1,000+

Shari Travel Co is an independent affiliate of Fora Travel. Hotel and cruise bookings made through Shari Travel Co are subject to the supplier's own terms and conditions. All prices quoted in GBP (£).