How early do I need to book Eurotunnel tickets?

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Cheaper if you book early, but there are still reasonable deals to be had a day or two before. You can pay a lot to just turn up without a booking. There are plenty of crossings (up to 4 per hour) and it runs all night, so it is never fully booked for days on end, though you might have fewer choices of departure time still available when you do book.

Guess your arrival time as best you can. If you arrive early, you can just wait (the town or Cite Europe is a lot better choice than the rather poor facilities at the tunnel compound). If you arrive up to 2 hrs late they will just put you on the next available. If you are going to be later than that, call them before departure time and try to move your booking and you will get a new 2 hrs late window (this is easier if you have an excuse like massive traffic jams); however, you might have to pay more.

One useful trick that I've used is to book a night in one of the hotels near the tunnel. You get more certainty on your departure time and get to travel the tunnel refreshed the next day.

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If you know your departure times, book as early as possible so that the ticket would be cheaper. It's the first suggestion on the Eurotunnel booking page itself:

https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/tickets/booking-the-best-fare

If you arrive up to 2 hours late, changing the ticket is free, and for up to 24 hours you only pay the applicable fare difference. I believe that's still a very good option if you can roughly tell when is the likeliest that you'd arrive.

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