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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sarah Marsh and Rob Williams

Cheap flights, Brexit, now Dover chaos – is this the end of the road for continental coach tours?

Two coaches wait in line in the check-in lanes at the Port of Dover in Kent last weekend.
Two coaches wait in line in the check-in lanes at the Port of Dover in Kent last weekend. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

It was once the staple for group travel abroad, favoured by school trips and touring retirees alike, but it now looks like Britain could be falling out of love with the continental coach journey.

Many are likely to have been put off for life by chaos at Dover, as people try to get away for the Easter holiday. An estimated 20,000 people got caught up in gridlock last weekend alone after delays in border processing that forced vehicles to queue for up to 14 hours.

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