Paris/D Day beaches, then to Chamonix

Coconutbay, welcome to this board with your first post. Is your entire trip 7 nights on the ground in Europe?This is a lot of long jumps, using up at least half of every daylight travel day. Do you really want to spend so much time, say, sitting, rather than sightseeing?

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/france/summer-travel-to-normandy-from-london-uk

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/france/day-trip-from-paris-to-d-day-beaches-acf8ace3-7773-4e57-b464-b178dcd45e1f

Please comment on these old discussions so we know what would best help you.

I am not sure this would be enjoyable in my opinion. You really only have a day and a half in London allowing for jet lag. Then the trip to Bayeau is at least a half a day or more. I think you need to get to St. Pancreas two hours before the train to Paris. I think in Paris you have to change train stations and then it is at least two hours by train to Bayeau and another good half hour to taxi to hotel and check in. We did this trip a year and a half ago but had a week in London before going to Paris and straight to Bayeau where we spent four days before returning to Paris. All the transportation was very clean easy to navigate and enjoyable. Best of luck.

Gonna be a rushed, tiring trip.

Have you already bought return plane tix? If not...drop Chamonix for another trip? Or drop D Day beaches? But don't attempt both with both London and Paris in the mix.

Thanks everyone for your replies!

Our friends are kind of freaking out over the tentative costs. I think a more reasonable tour would be, as you say, a day and a half in London, then go to Paris for a a couple of days.

Meanwhile, we have 15 more states to visit before finishing our goal of stepping foot in each of the 50!