À plus tard / À tout à l'heure

[JerseyRich]

S'il vous plait,
What is the difference between "A plus tard and A tout a l'heure?

Merci d'avance

Richard

 

[jann]

à tout à l'heure is for situations when you know you will see the person again in a few hours' time. maybe even in a few minutes (eg. you're running out to do some errands and will be back in half an hour)
à plus tard is more generally "see you later"

 

[alexdeluxe]

and if you speak with French speakers you can even say "à plus" (see you) meaning "à plus tard" (see you later )

 

[crazynorvegian]

also, in very casual writing (emails, sms...) you can write "a+" instead of "à plus"

 

[Robert_Hope]

I've also seen "@+" on MSN and other informal situations

I agree 100% with the first response by Jann, by what I've been taught.