Chunnel prices
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denisejoe
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Just did a quote and out October back November under £300 just put name and email address and had my vehicle details already then took me to time for going out and return never asked me or did weight come up
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I've always found Irish Ferries the cheapest.Wow, just looked at prices for crossings in mid August. P and O ferry return £270 total for return……tunnel, £260 roughly each way. That’s eye watering. Bit of a no brainer.
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You can book very late online with Irish Ferries and the cost doesn't seem to change. Of course this is not at peak holiday times. Never tried it on the day but I don't see why it wouldn't work but probably would need to be a few hours in advance.
We never book our return until maybe the night before and often we will leave the outbound until the last day or two. It means we don't have to go to the expense of a Flexi ticket as we are unlikely to change plans last minute.
Just booked tunnel 8.3 meter motorhome for September £167 return £144 seamed reasonable don’t you think.
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Just out of ideal interest, when I had a semi retirement job as a continental courier, I was aske to make an urgent overnight delivery to La Rochelle. Since we were due to go away the next day we decided to take the MH. At that time I used to go freight out because as well as the tunnel being strict on freight on tourist trains, freight shuttles were a lot more frequent and didn't need to be booked. Returning empty I used Frequent Traveller tickets. Having booked the MH on freight I turned up at Cheriton, only to be refused boarding because my vehicle had 'to high a calorific value'! Apparently this applied to ant fibreglass vehicle. I was transferred to the next tourist train so only lost about 20 minutes.
MichaelT
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We took our dog not a problem, in fact we were first off because of him.
Problem we found is the time spent on ferry does not save anything in France compared to tunnel or Dover crossing unlike the Poole crossing but thats even dearer.
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May I ask what dates you booked to get that price ?
denisejoe
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Just tried it and used the Make and Model box rather than the registration number and I got that pop up. Did you do it that way?
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Would be interested to understand how you got those prices as the cheapest published Car (Not Motorhome) return is £174 for a 5 day short saver ticket. We were looking end sept beginning October so lower season and nothing even close to that.
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Yes but the next question is it a campervan, click yes and it overides the other.
Are we all using the same sites to book, or do some sites have slightly different questions, and prices ?
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
You have got to have the offial tunnel site there is loads of agents adding stuff on.
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£167 outward journey £144 journey home we have traveled with channel tunnel 27 years never had a complaint always offered earlier crossing.the fist problem ever was this Sunday no electricity missure shrug 2hours later electricty they give us an early crossing but we ended up later not bad for 27yearsand so easy try it
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I did .Still 373 one way next Tuesday against96 for dfds
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The reason many of us get dragged through the other method is ,for me anyway, I cannot choose UK or French vehicle "use registration number"& have to input make and model. That then takes you to the question about commercial carriage ,choose freight or "is it a campervan" before we then get asked length etc.
And yes September is around thebprice you state but next week is 3x that whereas the dfds price remains similar & cheap until a couple of days before.
Just booked our winter trip on the Tunnel, going out 1 November and back 19 March,
both midweek at £123 each way, 7 metre Motorhome with two passengers,
only slightly dearer than a ferry but worth it for the convenience and no possibility mal de mer
both midweek at £123 each way, 7 metre Motorhome with two passengers,
only slightly dearer than a ferry but worth it for the convenience and no possibility mal de mer
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Yes and have also just used the registration number with the same pop up appearing.
I just ignored it and carried on as normal.
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I think this may be in the wrong thread.
suavecarve
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You could tell because Gravelines wasnt on the map !
No because I hadn't heard of the tunnel being blown up.
That’s a touch more than 90 days are you going to Morocco ? Or do you know something I’ve not heard ofJust booked our winter trip on the Tunnel, going out 1 November and back 19 March,
both midweek at £123 each way, 7 metre Motorhome with two passengers,
only slightly dearer than a ferry but worth it for the convenience and no possibility mal de mer
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We used them to come back last week due to the 10% discount which made it about £14 cheaper than Calais ones, but the real benefit was not having to go through Calais port with it's bad signage and congestion as all ferry passenger vehicles have to go through the same limited number of border control lanes which we found can take a long time.
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It's normally a lot more expensive if you just turn up, book your crossing as early as possible and select the option to amend or defer without any additional charges....... ....Just sayin.
Next year will be the last time we use Brittany ferries to Santander...we are Club members and used them for past 4 yrs but for next March rtn June it was £1377 !! will be Newhaven-Dieppe from then on, £275 return.. Brittany prices have gone ridiculous.
Yep, the school holidays are always a killer sadly. We have booked P and O out from Dover but paying a bit more to return from Cherbourg to Poole.
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I make that 140 days ! 50 days more than you are allowed!Just booked our winter trip on the Tunnel, going out 1 November and back 19 March,
both midweek at £123 each way, 7 metre Motorhome with two passengers,
only slightly dearer than a ferry but worth it for the convenience and no possibility mal de mer
Unless you are EU ?
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