Ferry or Tunnel (1 Viewer)

[bigtwin]

Eurotunnel also allow you to turn up up to 24hrs AFTER your departure time without any problem.

Try that on the ferries!

Ian

 

[Madcaravanner]

Tunnel is quick and convenient but more expensive.....unless you take out a Frequent Traveller package. Then it is cheaper than ferries.

Richard.

No it isn't when you use Tesco Point boost (tripled when used we used £70 worth of points) which meant we paid £2 for the crossing

 

[Diane1969]

Tunnel every time, don't even compare prices, not interested, and our crossings are mainly free anyway with Tesco points

interesting that I keep reading Tunnel is more expensive as when i booked which was the end of last year it was cheaper than the Ferries and I used Tesco clubcard to pay and it didn't change the price I'd seen on line

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[Shrimp]

We always used the ferry before dog.
Now it's tunnel, quicker, easier and nicer.
Last year we bought the frequent traveller-December-as we took the car & MoHo to France-property sitting so that was 4 uses.
We were supposed to be helping on a French campsite (due to family health, had to abandon that one) that would have been 4 uses too as we would have needed the car there.
So took the van to F for 10 days last month that was 2 uses.
Up to 6 so far.
We hope to go for another short trip soon and another one as a booze cruise before Xmas.
So there is our 10 crossings. The only extra expense is £11 for the MoHo and the £30something for the dog!
If we bought the frequent traveller again we would try to share with someone.

 

[ukbill]

The tunnel maybe dearer,but when I took the ferries,once we had been upstairs had a coffee and a plate on mush,then the ferries costs more,get on train turn chair,plug in tv,watch part of a episode of mrs browns boys,and u r there lol

 

[Zigisla]

We have only been over in the MH once which was this
Easter and used the Tunnel. The Ferry from Portsmouth would be far better for us as it is only "Up the Road". However, because of the dogs we would only thought about the tunnel because of having to leave them in the MH for the crossing. I am sure they would be fine, but I would feel uneasy about it. I am therefore prepared to travel to Folkstone and then drive wherever from Calais. It maybe the long way around and certainly far more in fuel to drive from Calais to the West coast of France, but we do have the added advantage of Tesco stumping up the vast majority of the cost, so it off sets some if not all of the fuel cost. We will have to plan our trips accordingly, but I can still only see us using the Tunnel. Dogs, Time to cross and Tesco Vouchers will always win I think.

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[Clarky]

No it isn't when you use Tesco Point boost (tripled when used we used £70 worth of points) which meant we paid £2 for the crossing

Yes, but then you have to shop in Tesco for a year to get enough points.
A year in Pergatory might be preferable.

Richard.

 

[denisejoe]

Yes, but then you have to shop in Tesco for a year to get enough points.
A year in Pergatory might be preferable.

Richard.

You don't need to shop in Tesco to get the points. You can shop wherever you like and just use a Tesco Credit Card. Admittedly you'll get more points if you shop in Tesco and use your Tesco Credit Card but definitely not compulsory!

Denise

 

[ymfb]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/20/van-driver-dies-migrants-block-calais-road-tree-trunks/

Be careful nr Calais ! So far as we know nothing like this at the Normandy ports

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[magicsurfbus]

I don't have a Tesco card, I don't get seasick, and I quite like the Dover-Calais boat journey as I can sit out in the fresh air for a while before a long day's driving. The photographic opportunities are sometimes interesting too.

I don't get claustrophobic either but I find the tunnel utterly tedious. As the great man once said, there's more to life than increasing its speed.

 

[ymfb]

In September we will be using the Portsmouth to Santander ferry to get us and our motorcycles to Spain. We did the same last year and were presently surprised how quickly the journey passed.

 

[Zigisla]

I have just booked my Tunnel tickets for the Summer and they cost £260 return. If I wanted to save on the fuel money driving all the way to the Tunnel and get a Portsmouth ferry, it cost circa £650. Now with the poorest of fuel economic MoHo, I can say that it is still a no brainer and will use the tunnel again!!

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