Looks like ferry (1 Viewer)

[robrace]

Always travel to France and back by tunnel! Wife gets sea sick in HarbourBut prices have gone up so much!This Thursday nr £200 one way.Ferry £84.no contest.Never minded spending a few quid more to go on tunnel but approx £200 saving for return journey on ferry!Thats a lot of meals out

 

[marchie]

Always travel to France and back by tunnel! Wife gets sea sick in HarbourBut prices have gone up so much!This Thursday nr £200 one way.Ferry £84.no contest.Never minded spending a few quid more to go on tunnel but approx £200 saving for return journey on ferry!Thats a lot of meals out

Newhaven to Dieppe Thursday 16/9 £120.50 for 6m M/Home + Bike Rack and that's before 20% Discount for having at least 1 person in Party who is aged 60+. So £96 net cost, but has to be booked by phone [0800 917 1201] rather than online.

Steve

 

[glenn2926]

Always travel to France and back by tunnel! Wife gets sea sick in HarbourBut prices have gone up so much!This Thursday nr £200 one way.Ferry £84.no contest.Never minded spending a few quid more to go on tunnel but approx £200 saving for return journey on ferry!Thats a lot of meals out

That’s gone up. We’re crossing via the tunnel tonight. £123.00 which is around normal. Similar price coming back. £120.00. I don’t know why it’s suddenly very expensive. Seems a bit strange.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[busby]

Always travel to France and back by tunnel! Wife gets sea sick in HarbourBut prices have gone up so much!This Thursday nr £200 one way.Ferry £84.no contest.Never minded spending a few quid more to go on tunnel but approx £200 saving for return journey on ferry!Thats a lot of meals out

I am on the train Wednesday afternoon,119 pounds.Only booked a few days ago.BUSBY.

 

[Off da Grid]

Is it not cheaper out of school holidays most holiday related things are.
We travel over on Thursdays in the evening usually a bit cheaper and less busy.

 

[B-well]

Chalet booked for family trip, Half term Feb 2022, normally tunnel crossing however between 4.00pm and 6.00pm cost £424 out return at 6.00pm £483.
Minibus 11 persons so down to Ferry route Dover --Calais return £237 with flexi on return journey upto 4hrs. no contest.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[robrace]

£119 how did you get that? I can’t get any where near that! 6.5 mtr.2 oap passengers!

 

[Crazylegs]

That’s gone up. We’re crossing via the tunnel tonight. £123.00 which is around normal. Similar price coming back. £120.00. I don’t know why it’s suddenly very expensive. Seems a bit strange.

I believe that Euro tunnel has horrendous debt, they recently had to borrow even more to stay afloat.

 

[glenn2926]

I believe that Euro tunnel has horrendous debt, they recently had to borrow even more to stay afloat.

From under the channel. The funny is for the stay afloat considering it is under the sea.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[mitzimad]

That’s gone up. We’re crossing via the tunnel tonight. £123.00 which is around normal. Similar price coming back. £120.00. I don’t know why it’s suddenly very expensive. Seems a bit strange.

Its because of covid

 

[Jaws]

Just checked and it is still cheaper for us to chunnel it ( though only just )
Ferries used to be way cheaper but they got greedy about 4 or 5 years ago .. at least as far as we are concerned.

 

[Dramfineday]

Always travel to France and back by tunnel! Wife gets sea sick in HarbourBut prices have gone up so much!This Thursday nr £200 one way.Ferry £84.no contest.Never minded spending a few quid more to go on tunnel but approx £200 saving for return journey on ferry!Thats a lot of meals out

"That's a lot of meals out" Oh-er, it certainly will be if your wife gets seasick in the harbour.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[gus-lopez]

But prices have gone up so much!This Thursday nr £200 one way.Ferry £84

& they wonder why it is empty.

I believe that Euro tunnel has horrendous debt, they recently had to borrow even more to stay afloat.

They have always had horrendos debt from the very outset.It was only just before the pandemic they scammed another "10 for 1" share offer to invent an imaginary profit, the 1st since it opened. That is also why they break down, have a lack of air con, & the wheels are square as there has been no investment or replacment of the rolling stock

 

[marchie]

Just checked and it is still cheaper for us to chunnel it ( though only just )
Ferries used to be way cheaper but they got greedy about 4 or 5 years ago .. at least as far as we are concerned.

Looking at Dieppe to Newhaven Ferry for return around 6th February and overnight sailing is £75 with 20% discount for us oldies reducing the price to £60. 4 hours sleeping/dozing on comfortable reclining seat and a decent early morning arrival to get clear of M23/M25 before full rush hour for the first leg back to Scotland!

Steve

 

[phase3begins]

Always travel to France and back by tunnel! Wife gets sea sick in HarbourBut prices have gone up so much!This Thursday nr £200 one way.Ferry £84.no contest.Never minded spending a few quid more to go on tunnel but approx £200 saving for return journey on ferry!Thats a lot of meals out

Golly, meals out?
I thought everyone wanted to smuggle food into France. JOKE.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Landy Andy]

Mmmm. Save £200 and have the wife suffer sea sickness twice, or spend the £200 have a shorter trip, and a happy wife.

I’d spend the £200 thanks.

 

[The Wino]

We're still using up our frequent traveler passes I don't know the exact figures but it was a fraction of those figures.

 

[WillH]

I worked both on ferries and with the management of a ferry company for 15 years, crossing the channel the Shuttle is my preferred option for convenience more than anything. Not surprising since I have probably made over 5,000 ferry trips in my time.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Lenny HB]

We are looking at going out on the 27th, gone up to £164 for the cheapest was only £140 a week ago, I will get 10% off booking through C&CC, will come back on the Dieppe/Newhaven ferry.

 

[marchie]

Mmmm. Save £200 and have the wife suffer sea sickness twice, or spend the £200 have a shorter trip, and a happy wife.

I’d spend the £200 thanks.

OR, save £200, wait for Hughie's call, and be on hand with a box of tissues, so still £198 up on the deal. Mrs LA likely to be feeling too ill to lambast you, pay for the dry cleaning when back home and win some brownie points as the knight in puked on armour ...

BTW, I'm on my 2nd marriage ...

Steve

 

[Ivory55]

Looking at Dieppe to Newhaven Ferry for return around 6th February and overnight sailing is £75 with 20% discount for us oldies reducing the price to £60. 4 hours sleeping/dozing on comfortable reclining seat and a decent early morning arrival to get clear of M23/M25 before full rush hour for the first leg back to Scotland!

Steve

And both ports are quiet so more enjoyable

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[marchie]

"That's a lot of meals out" Oh-er, it certainly will be if your wife gets seasick in the harbour.

'Well done, darling, the fish was obviously a much better choice; it went at least 5 metres further than the chicken on the last trip, and seems to have fewer carrots too ...'

Steve

 

[marchie]

And both ports are quiet so more enjoyable

We used to time arrival so that we could park in the Town Centre Car Park for free [after 6pm IIRC] in the Caravan days. Then nip through the alleyway to Horace's Fish Bar [operated by Dave who would fill our flask with boiling water for the 5am CET coffee at Dieppe Ferry Port] for 2 x Pensioner Specials [but then we switched to fish, not as gristly ... ] and then pootle into the Ferry Port.

But then we graduated to Sainsburys Café, combining it with a Diesel refill and a quick scoot round the supermarket to grab rolls, fruit loaf etc to stave off hunger until we reached a boulangerie en France

Steve

 

[Dramfineday]

'Well done, darling, the fish was obviously a much better choice; it went at least 5 metres further than the chicken on the last trip, and seems to have fewer carrots too ...'

Steve

Or as Sid Snot once put it, "weak stomach?" "Naw, I'm throwing it as far as everyone else"

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Jaws]

Never considered the Dieppe route as Woman REALLY dislikes boats, but if I could get away with it t would be about £75 cheaper including savings on diesel which would be about £25

 

[Lenny HB]

I think we are now going to use the ferry both ways P&O Dover Calais out and Dieppe Newhaven back.
At the times we want to travel the Tunnel was £175 after discounts compared to P&O at £80, the Dieppe one is £96.

 

[marchie]

I think we are now going to use the ferry both ways P&O Dover Calais out and Dieppe Newhaven back.
At the times we want to travel the Tunnel was £175 after discounts compared to P&O at £80, the Dieppe one is £96.

Is the £96 net, Lenny, with the gross cost at £120.50? The reduced mileage compared to driving from Calais would just about cover the extra cost v. the Calais option [unless you are driving east!]

Steve

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[busby]

£119 how did you get that? I can’t get any where near that! 6.5 mtr.2 oap passengers!

Under 5.4 metres..Just looked again and now they want 129 pounds..Last week when I booked I paid 119 pounds,,1620 train.BUSBY.

 

[Lenny HB]

Is the £96 net, Lenny, with the gross cost at £120.50? The reduced mileage compared to driving from Calais would just about cover the extra cost v. the Calais option [unless you are driving east!]

Steve

Yes £120 - 20%, going out via Calais as going to our dealer in Belgium for damp check before heading south & Mi's brother and Mum are only 35/45 min from Tunnel/Dover.

If going directly south no competition for Newhaven saves up to 400 miles on a round trip & only £30 dearer for a return, and Newhaven is only 20 miles from home.

 

[marchie]

Yes £120 - 20%, going out via Calais as going to our dealer in Belgium for damp check before heading south & Mi's brother and Mum are only 35/45 min from Tunnel/Dover.

If going directly south no competition for Newhaven saves up to 400 miles on a round trip & only £30 dearer for a return, and Newhaven is only 20 miles from home.

I lived in Worthing until 1999 and only really appreciated the benefit of Portsmouth, Newhaven and Dover when it came time to leave! The consolation [ignoring quality of life!] is that travelling from Scotland, it doesn't really matter which Ferry Port we choose, they're all within the 500-510 miles each way bracket, so it's down to times of crossing and ease of approach, and Newhaven is like a favourite pair of slippers!

Steve

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}