2022 Ferries

But unfortunately up on previous years and with less crossings.

 

Colin

I saw this on another forum and on first looking at the announcement appeared to be designed to appeal to those with vouchers to re-book.

Their CEO made a statement saying prices will not be rising however have not looked myself, to compare with this year, but my now abandoned 2021 trip would have been more than my similarly dropped 2020 trip.

There appear to be fewer sailings because full list of sailings from Plymouth and Poole have not yet been announced,  nor have sailings from Portsmouth to Bilbao and Le Havre.   Patience needed! 

2022 sailings from Portsmouth were out early in the week, moved my flexi tickets to outbound April return June 2022, added bonus dog friendly cabin on outbound Portsmouth - Caen whereas previously pooch has had to sleep in boot of car, would not normally book a cabin for a 5 hr crossing but it maybe somewhere to self isolate but hopefully most people will have been vaccinated so not such a big deal.

No problem with sailings on the Portsmouth-St Malo route for 2022...Just amended my 2021 (original 2020 booking) Portsmouth-St Malo overnight booking to 2022 at no extra charge...and in fact slightly cheaper...probably a cabin type difference.

Also received yesterday, a full refund of a deposit credit note issued in 2020 from the site i had booked.  the CR stated that if not used, or intended use, within 18months a full refund could be claimed. Fired off an email to the site saying we would not be travelling to Europe this year...request came back for IBAN to pay refund...I don't think this would happen in the UK with commercial sites...

Have to say BF have been brilliant throughtout for us, so glad we booked direct and used flexi tickets, club might be cheaper, but not much on short crossing, but so much easier to go on line to change or cancel a booking, they also extended my Club Voyage membership.

after getting caught with my pants down in France and arriving late afternoon in April at a site i had used previously only to find it full and the only alternative was a site where you slept with one eye open and the dog in full view, I did book two 1 nighters 2020 for which i still have credit notes and which have been extended to 2022, so all good.

p.s. still only paid the deposit on the inbound sailing which was for 2020 so another result

Ditto re the flexi tickets...Yes the club may be slightly cheaper...but I understand the club make a charge for any amendments...

p.s. still only paid the deposit on the inbound sailing which was for 2020 so another result.

As the amendment did not exceed the original ticket price..there was nothing to pay..until the balance next year.  Together with the voucher and the concession (20%) offered by the CEO for keeping with the voucher scheme...my balance is just under £200 for 2022. That is if we are not with another lockdown..!!

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Many Club  members love booking all their travel a year ahead. But I don’t.

If I cross to France I will wait until a few days before departing and book day crossings from Plymouth to Roscoff - paying for cheaper Economy tickets instead of more expensive Flexible tickets - and on day sailings have no need for an expensive cabin in either direction.

I really don’t have any need to be repeatedly amending sailing dates, and I have never found any difficulty getting availability at short notice on that route.

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