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I'm not sure it's anything to do with the club but, notwithstanding TG's comment, I can't understand why the ferry companies don't price nearer to the space consumed.

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and neither has the prices and conditions set by the ferry companies, the only thing the club does is get a discount for it's members.

Like TG I have done a comparison this morning of the prices.

I have looked at the price direct with BF, a ferry only price with the club and an ITX price with the minimum 4 vouchers costing £88. I have priced a return Plymouth to Roscoff overnight out on a Thursday in June and return Sunday morning in July both on the Pont Aven. I have looked at the price for a car+7.5 m caravan and for a 7.5 m MH

The prices with the club include a cabin but those with BF don’t.

The direct prices are:£675 and £865

The club prices are;£425 and £559 

The ITX prices are:£355 and £553

That means the ferry portion of the ITX is; £267 and £465.

So an ITX saves , including the vouchers, £398 for a caravan and £400 for a MH on the direct BF price.

The direct prices and the ITX prices are a difference of £198 and the club ferry only is a difference of £134.

I don’t know how the MH price compares with other routes but the car/van price is very good.

they do indeed....certainly when booking a MH the cost rises in line with van length...

my post was in support of your observation that caravans twice the length of a MH can seemingly travel for less...

if they charge by the metre (or half metre) let's just have a single 'formula' for all...

ill bet many caravanners would be shocked to see how much their 12m outfit would cost if it were a MH...

David, how about a 'MH go free' offer.....I bet the deck would be packed then

I think we can agree that the ITX fares are a good deal, I know we have benefited from them in the past and we are about to do so again in a few weeks time with our car + caravan.  

Anyone who has actually used a "caravan goes free" crossing will have seen exactly why the companies do it,entire decks filled with caravans most of which would not be there otherwise

Agreed but if there was an incentive for MH's then they too could fill the decks and 2 MH's for each caravan outfit 

Just about every crossing I've checked over the last few years having had both types of LV the caravan does get a better deal with the club's.

Yet when booking direct the MH does usually come out slightly cheaper, however it is usually still higher than the club's price even without an ITX fare. 

I do still think though that the club could try harder 

and neither has the prices and conditions set by the ferry companies, the only thing the club does is get a discount for it's members.

But not ALL its members benefit from the same level of discount

I don’t know how the MH price compares with other routes but the car/van price is very good.

Just done a quick comparison on the Hull - Zeebrugge route going out midweek May return midweek June.

Direct with P&O  a car + 6.5m caravan £687.25 ......... 6.5m MH £415

C&MC  Car + 6.5m caravan £602.62 .............. 6.5m MH £409 

on this route a caravan is best to go on Sat/Sun as they can usually get an ITX fare if buying 4 vouchers. 

There is no doubt that a lot of research has to be done if trying to get the 'best' fare.

 

that's life and so what? You are saying they should? Why? There are offers on for Volvo cars atm so the same should be offered for Ford... whatever?