Travelling after Brexit

Posted on 18/02/2021 12:58 by Tinwheeler

I see BF have announced that they will not be re-starting their crossings to France and Spain from Plymouth and Portsmouth in March. No surprise there.

Posted on 18/02/2021 13:49 by Tammygirl

Yes I was reading that, we have a Ferry booked to Bilbao end of April.

I very much doubt that will happen, as its a flexi ticket I will leave it until a few days before sailing to move it.

It may be like last year they cancel the crossing and give a refund or voucher. 

Either way I'm not going to get upset about it, we will resume our travels across there at some point.

Posted on 18/02/2021 13:57 by

We could end up on the same boat  I moved our Bilbao booking for the umpteenth time to May 1st and it will need to move again if this announcement  is followed through.. However not giving up hope yet 

Posted on 18/02/2021 17:22 by Tammygirl

To be honest  we are not looking at going to Spain now until the autumn. 

I think if it opens up in May we will just do 4-6 weeks in France and then hope that it will still be ok again in September to go for a couple of months.

We will be quite happy to just be over there enjoying the way of life and of course the sun

Posted on 19/02/2021 10:34 by allanandjean

Two days ago I had a look at the BF website timetables and sailing updates.

I was looking to see if they were still showing anything around our hoped for crossing date, mid may, which they were.

I went onto the travel service and got a price, same as I have seen previously,and also did a comparison with later in the year.

Then saw the "consolidating our sailings" message from the CEO where he states that 4 ships, including the Pont Aven which we would have been on, will not return in March and "the routes they serve, will not now resume until mid-May, pending ongoing pandemic developments"

So now looking like our decision to book onto a two week rally in June, but not having to pay till March, was a good one as by the time the payments due we should know if going in mad May is possible.

It was interesting to note his comment about the "limited number holding reservations during this period" as that includes Easter when, in normal times, they would be busy and reinforces their comments re the almost total collapse of bookings.