Isle of Wight offer

A timely post.

I checked out a return crossing with the club just last night. Car/van and 2 adults in June - Portsmouth to Fishbourne in June. Price £279.20 the crossing only takes 45 mins. I couldn't justify that price under any circumstances. 

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The IOW offers are very confusing. After cancelling last years late summer in France I put together a UK tour taking in IOW. The C&MC deal booked online did not make sense and the crossing worked out expensive. 

We stayed at Whitefield Forest and were very impressed. Lovely toilet/shower block, free internet, nice pitches etc. We booked direct with the site as this offered the best Red Funnel crossing price. It is best to phone the site as from memory 5 and 10 day visits could be booked through Red Funnel but 7 day was via campsite.

The crossing was still not cheap but campsite costs in Sept where favourable and the overall package was cheaper than the C&MC offers.

Colin

I have paid £146.25 for a crossing in August for a motorhome + a 2 week stay at Southland, 2 adults & a grandchild.....

Wightlink, Portsmouth to Fishbourne.

Compared to booking direct this was about half price, so very reasonable.

However, that saving is lost when booking an additional vehicle for our daughter to join us for a week when I had to pay £240 for a Nissan Qashqai..... so yes it is expensive especially when I can book 2 air tickets to Tenerife 2k miles away.....

Just looked up my 2020 prices for 2 adults:-

£145 site + £125 ferry

Sept 1st - Southampton - East Cowes 11:00 - 12:00

Sept 8th - East Cowes - Southampton 12:30 - 13:30

Site fees for 21st Aug - 4th Sept = £460.....