Cheap ferries to France?

Siobhan_2

Hi - we want to get away for a couple of nights towards the end of this week. the cheapest I can find for a (Dover - Calais) ferry is £80 (with 4x4). Anyone know of anything cheaper?
Many thanks in advance,
Siobhan

John_3:16

Who is that with?

GUMPO

There are a few last minute shops on the main road at Dover that you can walk in and ask for the best price. My cheapest yet was 15quid (that was for a car with up to 4 people returning that night)

siamese0109

I'm going Dover- Calais Friday morning 7am and back Sunday at about 2pm. Booked through Ferrysavers with SeaFrance and it's £67. Taking a Saab 93 with 2 passengers

sal

Does it have to be Calais?

Speedferries run from Dover to Boulogne and Norfolk Line run from Dover to Dunkerque. Both very cheap and efficient.

Sal

tommie1shunt

http://www.speedferries.com/speedOffer.php
£50 open return for this year, be quick ends in 2 days

mrtg0525

I just had a look at the Seafrance website and depending on your times of travel you can get a return for one car with four adults for GBP70, outbound Friday morning, return fairly late on Sunday.

There are also a couple of online shops like Ferrysavers that occasionally do have good prices - I say "occasionally" because in most cases it turns out that it was cheaper to book directly with the ferry co.

Speedferries is a good alternative, I've used them a couple of times and just purchased an open return for use later in the year.

Rachie_B

tommie1shunt wrote:

http://www.speedferries.com/speedOffer.php
£50 open return for this year, be quick ends in 2 days

We have just booked for July

BUT I went through "regular tickets" and it was cheaper !!! £43 return not £50

so check under regular tickets before booking the "celebration " tickets

Takecareofthepennies

Hi - hope it's not too late yet: try Transeuropaferries if you're prepared to drive the extra hour from Ostend in Belgium. They have 48 hr returns @ £35.
Little-known operator out of Ramsgate, mostly freight but take cars as well. Dedicated port facilities at either end.

Have a nice trip!

mrtg0525

Rachie_B wrote:

We have just booked for July

BUT I went through "regular tickets" and it was cheaper !!! £43 return not £50

so check under regular tickets before booking the "celebration " tickets

The main advantage I see with the celebration tickets is that they allow you to lock in a price, not that they're the cheapest around. Due to my circumstances I often can't book fixed-date tickets way in advance to get the cheapest prices so these tickets work well for me.

Rachie_B

mrtg0525 wrote:

The main advantage I see with the celebration tickets is that they allow you to lock in a price, not that they're the cheapest around. Due to my circumstances I often can't book fixed-date tickets way in advance to get the cheapest prices so these tickets work well for me.

Yes of course the fixed price and "open date" is good but

I was just stating my facts just in case it helped someone to save a few £s