Twosheds
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We normally go across to France, Dover To Calais and beyond in our Rapido Motorhome travelling with Norfolkline, we found this year that they have increased the cost quite substantially depending on what time the crossing is made, 2am in the morning being the cheapest fare £58.00 and normal day time at £126.00. I emailed Norfolkline to find out why they had increased the fares and this was their response.
"Thank you for your comments which we will pass on, the reason the fare for motorhomes is higher than for cars is that motorhomes or vans do not fit on the car deck so therefore have to go on the freight deck where space is very limited. We now run a fluid pricing policy where price is worked out subject to availability, so therefore if we have limited space the fare is higher than if we have a lot of availability".
Today we booked through 'Ferrysavers' on the Internet for £52.00 return on Seafrance, being a daytime sailing, P & O were £62.00. We found by being flexible on the time we travelled, changing the times and days, the fares varied accordingly
I am not sure about Norfolklines 'fluid pricing policy' if other Ferry companies can offer better prices for us Motorhomers.
"Thank you for your comments which we will pass on, the reason the fare for motorhomes is higher than for cars is that motorhomes or vans do not fit on the car deck so therefore have to go on the freight deck where space is very limited. We now run a fluid pricing policy where price is worked out subject to availability, so therefore if we have limited space the fare is higher than if we have a lot of availability".
Today we booked through 'Ferrysavers' on the Internet for £52.00 return on Seafrance, being a daytime sailing, P & O were £62.00. We found by being flexible on the time we travelled, changing the times and days, the fares varied accordingly
I am not sure about Norfolklines 'fluid pricing policy' if other Ferry companies can offer better prices for us Motorhomers.
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