Ferry out of Dover

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No issues with gas, as said you just have to switch them off.

No issues with claustrophobia as you sit in the back/front of you MH. Make a flask fo tea/coffee before you leave for the tunnel and enjoy a cuppa whilst you travel the 35 mins or so.

If you visit Tesco and/or have their credit card, then each £2.50 voucher can be trebled up to £7.50 off a booked crossing. We put everything we can on the Tesco CC card and get around 1.5 free trips a year by saving up the vouchers.
 
We have safely arrived to France and are now in Dunquerque. Many thanks to all of you! Without your help we would have battled all the lorries on the M20, instead we had a nice drive down M2/A2. We ended up on the ferry after all. My husband, who's been doing all the driving, wanted to be able to move about.

If anyone plans a trip to northern Sweden, don't hesitate to contact me with your questions!
 
yeoblade said:
Certainty shorter trip but it's £470 compared to £200 for Calais return crossing, was going to say the £270 extra is a lot of diesel, but it's not nowadays!
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Even at 1.80 a litre you would get a long way for 270 pounds. In the region of 1000 miles? Tempting if you live near Portsmouth, but in pure immediate economics for those who live in the North it is not for us a no brainer. It depends how you like sedate driving versus sitting on a ferry.
 
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yeoblade said:
Certainty shorter trip but it's £470 compared to £200 for Calais return crossing, was going to say the £270 extra is a lot of diesel, but it's not nowadays!
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That's more than double what we last paid, in 2019.
Probably due to the P&O problems.
You can't blame them for cashing in, though.
But it's a shorter voyage, saving on having an uncomfortable standard class cabin, or shelling out for a better cabin, if available.
You also arrive at a nicer part of France, particularly in bad weather.
That trek round Rouen is no fun.
And you avoid the Bay af Biscay.
It's part of your holiday, for goodness sake, why scrimp it.?
 
Another option is the DFDS Newhaven Dieppe route, similar cost to Dover, oldies 20% discount, less travel miles too. My preferred route.
Now, you mention missing the Bay of Biscay, my wife would entirely agree, we took the Portsmouth Santander route one year, missus was so sick going out 🤢she made me take her to Madrid on the way home so she could fly back on Easyjet!
 
HAUL83 said:
Regarding the tunnel: I read recently that you can't use the tunnel if you've got gas in the van? And we all have gas, so how does that work? And if we're allowed, what's the size limit? We're 6m long and just under 3m high.

And isn't it claustrophobic? I know, I've got issues...
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Gas has to be turned off at the cylinder.
Motorhomes go in the single deck carriages so your size is absolutely fine.
I never considered the space claustrophobic. But that’s a personal issue
 
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We are not long off trying Irish Ferries for the first time after being a life long P&O fan, where can i get some oars from :unsure:
 
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You probably need your own oars for Irish Ferries though… ..
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New here and found this thread interesting as we are looking at going on a couple weeks and options. Don’t mind the ferry and looking at Dover - Calais but also see can go to Dunkirk. Is there much difference between Irish ferries and DFDS? Between Calais and Dunkirk? Notice some slots are already booked up so need to get our skates on!
 
Anyone considering Portsmouth to Bilbao as an option, I have just returned on that route. It cost £1150.00 for the return trip 6400mm van.
 
Polar Bear said:
Anyone considering Portsmouth to Bilbao as an option, I have just returned on that route. It cost £1150.00 for the return trip 6400mm van.
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We live in Southampton, we always cross Dover / Calais by P n O as we get our ticket from CCC and always one way , getting return by Phone when back at Calais , cheapest way we find, not sure about P n O now though ? We always drive to Canterbury P n R for a couple of nights stay on the Aire ? there before crossing, driving to Canterbury misses a big chunk of the Motorway where the lorry queues are , and Canterbury is only 20 minutes drive to Dover Eastern docks on the back roads so no stress £3.50 day so £7 overnight stays toilets ,water rubbish bins and Loo empty point all there Pub local and free busses into Canterbury , so what's not to like ?
 
An update for Canterbury P&R then down to Dover.
P&R now costs £4 per day so £8 overnight and foreign wagons are still trying to jump the queues by going down the A2 to Dover docks however ......
There is a Police presence on the roundabout at the bottom of the long ramp who are sending them along the A20 to the back of the queue.
Took us 45 minutes to get from the long corner past the police who waived us through into the docks.
Once in it wasn't too bad but still a lot busier than normal.
Passports stamped and Covid vaccination status thoroughly checked.
 
Forgot to say, give yourself a lot longer than normal when leaving the P&R for Dover.
All in from being able to see the ferry loading ramps etc. to actually parking up in tbe queue lane took approx 1¼ hours 🤬
 
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