P&O Ferries.

Going to Holland with DFDS in a few weeks booked a while back. Had a look this morning and it’s nearly doubled in price for the same crossing. 😱
 
Wully said:
Going to Holland with DFDS in a few weeks booked a while back. Had a look this morning and it’s nearly doubled in price for the same crossing. 😱
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Oops maybe , for once , I should have bought a return ticket
 
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Wully said:
Going to Holland with DFDS in a few weeks booked a while back. Had a look this morning and it’s nearly doubled in price for the same crossing. 😱
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Strange that one Wully. We booked DFDS Newhaven to Dieppe a few weeks back leaving here at Easter and just checked - exactly the same price today as a few weeks back.
Envy you going to Holland as that was our plan this year as we love motorhoming in Holland. However as of now they still need a test before travelling and I just couldn’t be ar**d to go through all that again. Maybe we’ll sneak in from France, Belgium/Germany!!
 
I checked the cost of our potential crossing. (Tunnel)
Late May and late August.
No difference.
But that is today.
I guess it will depend on if and when PO start again.
As others have posted they will only get my custom in desperation.
I had a falling out with them in 2015 when they directed us up a bendy ramp.... My complaint was duly ignored
Not used them since !
 
will have a huge effect and disruption to goods being transported in and out of uk..via the ferry..........its just one thing after another........AND MORE TO COME......
 
Tonybvi said:
Strange that one Wully. We booked DFDS Newhaven to Dieppe a few weeks back leaving here at Easter and just checked - exactly the same price today as a few weeks back.
Envy you going to Holland as that was our plan this year as we love motorhoming in Holland. However as of now they still need a test before travelling and I just couldn’t be ar**d to go through all that again. Maybe we’ll sneak in from France, Belgium/Germany!!
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We booked a while back think there was some sort of 25% discount so basically the van was free. it looks like it’s the cabins they are taking the mick with we got commodore cabins both ways usually expensive but if you book far enough in advance it’s worth paying the extra. We love Holland at Easter not too busy and the tulips ore usually out.
 
Just had confirmation from P&O that our evening sailing from Hull to Rotterdam on the 21st March has been cancelled. Great start to our six month tour of Europe! On a more positive note, they say we’ll receive a full refund which is a fair bit more than the £179 I’ve just paid for the ‘flexi’ Stena crossing from Harwich to the Hook of Holland the following morning with a two birth outside cabin! Obviously it’s going to be more expensive to drive from Heysham to Harwich instead of Heysham to Hull, but hey, in the messed up times we live it could have been much worse.
 
Wully said:
We booked a while back think there was some sort of 25% discount so basically the van was free. it looks like it’s the cabins they are taking the mick with we got commodore cabins both ways usually expensive but if you book far enough in advance it’s worth paying the extra. We love Holland at Easter not too busy and the tulips ore usually out.
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When we take Newcastle to Ijmuiden we always book a commodore cabin - for us it’s part of the holiday and I just love the timing of that ferry. Get on board, have a drink then a good relaxed meal in the posh restaurant with a bottle of wine, comfortable bed and not too early wake up in the morning with breakfast brought to you in bed. Makes me regret not booking that route now rather than that awful trek down to Newhaven!
 
Are they still having the sit in with the gang planks raised? They should have just driven off out to sea and all gone in different directions. All that booze and food on board. Just have a massive leaving party in the Bay of Biscay or something and leave the boat in Morocco or Some Fjord in Norway. Rock n Roll! :D
 
A few weeks ago we were told that any bookings on our freight account with P&O would allow us to board the next available ferry Dover / Calais be it P&O or DFDS, looking back it seems they may have been gearing up for this.

But I’m not sure why DFDS would play ball? Maybe the long term plan could be for P&O to pull the plug on the UK and sell their ships to DFDS?

Either way, they’ve caused mayhem and the way they’ve treated staff is simply appalling.
 
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