we are planning to visit the UK next March?????? arriving in Portsmouth and fancy the Isle of Wight for a few days, any recommendations as to the cheapest way to get there? is it better to book a site , are there discounts available at certain times? Any advice welcome

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we are planning to visit the UK next March?????? arriving in Portsmouth and fancy the Isle of Wight for a few days, any recommendations as to the cheapest way to get there? is it better to book a site , are there discounts available at certain times? Any advice welcome

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Hi there, I live on the Isle of Wight and the Caravan and Camping Club, allow you to book through their page (as a member obviously) and it gives you at least 40% off the exhorbitant cost of our ferries! It's well worth the cost of £30 a year!!

Thanks everyone, will start exploring

I read once that the Isle of Wight ferries, mile for mile, are the most expensive ferries in the world!

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I read once that the Isle of Wight ferries, mile for mile, are the most expensive ferries in the world!

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I read once that the Isle of Wight ferries, mile for mile, are the most expensive ferries in the world!

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Your probably right, that's what I think every time that I have to book one.

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They are, it's ridiculous!! Someone from the Island booked a Ferry from Yarmouth to Lymington the other day, because she wanted to visit her mother on the mainland, it was £83 just one way!!! They cannot justify it, the monopolies commision was supposed to have looked into it, but the general outcome was that they were apparently offering 'excellent value for money'... Your guess is as good as me, as to who was in whose pocket for that one...allegedly....