we paid £500 for return Caen -Portsmouth in April with a cabin, the cabin prices have gone up this last year from Caen, it does though make an easy journey getting some sleep, albeit 5 hours. For us it is also the difference between 5 hours journey to Caen and 8 hours to Calais.


Just got a quote start of September to 25th Sept return only £581 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with a cabin

Brittany ferries are wickedly expensive because they have no competition. It really depends where you want to go in France. Calais is a long way from here.

Calais is along way from anywhere

You might look at Newhaven Dieppe where those of a certain age group are entitled to a 25% discount. Though not wishing to make an assumption about your age group!

I resemble that remark !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are making several crossings a year Brittany Ferries have a Travel Club, giving a good discount, but you have to calculate the savings against the cost of joining, you also get a breakfast allowance on overnight Ferries and discount on food, another advantage is friends and family can also get a discount on.

It's worth considering but do your sums.

you also get a discount if your friend is a member, you can use their number ( legally honest )

The Cherbourg fast ferry stops sailing during the winter so that's probably why you couldn't book a return trip. We are members of the Brittany Ferries club and find we save the membership with just one crossing a year, on just a car as we refuse to subject our Aimee (Pan Familia) to the roads in the UK. For us it is the best option as although we live close to ferry ports on the French side, we have to travel to Scotland...even a short night's sleep in a cabin makes a huge difference.We recently costed all the alternatives, including cheap flights and car hire, and there was only 30€ between all the routes when fuel/tolls etc etc were considered, so we stuck with BF. As Bryn pointed out family and friends can use your card to get a 10% discount all they need is your card number and name to add to the booking. The card holder also gets £10 for each booking made this way, to be spent on crossings the next year. If anyone wants our card number feel free to ask as I'm not sure it's ok to post details on here?

You are obviously ok about travelling up to Kent , The Dover Calais or Dunkerque crossings by DFDS are always cheaper than other crossings, and they are very frequent.Calais or Dunkerque depends on your general destination, you can make big inroads via Belgium down towards Luxembourg with out peage, if you are heading to SE France.Why pay for a cabin when you can pull up with the truckers and have a sleep for a few hours,in the 'van. We cross very early and do this when we get to France. Dover Calais is my recommendation, purely on price. I use the tunnel often for trips to Belgium and France on business but thats car only and only overnight stays.