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[Closed] Ferries and channel tunnel prices?

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We're considering a week in the Alps sometime over the next few weeks. Took a look at ferry and tunnel options and nearly fell off my seat at the prices.

Ive been doing this trip 2-3 times a year every year for the past 10 and I don't think I've paid much more than £120 for a return.

Everything now seems to be around £400 for anything I've looked at, for travelling at the weekend.

Is it demand and all the cheap tickets are gone, or have they jacked the prices right up???


 
Posted : 02/08/2020 9:48 pm
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Old man went Newhaven Dieppe last Saturday night in a 6m van.

120quid.


 
Posted : 02/08/2020 10:02 pm
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£200 to get to the Isle of white... So I'm told. 😯


 
Posted : 02/08/2020 10:40 pm
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You should try the ferry to Ireland, regularly that price the thieving bastards.


 
Posted : 02/08/2020 10:43 pm
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170 return Dover Calais in July for us in a van.

I tried a price comparison site recently and felt the prices were high so went direct to the company (dfds) and saved £50


 
Posted : 02/08/2020 10:44 pm
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We went 2 weeks ago, Dover-Calais.
The ferry is usually 2/3rds the price of the tunnel.
The tunnel was cheaper this time. Car, out Friday, back on Monday was around £145, £25ish more than expected. I expected the ferry to be around £100, but it was £150.


 
Posted : 03/08/2020 7:00 am
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You should try someone who's not going away but has tickets already that could be transferred

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Posted : 03/08/2020 7:05 am
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I heard from a few people that ferry & tunnel prices had ramped up. An element of cashing in I suppose, demand driven by folk not wanting to fly.
Not done it for a few years but if its cheaper, we took the caravan over a few times & I always preferred Dover - Dunkirk. Its not the most glamorous arrival in France but, if heading towards Paris, I always seemed to get a good chunk of the way on toll free roads.


 
Posted : 03/08/2020 7:10 am

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