Brittany Ferries 2024 Booking

I am glad it went well, but for me spending £1400 on a 32 hour ferry to Bilbao  followed by a 600 mile drive to southern Spain is not something I would ever contemplate, My daughter was down there earlier in the year - her air fare was £70 p.p return and the direct flight to Malaga took 3 hours. She uses AirBnB wherever she goes and has taught me how to do it.

Thanks for the responses-which seem to show that people have had differing experiences as regards "whats included".

For us, living just 37 miles from the Plymouth ferry port, these crossings were only considered as we thought about an early holiday this year-before the Plymouth-Santander crossings started- and they would me we could travel with our holiday buddies, but in the end decided against that idea.

Next year .we are taking friends to the D Day 80th Anniversary event so will be looking at crossing around April and the Plymouth crossings should be in full swing by then unless the rumoured alterations to the timetable affect things.

I'm off to Santander September 8th on what they now call a cruise, 2 nights on board.

Very difficult comparing prices, as it is done by length of vehicle, caravan, motorhome.

It appears I have booked an outside cabin, plus a small kennel for the dog. Cost £1462 return

As I am a solo traveller, and not getting any younger, I do the longer crossing to cut down on driving  -  down to Portugal.  I now pull into a service station on the way down for the night. Never had a problem.

BF have always been very helpful.  One year when I crossed over, and 48 hours later had to return because of a death in the family, they offered me a dog friendly cabin. All changes made with no aggravation.

Happy travels to everyone.

Jane

For those without a dog there are flights from Gatwick to Faro in September starting at £33 return instead of £1462 on a ferry followed by a 600mile drive.

I moved to Devon in Sept last year. It is a lovely green county, but it's green for a reason. It is called rain.

We have had 3 Sept's in France and they were warm/hot and generally very dry. I don't mind paying a few bob for that.

The wine, bread and cheese are also better.

Colin

Bookings for France 2024 have now opened just had a email.

Why do some people get emails? We've been using BF for decades but never get them.