Ferry - Dublin to Holyhead

The Gambler 101

Planning a trip over to the uk by ferry for my self and 3 other passengers in a jeep, was looking at irish ferries and stenaline sites and the price for a return trip is nearly €500!:eek:

Is this correct or is there any other way to get it cheaper!

Victor

Shop around.

Ferry - try Dublin Port agaisnt Dun Laoghaire, Rosslare or even Belfast and Larne. www.dubliport.ie

Bus - you can get to most major UK cities with Eurolines for about €30 single www.eurolines.ie

Fly.

Swim

ScouseMouse

What kind of a jeep (size does matter). What are your preferred dates?

I book a lot of things and may be able to sort you a cheaper fare.

Tabnabs

Try calculating a jeep with Ryanairs excess baggage fees and see what it costs then

Or alternatively fly and hire a car over there.

The Gambler 101

Place im headin to is not far from holyhead so ferry is really only option.

ScouseMouse

Dates and type of jeep?

Tabnabs

It's possible to hire a car in H/H too. I think it was Hertz in the ferry terminal.

The Gambler 101

I was told if I was travelling across to Holyhead that during this time of year you should book the ferry and not the fast ship as if there is bad seas the faster ship wont sail. Is this true?

Robbo

The Gambler 101 wrote: »

I was told if I was travelling across to Holyhead that during this time of year you should book the ferry and not the fast ship as if there is bad seas the faster ship wont sail. Is this true?

They use any excuse to cancel the fast ferry as they don't break even with it unless it's nearly full.

The Gambler 101

So am I best off booking the slow one then?

cormie

It's an expensive trip alright, I go quite often in my van, and because the size, it works out very expensive. People don't realise how expensive it is, especially when they are looking for a price for a job to/from the UK.

With regards the faster sailing, well this leaves at 8:45 with Irish Ferries. I was booked on it before and the sailing was cancelled and I had to go for the 8:05 one instead. I reckon it's probably more to do with not getting enough passengers as opposed to the weather so they pop them all on the one boat if there's room and save the faster ship having to make the journey.

If you want the cheapest ferry, you'll have to be at Dublin Port at about 7am to get the 8:05 ferry (I've arrived at 7:45 before and still made it, but don't do that ) and then take the 14:15 return ferry, needing to be in Holyhead at about 13:00.

ZD15D may work as a voucher code for irishferries
v780 may work for Stena Line.

If you don't need the jeep, just go by the bus or whatever, I don't know the price, but it'll be much cheaper. It may even be cheaper to rent a car and take it instead of the jeep depending how long you're going for or if you can borrow somebody elses car.

The Gambler 101

thanks for the replies.

I was suppose to go last month to buy a few things for the house in the jeep now im after deciding to buy alot more stuff so planning on bringing the van over with me now, hoping to go next sat morning and return that evening, its a renault traffic and dont really know what categorie it falls under when bookin, and like you im in shock to the amount they charge!

cormie

It goes by the size of the Van, IrishFerries have "under 2.4/2.6 meters high less than 5/6 meters long" etc. Stena will have "van (transit type)" which would be what you'd choose for a traffic I think.

ian_m

The Gambler 101 wrote: »

I was told if I was travelling across to Holyhead that during this time of year you should book the ferry and not the fast ship as if there is bad seas the faster ship wont sail. Is this true?

Fast ferries don't sail in bad weather. We get that roughly once a month during the Winter.

Fratton Fred

The HSS from Dun Laoghaire is a lot less likely to get cancelled than the Swift though. I have caught the HSS several times when the swift isn;t running because of bad weather, but you might want to take a couple of sea sickness tablets first!!

What are you after, it may be cheaper to go down to Rosslaire than Holyhead. There is also a P&O ferry that is pretty much a truckers ferry that goes into Dublin.

Tabnabs

Hss ferry is down to just one sailing a day for the foreseeable (excluding Christmas) as is the Jonathan Swift. Fast ferries are a dying breed, have a go on one while you still can! :cool: