Irish Ferries 20% discount code to France

Filipa

Hi,

Just got this by email tonight. 20% Irish Ferries discount code to France:

FR20OFF

Book by 6th August for all sailings to France from August 8th up to December 19th on irishferries.com

munchkin_utd

This code is still valid (despite being past the official cut of date) but according to another thread is ending tomorrow (14th August)

Will be booking my ferry for christmas so ASAP!

fulgencio

Yeah I go an email saying that it ends today.

TMC99

munchkin_utd wrote: »

This code is still valid (despite being past the official cut of date) but according to another thread is ending tomorrow (14th August)

Will be booking my ferry for christmas so ASAP!

Travel only valid until December 19th

Get 20% OFF motorist sailings to France from August 8th until December 19th if you book by Tuesday August 13th. Use the Discount Code FR20OFF or click on the Book Now link below. New bookings only. Not valid on mini-cruise fares. T&C's apply.

munchkin_utd

TMC99 wrote: »

Travel only valid until December 19th

Get 20% OFF motorist sailings to France from August 8th until December 19th if you book by Tuesday August 13th. Use the Discount Code FR20OFF or click on the Book Now link below. New bookings only. Not valid on mini-cruise fares. T&C's apply.

yup, last ferry is on the 19th before the whole schedules and ships get chopped and changed for the annual ship maintenance with France services resuming again in the spring.

brokenarms

WOW!!!

Even with the code, its crazy expensive .

A hire car and ryan air seem like a whole less money and time.

ballooba

I was disappointed wen this came out because I had just booked a trip less than a week previously. I was heartened when I checked the fare for my trip and it was closer to a 10% saving than a 20% one. They upped the prices before issuing the code.

hfallada

brokenarms wrote: »

WOW!!!

Even with the code, its crazy expensive .

A hire car and ryan air seem like a whole less money and time.

I was getting a quote with a car for 3 adults and 1 children €169 each way. Thats about ryanair when you factor in having bags.

Dont bother with a cabin with irish Ferries. I have been the were probably ex soviet( the how to use the toilet instructions were in russian) and the walls of the cabin were made of plastic panels. Every time the ship moved with the swell, all you could hear was the plastic panels scratching against each other. We barely slept that night

ballooba

hfallada wrote: »

Every time the ship moved with the swell, all you could hear was the plastic panels scratching against each other. We barely slept that night

Kids aside. You probably weren't drunk enough.

daRobot

Really disappointing how expensive it is for ferries.

Would love to drive to Poland with the missus and the dog, but at 500 euro just for the ferries, it's totally unfeasible.

You'd imagine the country looses out on millions of tourist money due to this. A lot of folk would like to do driving holidays around Ireland, but the sums just don't add up. It would be a wise move for the Government to subsidise the ferries, as it'd imagine it would bring in much more money than it would cost them, and make international trade much easier.

Stingerbar

hfallada wrote: »

Dont bother with a cabin with irish Ferries. I have been the were probably ex soviet( the how to use the toilet instructions were in russian) and the walls of the cabin were made of plastic panels. Every time the ship moved with the swell, all you could hear was the plastic panels scratching against each other. We barely slept that night

Perhaps you're thinking of Celtic Ferries.

Irish Ferries have a new boat, the Oscar Wilde, very modern, up to date, rooms are great - 3 star gets TV with plenty of channels and feels like you are in your own sitting room. The boat itself has half a dozen restaurants and bars, a cinema, big shop, internet, all that

Just like staying in a hotel really, but yah prices could come down a bit, would be nice.

munchkin_utd

Stingerbar wrote: »

Perhaps you're thinking of Celtic Ferries.

Irish Ferries have a new boat, the Oscar Wilde, very modern, up to date, rooms are great - 3 star gets TV with plenty of channels and feels like you are in your own sitting room. The boat itself has half a dozen restaurants and bars, a cinema, big shop, internet, all that

Just like staying in a hotel really, but yah prices could come down a bit, would be nice.

actually, Celtic links vessel is far newer!
Its 7 or 8 years old whereas the Oscar Wilde is 20+years old

To be honest, at peak summer times that direct ferry to france is a crazy price but in the Autumn its pretty reasonable and for travelling with a family - where an overnight would be needed if travelling through England - and if you look at it that was then its not that dear.

BTW, if the direct ferry to france is dear then just go Landbridge as its available as cheap as 115Euro each way for a car incl driver for both Irish Sea and Channel crossings combined on one ticket.

Stingerbar

Ah good to know, I've been on both a good few times

The Celtic links ferry might be cheaper but for a reason, it's awful, I swore never again after last time, it's the hi-ace of the seas, the ratio of truckers and travelers is far higher and if the captain has to push it, it feels like you are sitting on a tumbledrier

I pay a bit extra and go via the floating hotel that is the Irish ferries boat

ballooba

I'm going on mini/booze-cruise in September and plan to bring quite a bit of food and booze on with me on both trips. We'll probably eat and drink better on the way back. I assume we will have no problems and might even have a kettle to make ramen noodles? Having spent over a week on the trans-siberian railway in 2011 I reckon we'll survive. Bringing our own laptop and media collection too, although a HDMI connection on the TV would be great!

munchkin_utd

Stingerbar wrote: »

Ah good to know, I've been on both a good few times

The Celtic links ferry might be cheaper but for a reason, it's awful, I swore never again after last time, it's the hi-ace of the seas, the ratio of truckers and travelers is far higher and if the captain has to push it, it feels like you are sitting on a tumbledrier

I pay a bit extra and go via the floating hotel that is the Irish ferries boat

Its a long running discussion all right about the pros and cons.

I found both ferries to be fine myself for my circumstances at the time but it depends on who is travelling.
With the 2 small kids the soft play area on Irish Ferries was invaluable and infinitely better than what Celtic Link offers, maybe as a couple you could take the time to appreciate the restaurants on the Irish Ferries vessel, but if you're on your own and only looking for a couple of pints before heading for a kip in the cabin then either ferry would do the job. And the grub on Celtic link is spot on, both dinner and breakfast.

Nevertheless, got the single crossing with Irish ferries incl. cabin for 2adults and 2 kids with for 35Euro less than Celtic link with this offer, so am getting the extra comfort for a lower price!

Oh, and I checked and indeed this offer is now EXPIRED unfortunately.