Irish Ferries Summer 2014

dfbemt

Irish Ferries have their schedule and prices on their www site for Summer 2014 already.

veetwin

Yes. And they fare for a return sailing to France is about 40% more than I paid this year for the exact same dates next year.:rolleyes:

They can shove it!

coylemj

There are people out there who by their nature are worriers and if they are going to a son or daughter's wedding abroad, they want to book the trip and have it all tied down months in advance but they pay for the privilege by getting royally screwed by airlines and ferry companies.

munchkin_utd

veetwin wrote: »

Yes. And they fare for a return sailing to France is about 40% more than I paid this year for the exact same dates next year.:rolleyes:

They can shove it!

its the same with the airlines as the poster above says.

Booking far in advance often comes with a premium.

That said, ferry prices are due to explode in the coming years anyhow as theres an eu directive that they must use some cleaner low sulphur fuel that costs a fair bit more to buy than the heavy oil they use now.

Munsterbhoy

Brittany ferries fares up as well and there the same as this year €1200 rtn in June/July which is good. Irish ferries normally bring out a offer code in new year with 10% off.

fulgencio

The Irish Ferries EBO is on their site - promo code FRANCEC14

munchkin_utd

slightly off the issue of fares, do they actually have 3star 4 person cabins?
Whenever I go to book regardless of how far in advance, they are always sold out.

Decoda

munchkin_utd wrote: »

slightly off the issue of fares, do they actually have 3star 4 person cabins?
Whenever I go to book regardless of how far in advance, they are always sold out.

They do. Stayed in a 3 star 4 berth cabin with window outward on our holiday in July and stayed in an inside 3 star 4 berth cabin with no window on the return. No frills but you're only in it to sleep.

Booked the holiday back in February to travel in July so there was definitely some available at that stage.

Regards

DC

munchkin_utd

Decoda wrote: »

They do. Stayed in a 3 star 4 berth cabin with window outward on our holiday in July and stayed in an inside 3 star 4 berth cabin with no window on the return. No frills but you're only in it to sleep.

Booked the holiday back in February to travel in July so there was definitely some available at that stage.

Regards

DC

the room had a TV so?

From the looks of it theres very little difference between the various cabins anyhow except a little bit more space between the beds the more expensive it gets.

And anyhow, if you've ever travelled by night train then even the smallest ship cabin with en suite is pure luxury!

Decoda

munchkin_utd wrote: »

the room had a TV so?

From the looks of it theres very little difference between the various cabins anyhow except a little bit more space between the beds the more expensive it gets.

And anyhow, if you've ever travelled by night train then even the smallest ship cabin with en suite is pure luxury!

A small 14" set that helped to keep the kids amused. A decent amount of stations from RTE to BBC etc. The extra space between the bunks was welcome.
Definitely more than in a night train "cabin". :-)

Like I said, basic but adequate.

DC

Pretzill

dfbemt wrote: »

Irish Ferries have their schedule and prices on their www site for Summer 2014 already.

Their prices over the months of Summer are pretty expensive. I go in May & September an awful lot cheaper. Last year I went in December too but you can't gaurantee a calm crossing, for two it was just under 300 in Dec around 400 in May and Sept including MPV car and including 3 star cabin, it's nice and Christmassy in France in December.

ollaetta

I see they're advertising a new Dublin - Cherbourg route for 2014, once a week on Saturdays using a new ship. Link: mv Epsilon

Sounds interesting but couldn't check prices as the booking panel on the website is wonky at the moment.

ScouseMouse

Peak and off peak price differences are mad.

I went with celtic link to france in october and paid 300. Same with IF was 500 at the time


In July next year, I am getting quotes of celtic link 1100 with IF 1000 and I.F. have a 10% code to reduce that.

I am watching like a hawk to see if a trip is doable.

munchkin_utd

ollaetta wrote: »

I see they're advertising a new Dublin - Cherbourg route for 2014, once a week on Saturdays using a new ship. Link: mv Epsilon

Sounds interesting but couldn't check prices as the booking panel on the website is wonky at the moment.

there doesnt seem to be a difference in sailing price but the cabins are a bit cheaper all right.
i.e. a 2star 4bed for 99 rather than 139 on the Oscar wilde

Marcusm

munchkin_utd wrote: »

there doesnt seem to be a difference in sailing price but the cabins are a bit cheaper all right.
i.e. a 2star 4bed for 99 rather than 139 on the Oscar wilde

500 passengers plus who knows how many freight drivers with only 70 cabins (300 or so bed spaces) would make for a difficult sailing for many. I;d guess the freight drivers get preference when booking. It's described as an "economy style" service - I didn't think the others were first class for everyone!

bladebrew

I had a look at prices for Dublin-Cherbourg next year it seems to be ridiculously cheap but only off peak, in April it's below €400 but when it get to June it's nearly €650 so it's not really budget,
From what I have read they normally cram all the freight drivers into one cabin but if 2 people travelling together book a 4 bed cabin they can't just put strangers in with them? The cabins won't last long and I doubt anyone is mental enough to spend 19 hours in a seat:eek:
Edit: a lot of people have pointed out the peak off peak thing already!