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the_amazing_raisin

mrskinner wrote: »

No. Just the horse.

Did you get the luas to the port?

mrskinner

Surrey?

Scoondal

josip wrote: »

Does anyone here bring dogs with them to France ?
Do you use the onboard dog kennels on the ferry?
What do you do with the dog at the camp site?
Do any camp sites provide kennels?

My sister has brought her dogs to France twice. It is simple. On Brittany Ferries, a steward met her at their car and escorted her and the dogs to the kennels on the ship. They have a nice exercise area for the dogs on the large rear deck of the Pont Aven. Obviously, you need to have the dog "passport".
She had no difficulty staying in regular tourist apartment complexes without kennels.

SusanC10

Got our Credit yesterday from IF for our cancelled trip to the UK at Halloween. Good until end of 2021. Can also be used towards the Deposit for our France 2021 trip when the Schedule/Prices come out which they are saying will be end October.

average_runner

Booked our campsite for next year with our voucher from them. Hopefully we will get there.

Seth Brundle

Didn't see it mentioned but Brittany Ferries are selling their 2021 sailings now...
https://www.brittany-ferries.ie/

ellee

Just booked a flexi fare with Stena for next July/August. Hopefully it will all work out!

Flexi conditions seems as good as ever - full refund if you cancel 24h ahead of schedule. Only change I could see was booking deposit is now non-refundable.

54and56

ellee wrote: »

Just booked a flexi fare with Stena for next July/August. Hopefully it will all work out!

Flexi conditions seems as good as ever - full refund if you cancel 24h ahead of schedule. Only change I could see was booking deposit is now non-refundable.

Stena have always been the best for their flexi fares and Irish Ferries are pretty good also.

Beware of the "same" type of fares from Brittany Ferries though, nowhere near as "flexi" as they charge a 25% cancellation fee regardless of when you cancel.

https://www.brittany-ferries.ie/information/faqs/booking-information/ferry-ticket-types

SusanC10

IF now saying Early November for France 2021. They keep moving it out approx 2 weeks at a time.

Munsterbhoy

Interesting piece on Pat Kenny show earlier, he has on representatives from Rosslare port. Their hoping to have a daily service to continental Europe Post brexit. Didn't specify whether it would be just freight but I'm sure they would try to supplement the route with foot passengers/cars. About 90mins in to the show if listening back.

darragh o meara

Munsterbhoy wrote: »

Interesting piece on Pat Kenny show earlier, he has on representatives from Rosslare port. Their hoping to have a daily service to continental Europe Post brexit. Didn't specify whether it would be just freight but I'm sure they would try to supplement the route with foot passengers/cars. About 90mins in to the show if listening back.

It’s rumoured Brittany ferries will run a service from Rosslare to Cherbourg starting next year.

First Up

darragh o meara wrote:

It’s rumoured Brittany ferries will run a service from Rosslare to Cherbourg starting next year.

Not exactly a rumour. Service starts in March and booking has been available for a few weeks.

juneg

First Up wrote: »

Not exactly a rumour. Service starts in March and booking has been available for a few weeks.

Really? Do you know what ship they are going to put on?

kindalen

https://www.brittany-ferries.ie/ships/economie/connemara

mr_edge_to_you

juneg wrote: »

Really? Do you know what ship they are going to put on?

I think its the Connemara.

blackwhite

darragh o meara wrote: »

It’s rumoured Brittany ferries will run a service from Rosslare to Cherbourg starting next year.

Brittany was announced quite some time ago.

The rumours are that Rosslare are in discussions with someone else also

average_runner

Booked our flights to France next summer, last weekend.
Went for the flexi option which allows us to cancel if needs be and was cheaper than standard fare last year!!

So all good.

First Up

Meanwhile Irish Ferries still don't have a schedule for next year - and don't know when they will.

SusanC10

First Up wrote: »

Meanwhile Irish Ferries still don't have a schedule for next year - and don't know when they will.

Have you been in contact with them recently?
I had been meaning to message them.

Jpm123

I messaged them again this morning and they said it would be another couple of weeks. So who knows!!

the_amazing_raisin

First Up wrote: »

Meanwhile Irish Ferries still don't have a schedule for next year - and don't know when they will.

Most likely is they do have a schedule but are sitting on it until they know how Brexit/Covid situations are going to play out

First Up

cruisey1987 wrote:

Most likely is they do have a schedule but are sitting on it until they know how Brexit/Covid situations are going to play out

When will they know that and what do their ships do in the meantime?

Peckham

I was in touch with them earlier this week and was told that it would be another couple of weeks, and that if I'm on the mailing list I'll be notified by email once the schedules are available.

My credit note is due to expire on 31 December, so it will be pretty tight window to make the booking! Unless they push out the expiry date on the credit note.

First Up

Peckham wrote: »

I was in touch with them earlier this week and was told that it would be another couple of weeks, and that if I'm on the mailing list I'll be notified by email once the schedules are available.

My credit note is due to expire on 31 December, so it will be pretty tight window to make the booking! Unless they push out the expiry date on the credit note.

That would be the least they should do.

I don't know how both Stena and Brittany Ferries have been able to publish schedules. They face the same issues as IF and I could book with them tomorrow. IF offer a more convenient sailing into Dublin instead of Rosslare, although their ship on that route is very basic. I haven't used BF's trucker ferry but the Stena Horizon is OK.

I think I'll just go ahead and book with Stena or BF. Irish Ferries can take all the time they want and take what bookings are left by then.

SusanC10

Peckham wrote: »

I was in touch with them earlier this week and was told that it would be another couple of weeks, and that if I'm on the mailing list I'll be notified by email once the schedules are available.

My credit note is due to expire on 31 December, so it will be pretty tight window to make the booking! Unless they push out the expiry date on the credit note.

Yeah, we have a Credit Note plus Tesco Tokens to use with IF.

the_amazing_raisin

Peckham wrote: »

My credit note is due to expire on 31 December, so it will be pretty tight window to make the booking! Unless they push out the expiry date on the credit note.

Well that's probably the reason they're not publishing the schedule, they're hoping everyone with credit will give up and book something else.


They'll probably release it on December 29th or something and the website will crash with everyone trying to book and conveniently all the credit notes will expire

First Up

cruisey1987 wrote: »

Well that's probably the reason they're not publishing the schedule, they're hoping everyone with credit will give up and book something else.


They'll probably release it on December 29th or something and the website will crash with everyone trying to book and conveniently all the credit notes will expire

More likely they are negotiating with the big transport companies and freight customers over routes. schedules (and costs)

They will probably extend validity of credit notes.

yiddo59

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/daily-ferries-to-france-starting-from-january-to-bypass-brexit-congestion-1.4401537

Looks like they'll be a ferry running to Cherbourg every day next year from either Rosslare or Dublin.

First Up

yiddo59 wrote:

Looks like they'll be a ferry running to Cherbourg every day next year from either Rosslare or Dublin.

Yes, good to see IF and Stena working it out

the_amazing_raisin

Just checked on the IF website and noticed sailings to UK in January are available
Still can't select beyond Feb 1st

Nothing for France yet but hopefully will be coming soon