Brittany Ferries : Pound verus Euro

T650 · 27-07-2016 11:29AM #1

Hi there,

a heads up to anyone travelling to and from Roscoff with Brittany Ferries in the coming weeks.

When paying for dinner the bill has prices in Sterling and Euro. We chose to pay the sterling price via our credit card.

Why ? The exchange rate quoted on the bill is 1 to .70. However the exchange rate is now over 1 to .80 ( and climbing ).

25 euro saved.

All bills on the ship are the same - bar, duty free shop and so on.

Benbecul97 · 27-07-2016 12:16PM

Thanks! I would imagine it won't be long though until the exchange rate quoted on the bill is in sync!

27-07-2016 02:00PM

Prices are in Sterling it's a one way street. (You can pay with € but you are paying the sterling price)

Benbecul97 · 27-07-2016 02:02PM

I wonder is it the same on Irish Ferries?

27-07-2016 02:09PM

Yurp I think so.
Bittova nuisance for me on Irish Ferries; they charge you the currency of the country you make to booking from. Which for me is usually the UK and I rather pay in € so I'm hit for the exchange rate.

If you have a bank account in both countries Transferwise will beat the bank every time.

T650 · 27-07-2016 02:28PM

Sir Liamalot wrote: »

Prices are in Sterling it's a one way street. (You can pay with € but you are paying the sterling price)

The bill shows BF rate and their calculation into euro. By choosing the sterling value into the machine we got the actual rate.

Benbecul97 · 27-07-2016 02:37PM

T650 wrote: »

Sir Liamalot wrote: »

Prices are in Sterling it's a one way street. (You can pay with but you are paying the sterling price)

The bill shows BF rate and their calculation into euro. By choosing the sterling value into the machine we got the actual rate.

You've confused me now!

Based on your earlier examples, is BF rate = 1 to .70 and Sterling actual rate = 1 to .80 ( and climbing ).

27-07-2016 02:52PM

I confused myself

... deleted the post but then undeleted it because you had replied in the meantime. RE: "Irish" ferries

The prices on the ship are Sterling from British goods and trade on IF

T650 wrote: »

The bill shows BF rate and their calculation into euro. By choosing the sterling value into the machine we got the actual rate.

Thanks T650 I realised that and that's what inspired the post deletion mess..apologies for the confusion...

Irish ferries wrote:

All prices shown on board are in Sterling. All cash tills accept either Sterling or Euro.

Caveat being pay in Sterling or pay Euros + "exchange rate".
€1 = £0.837 atm.

Benbecul97 · 27-07-2016 02:55PM

No, not you Liam!
T650 confused me with his post #6:D

27-07-2016 03:13PM

:pac:
I'm offto count my photons. I'm staying outov it from here.

T650 · 27-07-2016 04:19PM

Benbecul97 wrote: »

No, not you Liam!
T650 confused me with his post #6:D

Feckit sorry lads

So the bill stated £105 or €150. The receipt stated that the rate they used was €1 gets 70p. However the real rate was 83.8p

We asked to pay the sterling price wth our credit card so got the real rate. So paid €125 euro instead when the active change rate was charged to our card.

I'm getting a headache myself now

Benbecul97 · 27-07-2016 04:27PM

Got it!:D

Fair play, ye were dining in style!:)

SeamusG97 · 27-07-2016 04:49PM

We're misers - just bring a picnic and buy a bottle of wine for €8 as a token on Stena. Almost always give in to temptation and go for the full breakfast next morning though.

Benbecul97 · 28-07-2016 01:57PM

SeamusG97 wrote: »

We're misers - just bring a picnic and buy a bottle of wine for 8 as a token on Stena. Almost always give in to temptation and go for the full breakfast next morning though.

Go the full hog next time and bring your own bottle of wine too!:D
Don't blame you for bringing some food onboard - it can add up with many mouths to feed!

SeamusG97 · 28-07-2016 10:37PM

Yes we have a few mouths to feed and nobody seems to mind - either the crew or the other picnickers - it's a common thing. The Irish breakfast thing the following morning usually writes off any savings - or indeed the carefully chosen healthy food from the night before:D

Benbecul97 · 28-07-2016 10:56PM

You'll be caught for at least one meal on a France crossing and it's better off being breakfast, plenty to choose from that won't break the bank!ðŸ‘ðŸ»

SeamusG97 · 28-07-2016 11:00PM

We'll have another go at it in three weeks time (with French wine):D

Benbecul97 · 28-07-2016 11:33PM

SeamusG97 wrote: »

We'll have another go at it in three weeks time (with French wine):D

Nice wan! Where ye heading for? Germany again? Enjoy the trip!ðŸš

SeamusG97 · 28-07-2016 11:40PM

Three weeks gone on Saturday. Three weeks to go. In Sisteron in Haute Provence at the moment en route to Italy.

StupidLikeAFox · 02-08-2016 01:12PM

Benbecul97 wrote: »

Go the full hog next time and bring your own bottle of wine too!:D
Don't blame you for bringing some food onboard - it can add up with many mouths to feed!

Yes indeedy. We went Irish Ferries to France in June and brought on our own cans of beer. Happily drank them in the main bar watching the entertainment for the night and the staff didn't care a bit.

If you brought on a couple of Heineken bottles (or something else they actually sell there) you would fit in no bother too.

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