France Ferry & Campsite info (use Search function) mod warning post 1

Yes they can, I travel with a caravan and when i have the caravan hitched I'm automatically charged as class 2 and when I’m in just the car im charged class 1. I wouldn’t be without the tag, it’s just so much easier.

Where did you buy the Crit'Air sticker for the LEZ in Paris?

Can you get them on the IF WB Yeats?

Anyone buy European breakdown insurance? I have googled and AA are the only carrier I could find. They are charging over €200 for 4 weeks which seems excessive.

Is the AA the only company now selling this?

A broker gave me a quote for about €30 with MIS https://misclaims.com/breakdown-recovery/

However they will only reimburse you after you figure it all out yourself over there.

Just read the small print when buying the breakdown insurance. A few years back I purchased it and while killing some time one day I started reading the t&cs. One of the provisos for making a claim was that the car was regularly serviced as per manufacturers instructions at an authorised dealership. I get my car serviced but never done on the date required and the lad I use for years works from his home and services all kinds of vehicles and makes.

God forbid but if I did actually need to claim I don't think I'd actually be covered.

Eurobreakdown.com have reasonable prices and I can’t see anywhere that it’s exclusive to UK travellers. I must contact them on Tuesday

Shop around on booking.com and such. We found gites easily, some really brilliant places such as old castles and farmhouses.

Staying in a B&B also means that you don't have to unload the whole car and then reload it again, etc.

(Any idea why this **** site jumps to a different part of the page?). All i pressed was reply.

yes, st killian and st patrick. One of them had II , it was extended. Love the ferry procedure. Queuing, then driving on. Then to the comfort of your cabin. It still seems the same as it did in the 80s. Much prefer oscar wilde layout than the wb yeats though.

That's a completely reasonable distance to travel. Don't let anyone here or any where else try to convince you otherwise. 🙂

Ha, I'll look out for ya!

We'll be in a silver Peugeot 508 estate. Via Michelin says €211.29 (Tolls €68.70 + Fuel consumption €127) for fuel (diesel). Yeah, but look, we were locked-down for long enough!!

St Killian was extended, you're right there. Cut down the middle and had a section installed.

We were on it when it damaged the main engine in about 1990 on the way over to France. During the transit from Cherbourg to Dublin it was asked to loiter by the UK coastguard around an area where a submarine was having difficulties and it delayed the arrival into Rosslare from 14:00 to ~19:00 (you used to phone a number to get sailing updates just before you left home, so we delayed departure). Anyway we boarded and the captain made an announcement to apologise for the delay and that he'd increase the speed overnight to make up the lost time. Anyway as far as I remember we were all enjoying the late entertainment (some lad with a set of puppets/magician) and around 23:00 we noted a significant slow-down in the speed of the ship and thought nothing much of it... At about 7am when I woke it was obvious that we were not going anywhere fast and soon enough there was an announcement that the ship was going to be delayed due to a double engine-fault and that we were only running on a quarter power. The original ETA into Cherbourg was for ~10:30 that day, but they were hoping to be alongside at late evening.

As far as I recall there was some deliberation between many of the drivers and the crew/captain and it was decided that there was no point in offloading a pile of tired Irish drivers on the French roads at 9pm with no accommodation, so it was decided that they would slow-sail (I mean really slow) into Cherbourg and aim to arrive around 7am and let us all off.

Anyway the upside was that dinner and breakfast was free and we were free to depart between 7 and 10:30 (I think) and the boat was back running 2 weeks later for the return voyage!

I see Irish Ferries now offer charging during the crossing, needs to be ordered at booking ... apologies if it's been mentioned before

I created a new thread for the EV discussions, perhaps we can move those over there and leave this thread to the booking/recommendation conversations?

anyone affected by the WB Lates fiasco of 2018, looks like we're finally getting our EU-mandated compensation after IF ran out of appeal options (assuming the email I received isn't a scam).