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Went last year and I think we are going to pull the trigger on it again for August. Better booking through Eurocamp if you want kids activities/workshops, although we found it was really only suited for very young kids. Ferry crossing coming in at slightly less than last year. Im guessing demand is down in mid-late August, which would correspond to Michael O'Leary on Bloomberg earlier this week stating the same for Ryanair. He even mentioned some potential discounting if sales dont pick up.

Short video of Akka the second ship Hibernia Line will use.

Everyone has been very quiet over the past few days.

Are we too hot in an unusually hot French May or an unusually hot Irish May?! Near Montpellier today & it’s been 33. Feels more

Heading over Friday evening from Rosslare to Cherbourg on the Cotentin. Going to Des Ormes for two weeks. Cannot wait.

Anyone else heading out Friday?

Went to Bilbao on Wednesday.. The crossing was the smoothest I've ever had in nearly 20 going... Didn't even feel I was on a ship.. Weather was beautiful...C-Club lounge food I think was even better than last year. Abused the free wine... Got priority disembarkation and was 3 rd car of and on the road in no time. Weather about 35 degs for the first few days.. Having fun... I'll be jealous of all of ye when you all go later in the summer... Saw 3 separate large pods of dolphins over the trip racing towards the ship to ride the bow wave.. Amazing

Hi all, we're travelling Rosslare to Cherbourg Friday, is it possible to bring a travel kettle and something like an electric lunchbox onboard to use to make some food and drinks, due to food intolerances I'd rather bring our own food to eat. As we're driving nine hours south and the docking time in Cherbourg has been delayed it'd be good to have a full belly when we set off. Or is there an option to heat up food in a microwave onboard?

Also we will be coming back the day before sailing, does any nice towns villages a few hours south of Cherbourg that we could overnight in?

Excited now but have a zoo of animals to organise before we leave 🤣 roll on Friday and that first (of many) large glasses of vino 🤞

we'll have the adaptors thanks, it'll make for an easier crossing if we can have our own food

Great to know thanks

A insulated cooler bag with a couple of frozen bottles of water will keep milk cold enough for overnight also.

Hi there,

Just a question about toll-tags. Has anyone ever used one? We're going for a month and our journey will involve a long drive down and back so thought I'd sign up for a toll-tag to save a few precious minutes at each toll booth. I ordered the BipandGo one. Has anyone any experience? I've just read about someone having a nightmare with the Fulli one where the tag reader didn't pick it up time and again.

Where are you going? If its Brittanny you wont need a toll-tag. The rest of France you will. Have a BipandGo myself and it was grand.

Hi all, the crossing from Rosslare to Cherbourg tomorrow evening is looking very rough, force 8/9. When do BF normally let you know if crossing is being canceled? We're travelling from NW Donegal so would be leaving at 9am and have two weeks accommodation booked in south of France, what's the usual procedure if they cancel? Refund or option to travel the following day's crossing? We can cancel place in France and get a full refund before 4 tomorrow or maybe I'm just being overly worried, first time ferry user so not sure about it all.

Thanks for any incoming advice