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

Marronn05 · 07-08-2020 4:34pm

10-10-20 wrote: »

Thanks for your concern. I went over so that I could report back on this thread. :eek:

Bahahahaha brilliant ðŸ€£ðŸ€£ðŸ€£

MorganIRL · 07-08-2020 9:38pm

10-10-20 wrote: »

Thanks for your concern. I went over so that I could report back on this thread. :eek:

:-) :-)

CelticRambler · 08-08-2020 10:20am

cruisey1987 wrote: »

I should probably take a closer look at the map of France and get my areas right, wouldn't want to annoy the locals

Yes Brittany or Normandy is where I'm looking at the moment, probably close to Cherbourg as I'm in Dublin and the Dublin-Cherbourg ferry would be more convenient than Rosslare.

It's more a question of getting accurate info rather than annoying anyone!

But as it happens, the north-eastern part of Normandy and all of Ile-de-France is now upgraded to a status red warning for heat this weekend, with temperatures above 40°C. More info (same link as above - it updates as-and-when)

Beanybabog · 08-08-2020 1:56pm

Is there a place to check numbers and restrictions and up to date info on Brittany?

CelticRambler · 08-08-2020 2:12pm

Numbers here (local health authority website - very detailed, but destined primarily for residents)

Other info here (local newspaper, includes articles about planned measures as well as those in force)

From the newspaper link above, this page includes a map of all communes in the Finistère département with mask-rules over and above the national rules.

daesal · 11-08-2020 6:57pm

ecoli3136 wrote: »

I tried to cancel in time via phone for a week. 6 calls on auto hold 45 minutes each time. Impossible to get through or leave a message. Then sent several emails recording the fact that I tried to cancel within time for a full refund.

Then I tweeted at them saying all that and about an hour later got a response via DM apologising and offering to refund to my credit card less an admin charge in line with contract. I said yes please thank you very much.

Amazing to get such a swift response via shouting at them in public in contrast to their so called customer service channels.

(Deleted my tweet afterwards to save anyone the trouble of looking for the thread)

Hi .Sorry to bother you again. Did they offer to give you the money back on your card straight away? I have been on twitter today and gave got absolutely nowhere with Irish Ferries. They still have my money lodged as "credit" but say that they wont refund me. Despite them bring too late to answer my booking for another crossing.
On twitter they said they wont refund me?!?

woodstocklive · 11-08-2020 8:13pm

Hi folks. I'm sorry different topic but returning to Ireland at weekend in order to get my self isolation completed before returning to work. Just wondering if Passenger Locator Forms will be available onboard Brittany Ferries or would I need to download one here in France.

woodstocklive · 11-08-2020 8:14pm

Hi folks. I'm sorry different topic but returning to Ireland at weekend in order to get my self isolation completed before returning to work. Just wondering if Passenger Locator Forms will be available onboard Brittany Ferries or would I need to download one here in France.

Ladylouth · 11-08-2020 10:15pm

woodstocklive wrote: »

Hi folks. I'm sorry different topic but returning to Ireland at weekend in order to get my self isolation completed before returning to work. Just wondering if Passenger Locator Forms will be available onboard Brittany Ferries or would I need to download one here in France.

Irish Ferries gave them to us as we checked in a few weeks ago.

woodstocklive · 11-08-2020 10:15pm

Thanks Ladylouth

Scoondal · 13-08-2020 8:37pm

Ladylouth wrote: »

Irish Ferries gave them to us as we checked in a few weeks ago.

Brittany Ferries gave me the forms at check-in at Roscoff. Very simple form ... just name, address and phone number.
We had no call. It's just a formality if a case was found on the ferry.
It's the same as Irish restaurants taking your name and phone number ... just in case.

daesal · 14-08-2020 8:12pm

daesal wrote: »

Hi .Sorry to bother you again. Did they offer to give you the money back on your card straight away? I have been on twitter today and gave got absolutely nowhere with Irish Ferries. They still have my money lodged as "credit" but say that they wont refund me. Despite them bring too late to answer my booking for another crossing.
On twitter they said they wont refund me?!?

The Twitter thing didn't go too well !!!
They banned me from their page ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚ ðŸ˜•
But from reading twitter...seems to be a lot in the same boat (or not , prob not d best analogy

Pretzill · 14-08-2020 11:22pm

Cancelled for the second time this year

- IF are sorting out a credit note if I book another trip for next year before the end of this year (would not even entertain money back - but I will go next year anyway - covid allowing).

Hotel cancellation was painless as I hadn't paid in advance, so it could cancel up to 24 hours before arriving. I also booked travel car insurance and the company are quite happy to move that to next year when I rebook.

Those of you going and self isolating on your return I wish you a wonderful holiday and will yiz pick me up a few bottles of Bordeaux white and red...ta (θ‿θ)

juneg · 15-08-2020 12:22pm

Crystal ball time. Apologies I haven't been following this thread for a while.

I'd love another ferry trip to France next year. It has always been our family holiday and as my teens are older now we may soon be at the stage of not going as a family anymore. I would love to get another year or two out of them. I also have to change my car now so I have to figure out will I need another 7 seater or scale down.

Are ye booking for 2021? Surely by this time next year we will be back to some kind of normality? What do ye think?

daesal · 15-08-2020 12:41pm

Pretzill wrote: »

Cancelled for the second time this year - IF are sorting out a credit note if I book another trip for next year before the end of this year (would not even entertain money back - but I will go next year anyway - covid allowing).

Hotel cancellation was painless as I hadn't paid in advance, so it could cancel up to 24 hours before arriving. I also booked travel car insurance and the company are quite happy to move that to next year when I rebook.

Those of you going and self isolating on your return I wish you a wonderful holiday and will yiz pick me up a few bottles of Bordeaux white and red...ta (θ‿θ)

A wee word of warning if/when you are rebooking using your credit. Irish Ferries charge the fare at the time of processing your booking NOT when you email the request in. So if it takes 16days by email (as it does at the moment) the fare can have risen a lot. I have tried to get Irish Ferries to email or twitter me a quote prior to making a booking but they wont do this for some reason. Also be careful of the phone charges if you ring in. Hope this helps

Pretzill · 15-08-2020 1:35pm

daesal wrote: »

A wee word of warning if/when you are rebooking using your credit. Irish Ferries charge the fare at the time of processing your booking NOT when you email the request in. So if it takes 16days by email (as it does at the moment) the fare can have risen a lot. I have tried to get Irish Ferries to email or twitter me a quote prior to making a booking but they wont do this for some reason. Also be careful of the phone charges if you ring in. Hope this helps

Thanks. I know this. My initial tarriff for travel was 150 euro dearer (I had a voucher for it) when I changed it to September it was cheaper and the voucher just disappeared - They only credit you back money you've paid not vouchers - I am going to see if they can do anything for me here because I'm sure it will be more expensive next year - with all the cancellations.

daesal · 15-08-2020 2:44pm

Pretzill wrote: »

Thanks. I know this. My initial tarriff for travel was 150 euro dearer (I had a voucher for it) when I changed it to September it was cheaper and the voucher just disappeared - They only credit you back money you've paid not vouchers - I am going to see if they can do anything for me here because I'm sure it will be more expensive next year - with all the cancellations.

Good Luck, I hope you succeed. It seems like they behaving really badly. You're probably right about the prices too. If they know loads of people have their money tied up in "credit" to spend then there is no reason to offer competitive fares...Irish Ferries already have their / your / my money ðŸ’°! Terrible behaviour. It sits very uneasy with me that they are taking advantage of Covid 19 like this.

andy69 · 15-08-2020 11:31pm

Pretzill wrote: »

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Those of you going and self isolating on your return I wish you a wonderful holiday and will yiz pick me up a few bottles of Bordeaux white and red...ta (θ‿θ)

Hey folks! I saw on the IF website that the ship is sailing to France on schedule over the past few days (probably over the whole summer I don't know, but I just happened to look there today).. anyways... was wondering if people are actually taking the boat over for holidays? Or has anyone been at the port and seen it is only just trucks and vans etc borading?

We had been hoping (before everything went to s**t) to get away maybe around now or early Sept, so we were just looking at the IF site out of courisity. Wishful thinking of a lovely few weeks in France, but sure maybe next year...

Scoondal · 15-08-2020 11:41pm

andy69 wrote: »

Hey folks! I saw on the IF website that the ship is sailing to France on schedule over the past few days (probably over the whole summer I don't know, but I just happened to look there today).. anyways... was wondering if people are actually taking the boat over for holidays? Or has anyone been at the port and seen it is only just trucks and vans etc borading?

We had been hoping (before everything went to s**t) to get away maybe around now or early Sept, so we were just looking at the IF site out of courisity. Wishful thinking of a lovely few weeks in France, but sure maybe next year...

I don't know about Irish Ferries, but Brittany Ferries restarted passenger trips on 29 June.

Ladylouth · 15-08-2020 11:47pm

andy69 wrote: »

Hey folks! I saw on the IF website that the ship is sailing to France on schedule over the past few days (probably over the whole summer I don't know, but I just happened to look there today).. anyways... was wondering if people are actually taking the boat over for holidays? Or has anyone been at the port and seen it is only just trucks and vans etc borading?

We had been hoping (before everything went to s**t) to get away maybe around now or early Sept, so we were just looking at the IF site out of courisity. Wishful thinking of a lovely few weeks in France, but sure maybe next year...

Ferry has been over and back all summer. We cancelled our usual holiday at the end of June as things were still dodgy, and we then made a new booking in July. Very few holidaymakers on ferry both ways, but some. Lots of parts of the boat closed off, but loads of social distancing space. Had a lovely break, stayed very much to ourselves (gite, not campsite). ON the day we left, we were actually right up at the ferry boarding area before we saw another roof box - it was weird!

VintageJelly · 16-08-2020 11:35am

MorganIRL wrote: »

:-) :-)

Right yeah you all clap each other on the back for travelling abroad in the middle of a pandemic.
It’s not ok to travel to Kildare, Offaly or Laois.....but you think it’s ok to go to France for a holiday?! Get a grip

VintageJelly · 16-08-2020 11:36am

Ladylouth wrote: »

Ferry has been over and back all summer. We cancelled our usual holiday at the end of June as things were still dodgy, and we then made a new booking in July. Very few holidaymakers on ferry both ways, but some. Lots of parts of the boat closed off, but loads of social distancing space. Had a lovely break, stayed very much to ourselves (gite, not campsite). ON the day we left, we were actually right up at the ferry boarding area before we saw another roof box - it was weird!

And this doesn’t tell you something?! Wow.

Nekarsulm · 16-08-2020 1:11pm

Heading home from Normandy, fantastic weather in the main, with a few thunderstorms last night.
Campsites all busy, did a bit of wild camping and an aire or two as well.
As with Ireland, a lot of social community events cancelled, some Brocants going ahead.
Wearing of masks where ordained is at 100% compliance,
Super comfortable sailing coming over, lots of space on the ferry.
Probably about 60 cars and 20 motorhomes on it, plus freight.
Stocking up with wine today and tomorrow, then back to Cherbourg.

MorganIRL · 16-08-2020 1:14pm

VintageJelly wrote: »

Right yeah you all clap each other on the back for travelling abroad in the middle of a pandemic.
It’s not ok to travel to Kildare, Offaly or Laois.....but you think it’s
ok to go to France for a holiday?! Get a grip

Seriously u get a grip, I cancelled my holiday in France this yr and just after 2 wks staycation in Munster. My choice, lovely break, and as much chance of me and my family getting covid as in France, from what we saw from a social distance. If people want to go to France, let them. I personally won't be talking to them for 2 wks until they got the all clear. But someone asked a question not an opinion. Keep your snowflake opinion too yourself, you don't know what people have experienced in the last 5 months. Why u dragging up something that was commented on over a week a go and 3 pages ago. I laughed at a humorous response to ur self centered comment. I hope u have a safe summer and an even safer winter, cause that's when the real sh1te is gonna hit.

CelticRambler · 16-08-2020 5:27pm

VintageJelly wrote: »

Right yeah you all clap each other on the back for travelling abroad in the middle of a pandemic.
It’s not ok to travel to Kildare, Offaly or Laois.....but you think it’s ok to go to France for a holiday?! Get a grip

Right now, here in central France, I'm hosting people from France, Belgium, Wales, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands, and was on the receiving end of a similar rant from someone I considered a reasonably good friend (up to now). This gathering was loosely organised over the course of the last three months, on basis of "if things work out" and I offered my house as no-cost accommodation because I knew that it'd be one less thing for my guests to worry about.

What I was not expecting was the change in character in each and every one of my guests as they've settled into the easy-going lockdownless voluntary semi-quarantine that is my normal rural French life. The youngest makes a comment every day to the effect of how grateful she is to have been able to escape for a while, and how these few weeks here will help her cope with whatever misery awaits her when she goes back to her Covid-infected housing estate.

There is one active case of Covid in my area and feck-all chance that any of my guests will bring it back home with them; instead, they'll be taking away a head full of happy memories and the reassurance that they've got somewhere safe to return to if they need another mental-health break during the Second Wave.

Ladylouth · 16-08-2020 9:09pm

VintageJelly wrote: »

And this doesn’t tell you something?! Wow.

It does tell me something. It tells me that lots of people made a different choice to ours - they chose not to travel as that was what felt right for them. We assessed our situation and made a different choice, as we live in a free country. You take care of your 2 metres and those around you, and we will take care of ours and those around us. This forum is for ferry and France information, if you want to wag fingers, take yourself off somewhere else.

Ladylouth · 16-08-2020 9:32pm

CelticRambler wrote: »

Right now, here in central France, I'm hosting people from France, Belgium, Wales, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands, and was on the receiving end of a similar rant from someone I considered a reasonably good friend (up to now). This gathering was loosely organised over the course of the last three months, on basis of "if things work out" and I offered my house as no-cost accommodation because I knew that it'd be one less thing for my guests to worry about.

What I was not expecting was the change in character in each and every one of my guests as they've settled into the easy-going lockdownless voluntary semi-quarantine that is my normal rural French life. The youngest makes a comment every day to the effect of how grateful she is to have been able to escape for a while, and how these few weeks here will help her cope with whatever misery awaits her when she goes back to her Covid-infected housing estate.

There is one active case of Covid in my area and feck-all chance that any of my guests will bring it back home with them; instead, they'll be taking away a head full of happy memories and the reassurance that they've got somewhere safe to return to if they need another mental-health break during the Second Wave.

Good for you! I have faced significant, potentially life ending health challenges in the past, and remain in a high risk category. I value health as much as the next, believe me, including mental health. Have been strong and positive in all previous challenges, but lock down damn near broke me. Best decision we made was to go to France this year, away from the hysteria and judgement, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. We have family who staycationed in much more crowded scenarios than ours, and we kept our distance from them when they returned just the same as we restricted our movements on our return.

zambo · 17-08-2020 4:33pm

Having sailed with celtic and then stena rosslare to cherbourg for the last 10years or so I decided to try Irish Ferries from Dublin. BIG MISTAKE.
After cancelling our holiday this year I see that as well as the flexi fare they have taken another 25% total 48 euro from my 100 e booking fee. When I asked how they worked out the amount they told me at booking time I had signed to say I had read terms and conditions. No explanation of how it worked.
So it has cost me 48 euro to find out what a **** company Irish Ferries are
and I hope our government have not given them any covid payments.
As long as I live I will never do business with them again they can invest the 48 euro in advertising for passengers but they have forever lost the chance of my custom as a regular sailer for the next 10 or more years.
They seem to believe in the quick buck and hope the public will forget how they screwed us during the pandemic.

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 4:47pm

Hi folks,

Quick question about the Azure and Azure plus homes from Eurocamp.

Where do you guys put a cot?
It looks from the floor plan example that you wouldn't fit one beside the double bed.

Do you put the cot in the living room or another bedroom?
If another bedroom, can one of the beds be moved/removed to give a bit more space?

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 4:53pm

zambo wrote: »

Having sailed with celtic and then stena rosslare to cherbourg for the last 10years or so I decided to try Irish Ferries from Dublin. BIG MISTAKE.
After cancelling our holiday this year I see that as well as the flexi fare they have taken another 25% total 48 euro from my 100 e booking fee. When I asked how they worked out the amount they told me at booking time I had signed to say I had read terms and conditions. No explanation of how it worked.
So it has cost me 48 euro to find out what a **** company Irish Ferries are
and I hope our government have not given them any covid payments.
As long as I live I will never do business with them again they can invest the 48 euro in advertising for passengers but they have forever lost the chance of my custom as a regular sailer for the next 10 or more years.
They seem to believe in the quick buck and hope the public will forget how they screwed us during the pandemic.

Hate to be the one to say it, but it does say in the T&Cs that the flex fare will cost 25% if you cancel between 21-41 days before departure. I'm guessing you're in that time frame, if not then by all means demand a refund.

https://www5.irishferries.com/Rules/EN/FLXMF.asp

I do sympathise though. I'm considering the Flex fare but in most cases you won't be cancelling until a few days before, in which case you lose 75-90% of your booking cost. At that price, it's barely worth the added expense.

The Unbearables · 17-08-2020 4:55pm

zambo wrote: »

Having sailed with celtic and then stena rosslare to cherbourg for the last 10years or so I decided to try Irish Ferries from Dublin. BIG MISTAKE.
After cancelling our holiday this year I see that as well as the flexi fare they have taken another 25% total 48 euro from my 100 e booking fee. When I asked how they worked out the amount they told me at booking time I had signed to say I had read terms and conditions. No explanation of how it worked.
So it has cost me 48 euro to find out what a **** company Irish Ferries are
and I hope our government have not given them any covid payments.
As long as I live I will never do business with them again they can invest the 48 euro in advertising for passengers but they have forever lost the chance of my custom as a regular sailer for the next 10 or more years.
They seem to believe in the quick buck and hope the public will forget how they screwed us during the pandemic.

I'm currently in a dispute with Brittany Ferries over 340 euros they are refusing to refund.

I booked Rosslare to Bilbao in May and they didn't provide the service due to Covid so i rebooked for August. I went to cancel more than 21 days out when Spain wasn't on the greenlist and they refused saying i wasn't due a refund (fare minus deposit as per their terms and conditions) as i had re-booked in May.

Absolute gangsters as if i had of just left well enough alone in May they would have had to refund me full price but i actually thought i'd leave the money with them as i was sure the pandemic had hit them hard enough.

Will never deal with them again after years of travelling to France and Spain with them with my family and friends on motorbikes on various occasions.

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 7:26pm

The Unbearables wrote: »

I'm currently in a dispute with Brittany Ferries over 340 euros they are refusing to refund.

I booked Rosslare to Bilbao in May and they didn't provide the service due to Covid so i rebooked for August. I went to cancel more than 21 days out when Spain wasn't on the greenlist and they refused saying i wasn't due a refund (fare minus deposit as per their terms and conditions) as i had re-booked in May.

Absolute gangsters as if i had of just left well enough alone in May they would have had to refund me full price but i actually thought i'd leave the money with them as i was sure the pandemic had hit them hard enough.

Will never deal with them again after years of travelling to France and Spain with them with my family and friends on motorbikes on various occasions.

That sounds very suspicious, I think they're chancing their arms on that one. I would imagine a rebooking is considered the same as a new booking in terms of refund dates.

The only reason otherwise I would imagine would be if there was some sort of goodwill gesture in the second booking such as a significant discount.

However given that the original reason for cancellation was on the part of brittany ferries, then there's really no goodwill involved I think.

I would suggest filing a complaint and if you get nowhere then politely tell them you'll be referring the case to the small claims court.

The Unbearables · 17-08-2020 7:29pm

cruisey1987 wrote: »

That sounds very suspicious, I think they're chancing their arms on that one. I would imagine a rebooking is considered the same as a new booking in terms of refund dates.

The only reason otherwise I would imagine would be if there was some sort of goodwill gesture in the second booking such as a significant discount.

However given that the original reason for cancellation was on the part of brittany ferries, then there's really no goodwill involved I think.

I would suggest filing a complaint and if you get nowhere then politely tell them you'll be referring the case to the small claims court.

I've already done that and they have refused to engage. Small claims is my next step. Cheers

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 7:30pm

The Unbearables wrote: »

I've already done that and they have refused to engage. Small claims is my next step. Cheers

Good luck, hope it works out

MorganIRL · 17-08-2020 7:33pm

cruisey1987 wrote: »

Hi folks,

Quick question about the Azure and Azure plus homes from Eurocamp.

Where do you guys put a cot?
It looks from the floor plan example that you wouldn't fit one beside the double bed.

Do you put the cot in the living room or another bedroom?
If another bedroom, can one of the beds be moved/removed to give a bit more space?

We've always gotten the 3 bed versions and the cot had to always go into another room. Hence the xtra bedroom. None of the rooms we experienced had enough space for a cot unless u pushed 2 singles together in the twin room.

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 7:47pm

MorganIRL wrote: »

We've always gotten the 3 bed versions and the cot had to always go into another room. Hence the xtra bedroom. None of the rooms we experienced had enough space for a cot unless u pushed 2 singles together in the twin room.

Thanks for the info, we could put the cot in the same room as our older boy, it would have the advantage that we could use the video monitor to keep an eye on both of them.

That's assuming the little miss is sleeping through the night by then. Not sure I want to deal with a sleep deprived 4 year old, he's even worse than his dad when he's tired

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 8:17pm

Another question, how would everyone rate the onboard experience of the different ferries (not the companies, I know they all have their own failings) to France for 2 young kids (4 and 1.5 years)?

From what I can tell they seem to rank as follows

1. Irish ferries - W.B. Years
2. Stena Horizon
3. Irish ferries - Epsilon
4. Brittany ferries - Kerry

The Yeats seems best since it has a play room and cinema. Stena Horizon has a cinema which is 'free' but charges entry. The others seem to have nothing for kids.

I'm leaning towards Irish ferries as I'm leaving from Dublin anyway, but it'd be nice to keep my options open as much as I can

talla · 17-08-2020 8:21pm

cruisey1987 wrote: »

Another question, how would everyone rate the onboard experience of the different ferries (not the companies, I know they all have their own failings) to France for 2 young kids (4 and 1.5 years)?

From what I can tell they seem to rank as follows

1. Irish ferries - W.B. Years
2. Stena Horizon
3. Irish ferries - Epsilon
4. Brittany ferries - Kerry

The Yeats seems best since it has a play room and cinema. Stena Horizon has a cinema which is 'free' but charges entry. The others seem to have nothing for kids.

I'm leaning towards Irish ferries as I'm leaving from Dublin anyway, but it'd be nice to keep my options open as much as I can

Brittany ferries would also have the Pont Aven which is the same class of ferry as WB Lates.
Next year there will be a third ferry for Brittany Ferries, the "Amorique" which would be the equivalent of somewhere between the Kerry/Epsilon and the old Irish Ferries Irish Oscar Wilde I would guess.

mr_edge_to_you · 17-08-2020 8:24pm

talla wrote: »

Brittany ferries would also have the Pont Aven which is the same class of ferry as WB Lates.
Next year there will be a third ferry for Brittany Ferries, the "Amorique" which would be the equivalent of somewhere between the Kerry/Epsilon and the old Irish Ferries Irish Oscar Wilde I would guess.

Haven’t had the pleasure of the WB Lates yet but the Pont Aven is a much nicer ship than the Oscar Wilde was.

talla · 17-08-2020 8:26pm

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

Haven’t had the pleasure of the WB Lates yet but the Pont Aven is a much nicer ship than the Oscar Wilde was.

Agreed.

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 8:32pm

talla wrote: »

Brittany ferries would also have the Pont Aven which is the same class of ferry as WB Lates.
Next year there will be a third ferry for Brittany Ferries, the "Amorique" which would be the equivalent of somewhere between the Kerry/Epsilon and the old Irish Ferries Irish Oscar Wilde I would guess.

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about the Cork to Roscoff route.

Good to know there's a nice option for heading to Roscoff. The Rosslare to Roscoff ferries seem a bit more basic

mr_edge_to_you · 17-08-2020 8:40pm

I have to confess, I’m a massive fan of the BF Cork Roscoff sailings. Leave on Saturday afternoon, lovely view of Cobh and on the road by 8am on Sunday morning. Early lunch in McDonalds in Nantes and then onward to St Hilaire.

Then the return trip, into Carrigaline early on Saturday morning. Grab a cracking breakfast in some petrol station in Fermoy (could be hillbillies?). Back home around 2pm.

Roll on 2021!

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 8:50pm

mr_edge_to_you wrote: »

I have to confess, I’m a massive fan of the BF Cork Roscoff sailings. Leave on Saturday afternoon, lovely view of Cobh and on the road by 8am on Sunday morning. Early lunch in McDonalds in Nantes and then onward to St Hilaire.

Then the return trip, into Carrigaline early on Saturday morning. Grab a cracking breakfast in some petrol station in Fermoy (could be hillbillies?). Back home around 2pm.

Roll on 2021!

It's certainly a good option, but I think in my case I'd go for the Dublin to Cherbourg route as I'm based in north Dublin and it's a 25 mins drive to Dublin port versus 2.5 hours to Cork.

Having said that, there's a balancing act of the drive on the other side. Heading to Roscoff might save you time driving in France if it's closer to your campsite. If it saves more time than the drive to Cork then it's worth it

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 9:03pm

Actually, while we're discussing ferries (and I'm asking dumb rookie questions) what's the story with getting a cot into the inside cabins?

Irish ferries say you can fit a cot in the 4 bed cabins if the 4 beds aren't being used, but then they don't give you the option of booking one.

Stena seem fine with having a cot in the 4 bed inside cabins, and Brittany didn't give me the option so maybe I missed something.

We have a travel cot so we'd probably bring own anyway, and worst case scenario we can just put the toddler in the bed with one of us.

Beanybabog · 17-08-2020 9:12pm

cruisey1987 wrote: »

Hi folks,

Quick question about the Azure and Azure plus homes from Eurocamp.

Where do you guys put a cot?
It looks from the floor plan example that you wouldn't fit one beside the double bed.

Do you put the cot in the living room or another bedroom?
If another bedroom, can one of the beds be moved/removed to give a bit more space?

I haven’t been there but was in Yelloh village which I imagine are similar and in year 1 we asked them to take out the beds. They’re only steel bases and fairly thin mattresses so they took them away on a golf cart and we put two cots in one room. The second year they refused to move the bases so we stacked them and they took the mattresses.

talla · 17-08-2020 9:14pm

cruisey1987 wrote: »

It's certainly a good option, but I think in my case I'd go for the Dublin to Cherbourg route as I'm based in north Dublin and it's a 25 mins drive to Dublin port versus 2.5 hours to Cork.

Having said that, there's a balancing act of the drive on the other side. Heading to Roscoff might save you time driving in France if it's closer to your campsite. If it saves more time than the drive to Cork then it's worth it

Other thing to note, its a shorter ferry crossing from Cork to Roscoff (about 14 hours) compared to Dublin to Cherbourg (about 19 hours).

Beanybabog · 17-08-2020 9:18pm

cruisey1987 wrote: »

Actually, while we're discussing ferries (and I'm asking dumb rookie questions) what's the story with getting a cot into the inside cabins?

Irish ferries say you can fit a cot in the 4 bed cabins if the 4 beds aren't being used, but then they don't give you the option of booking one.

Stena seem fine with having a cot in the 4 bed inside cabins, and Brittany didn't give me the option so maybe I missed something.

We have a travel cot so we'd probably bring own anyway, and worst case scenario we can just put the toddler in the bed with one of us.

I’d just book it and bring your own- the cots are shockingly small on Irish ferries. Like newborn travel cots or something. One bed pulls down so you leave that one up and out up your cot. We had plenty of room

Beanybabog · 17-08-2020 9:19pm

Irish ferries just updated website- you can now get a credit note for 2021 for bookings up to 31.08 - it was up to 18.08 until a day or two ago. Do they know something we don’t know?? Or have they just decided there’s no chance of France being on the green list

the_amazing_raisin · 17-08-2020 9:21pm

Beanybabog wrote: »

I’d just book it and bring your own- the cots are shockingly small on Irish ferries. Like newborn travel cots or something. One bed pulls down so you leave that one up and out up your cot. We had plenty of room

Awesome, thanks for the info

mr_edge_to_you · 17-08-2020 9:24pm

talla wrote: »

Other thing to note, its a shorter ferry crossing from Cork to Roscoff (about 14 hours) compared to Dublin to Cherbourg (about 19 hours).

I reckon that Irish Ferries go from Dublin to keep the ferry at sea for an extra five hours. That’s a lot of revenue generated, when compared to the bad sailings where you hardly have time for breakfast. A very basic breakfast for a family of four will set you back €10 a head on IF.

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