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Great deals on Plymouth > Santander ferries
Sorry if this is common knowledge but I wanted to share a surprising discovery I made recently ..
It seems that Brittany Ferries is doing £100 one way trips for motrocycles on this trip - the cheapest I found elsewhere was £250 from P&O.
I haven't checked return prices but I am still pretty happy with that one way quote ..
Maybe its the seasonal rate and I am just out of the loop on prices, but given the cost of diesel fuel and the hard times, I think thats a very good price indeed.
Have a look for yourselves on their website.
https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/home
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Confirmed .. I just booked a one way trip for 14th Feb 2010.
£100.
It looks like they are fully booked through January and there are few dates left (I only noticed one date available in Feb) and Portsmouth is entirely booked out.
I guess its cheap for those reasons .. fill er up!
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Not fully booked, Brittany don't run that route in January. P&O prices go through the roof for that period.
Good find Harry, but curious about your bike and diesel...
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Hehe. I didn't know that about the route not being operated in Jan ..
Why is that? A lack of demand making it not worth the cost/s to run half empty ships or something?
I figured the ferries run on diesel .. ? I wish I had a diesel bike! :P
No, just a CG125 .. and some heavy shopping.
I really don't know anything about ferry prices tbh. Is £100 even a good price? Hehe. I hope so! It seems like it is anyway. My only previous experience was violently expelling some coffee the last time I checked how much an overnight to Spain costs. I think it was Portsmouth > Bilbao about five years ago and it was £350. But for some reason they didnt have any option for a chair and not a cabin. Think it was P&O actually ..
Anyway, its a looooong way to Plymouth from Derby. Might head down on the Friday and spend the Saturday seeing the sights.
Anyone based down there know of any good B&B they can recommend? Bike friendly etc?
I think there's some £29 a night Holiday Inns etc on the M5 too?
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The Pont Aven which is Brittany's flagship is taken out of service for an annual overhaul, and yes, there's not much traffic at that time of year. £100 is an excellent price when you consider that you would have to cross the channel anyway (say £30), then pay for 650 miles of fuel through France.
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To give you an idea, I just got a quote for July 2010 return £483. Which is what I would expect for the trip. Doing the trip in the winter is going to be a lot cheaper but £100 is excelent, good find.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry Bohun
Hehe. I didn't know that about the route not being operated in Jan ..
Why is that? A lack of demand making it not worth the cost/s to run half empty ships or something?
I figured the ferries run on diesel .. ? I wish I had a diesel bike! :P
No, just a CG125 .. and some heavy shopping.
I really don't know anything about ferry prices tbh. Is £100 even a good price? Hehe. I hope so! It seems like it is anyway. My only previous experience was violently expelling some coffee the last time I checked how much an overnight to Spain costs. I think it was Portsmouth > Bilbao about five years ago and it was £350. But for some reason they didnt have any option for a chair and not a cabin. Think it was P&O actually ..
Anyway, its a looooong way to Plymouth from Derby. Might head down on the Friday and spend the Saturday seeing the sights.
Anyone based down there know of any good B&B they can recommend? Bike friendly etc?
I think there's some £29 a night Holiday Inns etc on the M5 too?
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20 miles beyond the ferry at Liskeard there is a premier inn with a big £29 sign outside. I could also recommend my local pub. Real ale, good food and the owner/chef rides bikes. I could even be persuaded to pop down and join you for an ale or 2 .
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20 miles beyond the ferry at Liskeard there is a premier inn with a big £29 sign outside. I could also recommend my local pub. Real ale, good food and the owner/chef rides bikes. I could even be persuaded to pop down and join you for an ale or 2 .
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Wut! Can I PM you to get more details? Sounds like a good way to spend my last night in the UK.
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Wut! Can I PM you to get more details? Sounds like a good way to spend my last night in the UK.
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No problem.
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