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26/05/2007, 15:14 clueless! Joined on 04/02/2005 Posts 30 Are BF getting the message at last? A leaflet has fallen out of today's Times offering reduced fares on Brittany Ferries from Portsmouth and Poole, including peak dates! 29/05-04/07 £70 up to 5 days, £115 over 5 days; 05/07-26/08 £89 and £145 respectively - car and two adults. Conditions apply and subject to to availability of course... brittanyferries.com/summerfares for anyone who is interested    Report

27/05/2007, 20:06 Frederick Joined on 17/04/2006 Grues / Vendee(85) & Dorset Posts 321 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? If they are.... then good ...........I hope I have  helped.... I have not renewed my owners club membership  this year and have used LD Lines and Speedferries for the four crossings I have made already ....I hope they are reading this ....my next run over is end of June .... where I am being followed to the house  by  my cousin and family in their car... I  have booked us all with Speedferries  .....thats two more car returns they have lost due their current  prices .    Report

31/05/2007, 10:39 Twingoman Joined on 16/11/2005 Posts 32 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? I've just booked with LD Lines for the first time for my summer trip down to Deux Sevres, even though I only live 15 miles from the Brittany Ferries terminal in Plymouth.  The reason being? LD Lines return crossing with a single berth cabin with facilities on the outward journey - £195 Brittany Ferries Plymouth-Roscoff on the same dates on the Pont L'Abbe with a couchette without facilities on the outward journey - £405 Even with the 350 mile round trip to Portsmouth, BF is still double the price.  Also the special offers aren't really of no use to me, as from Plymouth, you can only book the afternoon sailings, which means an extra cost of overnight accomodation once you get into port.    Report

31/05/2007, 18:37 Polremy Joined on 23/08/2004 66 nr. Perpignan Posts 167 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? Thinking of buying a Twingo myself. Do you swear (or just post) by them?    Report

05/06/2007, 10:25 Twingoman Joined on 16/11/2005 Posts 32 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? No, I own a Twingo.  Great cars.    Report

06/06/2007, 20:12 Chris Joined on 19/04/2007 Posts 8 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? I have got very tired and frustrated with BF. I used to have one of their property owners club cards that has been diluted in the benefits that you can get to the point where I just stopped renewing it. Now, I prefer to forsake the BF ferry and take Speedferries across to Boulogne at a fraction of the price. Of course you have to counter this with a longer drive to the Vendee but now that the auto routes are all joined up there is no problem. I will try LD Lines on my next trip over. Really, BF have to understand that they can't fleece the public anymore. Its also damaging the bookings for holiday homes as people are now saying "why bother with this expense when there are cheaper holidays available with easyjet etc". If BF can't see the writing on the walls by now.....    Report

12/06/2007, 13:30 terry1956 Joined on 10/06/2007 Posts 60 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? hi all, For sometime we also had a home owner card with    BF, but as stated it became a sad joke over time, We have a house in Emouth and our french home is just outside St-Lo, so the crossing,s from BF worked out great for us, nowever for the past two years due to bring a motorhome and trailers across from the UK, we had to use Norfork Line, even with the cost of fuel it worked out £200 pounds less then using BF, Nowever Norfork have started  to up their prices to pay for their new ships, One odd thing we did find with BF, was that on a number of times their on line booking system worked out more then ringing them and booking over the phone. michael    Report

12/06/2007, 13:43 KathyF Joined on 17/02/2007 Mid-Wales & Southern Manche (50) Posts 119 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? We still find BF Property Owners club worth belonging to, even for only a couple of trips a year. We've just booked for a long visit (early July to early September) travelling from Portsmouth to Caen at a cost of £231 (including a taller vehicle supplement for our small camper van) with a free daytime cabin both ways. Coming from Mid-Wales to southern Manche, the Portsmouth-Caen route suits us very well and means the minimum driving possible.  Horses for courses, I suppose...    Report

12/06/2007, 16:54 Frederick Joined on 17/04/2006 Grues / Vendee(85) & Dorset Posts 321 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? Just up the road from Portsmouth .......Newhaven  to Le Havre ...just up the road from Caen ..........  8th of August  busy time single on 1230  crossing  is £57.50   Car with two persons .... end of September and through October La Havre into Portsmouth  the 1700 LD Lines sailing  single fare is £49.50 .......bye bye  B.F .    Report

19/06/2007, 23:08 S Joined on 19/06/2007 Posts 170 Re: Are BF getting the message at last? We saved £285 booking with LD for our trip next monday! BF seem to think that LD won't be around for long.   S    Report

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