Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

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Are BF getting the message at last?

clueless! 26/05/2007, 15:14

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

Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

Frederick 27/05/2007, 20:06
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 .

Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

Twingoman 31/05/2007, 10:39
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.

Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

Polremy 31/05/2007, 18:37
Thinking of buying a Twingo myself. Do you swear (or just post) by them?

Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

Twingoman 05/06/2007, 10:25
No, I own a Twingo. Great cars. Big Smile [:D]

Big Smile [:D]

Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

Chris 06/06/2007, 20:12
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.....

Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

terry1956 12/06/2007, 13:30
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

Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

KathyF 12/06/2007, 13:43
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...

Re: Are BF getting the message at last?

Frederick 12/06/2007, 16:54
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 .

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