Short notice ferry prices

As I don't know when I will be getting back from this tear 1 month bimble
around Europe I don't want to book a return ticket.

Has anyone get experience of pay on arrival prices ?

As a guide it will probably be 30/31st May time frame.

Or do I ring CAB to sort it out when I am a day away

 

^^^

Me or the Citizens Advice Bureau?

The last time I did this on my bike, it cost me €90 one way, IIRC.
Might have gone up since then. This was about 8 months ago.

 

Norfolk Line were the cheapest last time I had to a panic return to Blighty
half way throuh a trip.

 

And out of inteest, how much ?

 

You... I really must get a new Kb

So, 'kin lots.

To pre-book now would be 25-35ukp 1 way.

 

seconded for norfolk line, always been the cheapest for me to use, tho not
taken a bike yet, except on the back of the feckin motorhome... but that
went free, and i only paid 30 quid for the motorhomes ticket, even tho the
bike on the rack took it over the 7 meter limit for that price band, i even
told them that, and they said not to worry, no extra charge.

Last time i went they had some deal where a return was a bit cheaper than 2
singles, which is how i'd done it before, as i never knew when i'd come back
either, so i booked the return for 3 months time, and changed it when i knew
better of when i'd likely come back, no fees to change the tickets with
these lot, and i actually changed it 3 times to a different date as i kept
on finding an excuse not to come back home.

tho i have said this many many times, to get the cheapest ferry fares, you
need to travel at 'unsociable' hours,
with the dover to dunkerque norfolk line route, it's out at either midnight,
02:00 or 04:30, i always got the 04:30 sailing as it dumped me in dunkerque
at about 8am local time, just right for a days driving.

coming back is the same, early hours sailing for the cheapo tickets, but
there's an 06:00 sailing, or was when i took it in 2007,

of course for me with the motorhome, i parked up on the quayside at dover
and slept till the sailing, and usually came back on the midnight one and
kipped in dover again, paying for a couple of hours parking after the
charges started so the traffic **** wouldent wake me up, don't think they'd
take too kindly to a biker pitching a tent on the quayside, but if you have
somewhere to stay to take advantage of the early hour sailings, it leaves
you with more money to spend on booze or fuel when your in europe,

for the short notice bit, latest i ever booked a ferry ticket was 3 days
from my departure date (again there's always room on the early morning
sailings), and coming back home i would turn up at the terminal at dunkerque
and buy a ticket there and then, but i couldent do that the past few times
due to having the dog with me, and all that bollox with the flea and tick
treatment and having to leave france no sooner than 24 hours but before 48
hours after the treatment.

 

About 30 euro's, but I did book that the night before as I knew I couldn't
make Dunkirk in a day driving with a sprained (later found to be broken)
ankle.

 

Norfolk Lines will take online bookings up until a few hours before
travel and it's much cheaper than rolling up to the terminal and paying
there.

Bruce could call anyone with net access, I suppose.

 

Whilst I take your point, having tried this sort of nonsense to save a
few quid in the past I'd not bother again, the wasted day(s) feeling
shite just weren't worth it.

 

Aye, and Jean likes the shortest possible crossing.... and *never* early
in the the day

 

That sounds fine, I should be able to sort out an online booking as we get
near.... if i can find some wifi ;-)

 

That will defo be factored into the plan

 

just read on UKGSer that someone rocked up to P&O in Calais last weekend.
P&O said, "computer says no." A third party logged onto the aferries
website and got them on an LDLines sailing from Boulogne to Dover. Cost,
for a car, £35

 

Not that you'd ever find me in there, but the McDonalds in the Pole
Mairne Center in Dunkirk has free Wifi.

Handy for a shite coffee and a ferry booking I suppose.