derek500 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 ATM there are some great offers for next year. £45 return for car or motorhome and two passengers, Dover to Calais. However, if you want to go from Calais to Dover, not so good. 35€ each way and then they charge a 'camping-car' supplement of 14€ each way, making a grand total of 98€ (about £79) return!! Why do they charge extra for a motorhome doing the route the other way round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry1956 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Some time back it was better to use are french address to get tickets, But this stopped last year. I like you don,t understand their ticket system at all, they just make as much has they like with no reason given. michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo3090 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 And why do they only charge to bring your dog BACK and not going? It's not like they get out and use the facilities! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 The fee is charged to cover the cost administration & the checks that have to be carried out, ie has the animal been correctly vaccinated, has the visit to the vet been done, the worming & tick treatments, is it in good health, etc, etc. I'd rather pay for this to be done each time than have the risk of some of the nasties from mainland Europe being brought in the UK ... such as rabies. As we don't have any of the 'nasties' in this country (well, not to speak of anyway), mainland Europe don't insist on checks, otherwise it'd be £60 per animal!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starvin marvin Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 My understanding is that the cost charged for an animal on a ferry is not related to the work involved in checking the vacinations/chips/ticks/worming treatments etc. Its a "fee" which the carrier charges to cover the risk that an animal is imported back into the UK that is not compliant with DEFRA regulations. There are no regulations from DEFRA for the export of a domestic pet/animal, only for the importation, therefore no risk so no charge. DEFRA holds the carrier responsible for ensuring an animal is compliant with the regulations and could prosecute the carrier for breach of the regulations. So the fee charged is to cover any risk to the carrier that one of its staff fails to meet DEFRA conditions and therefore has no connection with real costs just a possible occurance of a prosecution. If its staff does its job then they're quids in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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