enodreven Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Just heard the news they have decided not to allow people to buy direct from France etc, so the booze cruise will stay, and hopefully for us this will keep the competition on the Dover/Calais route and help to keep the fares low Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Yes, wonderful news, lets keep the £40.59 return Dover to Calais for as long as we can!! Bas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwsmith Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Great news....as long as the non booze cruisers are not subsidising the booze cruise fares?A £40 crossing sounds excellent but I have just tried to book a crossing Dover to Calais for end of August, coming back in October and the cheapest I could find was £95 (P&O through camping club). Must be doing something wrong! Last year I went with Norfolk Line for £65. This year the quote was £204. I think this is called "fluid pricing" !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 hi stuw, I got a return crossing through the Caravan Club website with P&O for £50.33 after Mel B's post highlighting it, our friends went on and got one with very similar times to us for just £40.59p. Sorry to go off topic. Bas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek500 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 [QUOTE]Must be doing something wrong! Last year I went with Norfolk Line for £65. This year the quote was £204. I think this is called "fluid pricing" !![/QUOTE] There is a thread on MHF:- 'Sea France Prices - Take a Look' which quotes some correspondence from Norfolkline who say they are having difficulties loading the correct 2007 prices for MHs on their website and to ring for the correct ones. Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Norfolkline ... sounds a bit fishy to me that an organisation like that can't get it's website 'act' together! :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwsmith Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Phoned Norfolkline today to query my high price quote on the web. Apparently, the price I was quoted on line was the full price, not the early booking price. They have now sorted this and a retry gave a price of £75, much better! BUT.. on trying again to book, there is a £5 each way "fuel surcharge" and a £4 surcharge if you use a credit card to book!! If you book by phoone there is also a £4 surcharge! Moral, look out for the hidden extras. In fairness to Norfolk Line I used them last year and found it a "quieter" route,No coaches, foot passengers, which I prefered but it did land me in France 30 odd miles further north than I would have preferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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