Bulletguy Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I logged into the DFDS ferry site earlier today to take a look at prices and was staggered to see the amount of slots already fully booked. Normally i don't start searching until February and last year at that time there was loads of empty slots available. It seems to be a panic rush before the drawbridges get pulled up and the £ plummets even further. We are not that far off £1 to €1 anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartO Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 There's something odd about the way the DFDS on line booking system reports availability, so I suggest you take what you see with a pinch of salt. Not sure why but they sometimes seem to block certain ferry crossings by reporting them fully booked - maybe to persuade you to use the other times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJay Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 StuartO - 2017-01-09 8:57 AMThere's something odd about the way the DFDS on line booking system reports availability, so I suggest you take what you see with a pinch of salt. Not sure why but they sometimes seem to block certain ferry crossings by reporting them fully booked - maybe to persuade you to use the other times?Not just DFDS. Brittany Ferries , have done the same. Went to book a reserved seat, and was informed on the net, that FULL. When on the ferry, all the front of boat was cordoned off , also most of the side loungesIn fact the boat, was not very busy at all. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 You both may well be right. On crossings i've done in the past which were supposed to be *fully booked* there was plenty of available space. Years ago i always paid the cheapest fare crossing, then turned up "on spec" and got waved on to the next sailing but i think they realised a number of people were doing that and stopped it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wills Wagon Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Not sure where you get your £ € exchange rate info from. The exchange rate at the moment is more or less the same as it was in 2009, 2013 and 2014. A fraction down on 2015. The best we had was in 2007 at 1.47. Of course when Brexit happens the rate will get better for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Wills Wagon - 2017-01-09 3:37 PM Not sure where you get your £ € exchange rate info from. The exchange rate at the moment is more or less the same as it was in 2009, 2013 and 2014. A fraction down on 2015. The best we had was in 2007 at 1.47. Of course when Brexit happens the rate will get better for us. Just checking - you ARE talking about the Pound Sterling, as used in the UK, and the Euro, as used in many European countries? Because, having done Continental trips in all those years, the current rate seems nothing like those we used to get back then. I do agree that 2007 has never been improved on though - but there was a bit of a global economic issue after that! Your last sentence only makes any sense if your "us" refers to someone whose income is in Euros who travels to the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agaric Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 The average exchange rate 2009-2016 is 1.22 Euros to the Pound. The markets are expecting the Pound to go to 1.30 by December, which will be above it's normal rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocs Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Tony Jones - 2017-01-09 6:04 PM Wills Wagon - 2017-01-09 3:37 PM Not sure where you get your £ € exchange rate info from. The exchange rate at the moment is more or less the same as it was in 2009, 2013 and 2014. A fraction down on 2015. The best we had was in 2007 at 1.47. Of course when Brexit happens the rate will get better for us. Just checking - you ARE talking about the Pound Sterling, as used in the UK, and the Euro, as used in many European countries? Because, having done Continental trips in all those years, the current rate seems nothing like those we used to get back then. I do agree that 2007 has never been improved on though - but there was a bit of a global economic issue after that! Your last sentence only makes any sense if your "us" refers to someone whose income is in Euros who travels to the UK! Depending on the comparison dates chosen, you could both be correct. Current rate is similar to previous years except 2015/16 and the fall seems worse because of that. Check thi out: http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=EUR&view=10Y Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek pringle Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Hi Bulletguy, I think you can can now use 'tesco' vouchers to pay on some DFDS routes, maybe this is the reason or part that they are filling up earlier. cheers derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Agaric - 2017-01-09 6:10 PM The markets are expecting the Pound to go to 1.30 by December. If the markets were expecting the pound to rise they would buy and it would have already risen. If they were expecting it to fall they would sell and it would have already fallen. So its always where the markets think it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 PS I read elsewhere that if you compare the pound with a trade weighted basket of currencies its about at its lowest ever in the 40 years the index has been running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agaric Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 John52 - 2017-01-10 11:29 AM Agaric - 2017-01-09 6:10 PM The markets are expecting the Pound to go to 1.30 by December. If the markets were expecting the pound to rise they would buy and it would have already risen. If they were expecting it to fall they would sell and it would have already fallen. So its always where the markets think it should be. You are missing the point, where it goes between now and December is neither here or there, it's where it will be in December, market forces will dictate it's position between now and then. The view taken is that the pound is below where is should be by December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Wills Wagon - 2017-01-09 3:37 PM Not sure where you get your £ € exchange rate info from. The exchange rate at the moment is more or less the same as it was in 2009, 2013 and 2014. A fraction down on 2015. Here: http://www.pounds2euro.com/Charts i it's €1.15 as at 1400hr today. Can't get much more precise than that. The best we had was in 2007 at 1.47. €1.74 in May 2000. Of course when Brexit happens the rate will get better for us. You got that the wrong way round. £ sterling will be peanut money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 derek pringle - 2017-01-10 8:51 AM Hi Bulletguy, I think you can can now use 'tesco' vouchers to pay on some DFDS routes, maybe this is the reason or part that they are filling up earlier. cheers derek Not being a Tesco shopper i didn't know that. In the past DFDS used to go to Motorhome and Caravan shows handing out free voucher codes which gave considerable reductions. One year i got a return crossing for £45.....and that was at 12 noon each way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek pringle Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Bulletguy - 2017-01-10 2:33 PM derek pringle - 2017-01-10 8:51 AM Hi Bulletguy, I think you can can now use 'tesco' vouchers to pay on some DFDS routes, maybe this is the reason or part that they are filling up earlier. cheers derek Not being a Tesco shopper i didn't know that. In the past DFDS used to go to Motorhome and Caravan shows handing out free voucher codes which gave considerable reductions. One year i got a return crossing for £45.....and that was at 12 noon each way! Our local supermarket is a Tesco so no brainier for us, but you can also get the vouchers by using a Tesco credit card, you get the points wherever you shop and whatever you buy so we also do this when shopping at Asda or anywhere else. We havused this method for a few years on the tunnel. Good luck Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 We've never used such 'sites for anything (as I don't really understand how they work or what the catch is?) but is there anything of any use on any of these voucher-code type websites?... eg https://www.vouchercodes.co.uk/dfdsseaways.co.uk https://www.myvouchercodes.co.uk/dfds-seaways https://www.vouchercloud.com/dfds-seaways-vouchers etc...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barcobird Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I have picked a random date in March and the impression I get P and O are far cheaper than dfds even if you introduce discount codes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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