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im doing the same as you, but ive noticed thats alot of the 1000 to 1600 sailing have gone on the days i want so im just going to bite the bullet and book it next friday.

mike

play around with the times that you enter... the price changes quite dramatically

the ferries do start to get booked up.. but there is normally always a few sailings available

if you do go early morning please bare in mind that the 5am sailings are classed as 'dangerous goods' sailings.. IF there are any lorries that turn up that are carrying dangerous goods, you will not be able to sail. not sure that they advertise this.. its not an everyday occurance.. but if lorries turn up at other times of the day,. they will make them wait till the 5am

if you are really stuck to times then i would reccomend booking as soon as you can

also try looking at red funnel... although you cant use tesco vouchers, they tend to be cheaper anyway, and if you can use vouchers elsewhere you could save money that way

where on the island are you staying?

and mike.... when are you coming to island.. are you doing meet at roebecks?>?

Hi, we booked the ferry for IOW for mid june, went through red funnel alot cheaper than wightlink, in fact when we checked on the internet then rechecked again the following day the fare had increased by £60 for the same sailing as been quoted previously.

Dunc

We used Tesco vouchers last year for this crossing - our holiday was in mid-July and I'm sure we only booked during June as I remember being slightly worried the tickets (or whatever they sent us) would arrive before we left.

We travelled at 10 in the am and back about 7 in the evening (but if I remember I was told it was quite flexible ie if we missed a ferry, they would just put us on the next and rarely did they not fit you on)

ok to put a bit of perspective....

my OH took the youngest to the mainland last weekend.. he was booked on the 1030am sailing from EAST COWES to SOUTHAMPTON with red funnel

they were turning unbooked cars away as there was no room on the ferry

if you had missed the one before.. you wouldnt be getting on that one either

that was the last friday of the half term coming OFF the island

so i would recommend that you book as soon as you can

tinallkn4 yes it is for the meet and ill be sailing on the sunday 29th

i alss didnt know about the hazard truck bit as it says on the website that certain sailings carry hazardous goods and on these sailings you must leave you car and stay on the upper decks, thats from wightlink though.

mike

Quote: Originally posted by mikecandsarhab on 05/3/2011

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tinallkn4 yes it is for the meet and ill be sailing on the sunday 29th

i alss didnt know about the hazard truck bit as it says on the website that certain sailings carry hazardous goods and on these sailings you must leave you car and stay on the upper decks, thats from wightlink though.

mike

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Hi,

Weve just recently booked our ferry using the vouchers and as others have said it might be worth taking an earlier or later departure or location to reduce the cost - we are going on a 9am from Lymington and returning at 9pm for £105 including a trailer at the same time of year as youselves, We ordered the vouchers on a sat and they arrived with us a week later,phoned and booked and we didnt actually need to quote the reference number this time but had to send them special delivery ( or something like that!) within a couple of days. Its a difficult one, but if you can get the cost down by changing times or going from Lymington then book asap. HTH!

have a great time, suzee

Margo + Jerry that price is less than just my ferry cost, think its £138 because of how long the outfit is and times i want to travel, ive got £65 in vochers, i could knock the sailings down with times to about £80 if i go early but id pay the extra so i dont get moaned at all the way to lymington.

mike

wooohoooo.... wightlink AND red funnel have decided NOT to charge me to travel to IOW meet !!!!

must be speck-al!!!