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Personbacchante
29/12/2014 at 4:32pm
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Off to France and Italy in March for 2/3 months (undecided) ... will come back when we feel like it! What do others do regarding return tickets, P & O Dover/Calais?
Can one get an open ended return or do you have to get a single outgoing and buy another single at Calais coming back?


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PersonRogerGoff
29/12/2014 at 5:29pm
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P&O do a 'fully flexi' which allows travel when you like but it is several times cost of a standard return. Your cheapest option is probably to buy a standard return for latest time you are likely to return & if you want to return before that, phone ferry company a couple of days before travel & amend booking, cost around £15 or perhaps a bit more but usually not that much if you are sailing at same time of day/week as original booking.

You do need to phone ahead though as if you just turn up, say a week earlier an amendment at checkin can be £60 or more.


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For the last few years we have booked single outward, and then a few days before we are ready to go home we book the return.

If we have internet connection we book that way, and if not phone the ferry company or a club.
In any event all you need is the booking number which I write on a scrap of paper and hand it over at the kiosk.
I believe that some ferry operators use number plate recognition.
You can buy a flexible ticket in advance but then you are restricted to that ferry operator and there are also costs to be considered.


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29/12/2014 at 8:11pm
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The fully flexi tickets are expensive.  We've started not booking a return, and just coming back when we feel like it and we find the cheapest way is to just book a single crossing, and then go on line once we know when we're coming back and book a return.  It's not like it used to be when a return was less than twice the cost of a single.  These days each journey is priced separately and you save nothing by booking a return. 

I wouldn't advise booking anything until you know just when you want to come back - there is never a problem finding a crossing.  But I wouldn't wait until I get back to Calais - if you turn up without a ticket it is always more expensive on the day, than booking even just 24 hours in advance.


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31/12/2014 at 9:23am
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Thanks for the tip, Val, I just priced a return only fron Calais or Dunkirk for tomorrow, and as you say, it is no more expensive than booking as a leg of a return trip. The other bonus is, I suppose you can mix and match ferry routes. As we do a lot of touring, it would be nice not to have to return to Calais if we had ended up in Brittany, say. We have friends with a house there, and they like us to call in, the drive back can be a nuisance. Will look at doing single trips in future, and using Cherbourg to get home.



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