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My o.h wants to go to Spain with our f.c (haven't bought it yet,mind.)

I told him that on this site people were regularly commenting on reasonable costs for a van,f.c etc to France, Spain etc

He has just been on ferrybookers.com and they have quoted him £750 for Oct 2005, he says he couldn't get a quote for 2006.

Has anyone been to Bilbao this year, if so would they mind sharing with me the costs of the ferry, name of company etc 

 Surely we can get it cheaper than this? My o.h says no.

I think he is wrong.  There's a bet on this, so can someone help to prove me right!!

We used Norfolk Ferries, Dover to Dunkerque, this year as they were the cheapest crossing we could find. (have always found 'Ferrysavers' giving the best prices). It takes an hour longer than Dover - Calais. Cost £88 for car + four people at peak times. We got to Dover early and were allowed on the 10am instead of 12:45 ferry. Excellent ferry service which seemed to have a  few less holiday makers and more lorries on board. Plenty of seats and hardly any queues for coffee. It took us less than an hour to drive past Calais and were in the Pyrannees within two days as we wanted to use non-toll roads and take plenty of stops to see more of France. Have just looked up October half term and was quoted £38. I will be booking with them again next year. With the amount we saved on the ferry and the lower cost of diesel it was well worth the extra driving.

Hi there. We are off to Spain Via Bilbao on 2nd October returning on 9th November We booked through the caravan club . The caravan is a Swift 20ft pulling with a fiat doblo. the crossing is £199.25 + £75.00 for an outside cabin making it £274.25 one way making a grand total of £548.50 return. Hope this helps John.

we 'paid' £120 one way with deluxe cabin in May, how ..........   dead easy, we collect Tesco vouchers [which aren't really money anyway because you get them as a loyalty bonus so don't actually put your hand in your pocket] work for P&O and Eurotunnel, But I was a miner in a previous life and now can't go underground!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!