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· Posted: 16.12.2013 · #41

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What time of the year are you going Pat?

15th Aug -3rd Sep, Ken!

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· Posted: 16.12.2013 · #42

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What time of the year are you going Pat?

15th Aug -3rd Sep, Ken!

Thats cheep,I was staying at home next year 1st time in 10 years,but when i see these price's,i am tempered,considering i was giving 1000e plus when irish ferries were the only one going from here,cant beat a bit of competition,

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· Posted: 16.12.2013 · #43

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I pressed the button on it last night with no problem, Jack! €340 for nearly three weeks but they did charge over €6 extra for paying by card, I used a visa Debit which I thought was free.

Pay the £6 and use VISA because if anything goes wrong you have a better chance of getting your money back

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· Posted: 16.12.2013 · #44

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Pay the £6 and use VISA because if anything goes wrong you have a better chance of getting your money back

Sound advice.

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· Posted: 17.12.2013 · #45

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a departure in early March and returning in late May

I have thought of going at this time of year what is the weather like and where do you go cant do it in 2014 though

We only did the 28 Feb departure once and we were heading for Spain. In France in early March it can be very cold. On the way down through France we had frost on the overnight stops. Water taps on some of the aires frozen up and not operable. Campsites that are open are few and far between. We also encountered high winds in the Languadoc.

But once we got to Barcelona and further south the weather was great - happy days from then on through the south of Spain / Portugal . We visited Barcelona, Valencia, La Manga, Granada, Malaga, Ronda, Seville, Tarifa, Gibralter, Portugal and lots of places in between, and then back north.

I think it is a great time to go to Spain/Portugal because you don't get that searing heat that you find in July time. Very warm and pleasant for us Irish white skinned guys

We spent some time in France on the way back in late May when the weather was much better although they do get rain there!!

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· Posted: 17.12.2013 · #46

Remember I was over in early March last year and we had 6 feet of snow on the return trip through Cherbourg.

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· Posted: 17.12.2013 · #47

I was in france march this year very wet and cold,went to east coast of spain weather was much better,headed back through france early april,rain all the way

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· Posted: 17.12.2013 · #48

Sorry. I did mean this year.

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· Posted: 17.12.2013 · #49

Just booked,25 july back 13 aug, 390e.

same dates with celtic 690e

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· Posted: 17.12.2013 · #50

Boat full on 25 july had to take 18th and back on 20th Aug. Missed the date by a mere 10 minuets. Its selling fast!!!!!!!

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· Posted: 18.12.2013 · #51

Looks like ld have already put up their prices , a friend deceided to book this evening and his quote
Went from €395 on Sunday to €703

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· Posted: 18.12.2013 · #52

I think there will not be much difference eventually between them and Celtic. The difference bring you get further down France if that's what's more convenient for you.

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· Posted: 18.12.2013 · #53

The low prices where for a limited number of places by way of an introduction of the service.

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· Posted: 18.12.2013 · #54

Our sailing is gone up from €340 to €444 this evening!

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· Posted: 19.12.2013 · #55

Yeah Pat I think at the end of the day Crltic might be the best bet and stay overnight somewhere. Rory has always been so understanding and helpful to me. I think I would rather drive the extra miles and go with a Celtic. Remember Craic members get the extra discount and at the end of the day the savings might be very small.

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· Posted: 19.12.2013 · #56

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Rory has always been so understanding and helpful to me. I think I would rather drive the extra miles and go with a Celtic.

I agree Jack! But you were tempted, weren't you Jack. weren't you?
I have travelled to France with Celtic, Irish ferries and Brittany ferries and I would put Celtic and Irish ferries Joint winners and I wont comment on Brittany.

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· Posted: 19.12.2013 · #57

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Rory has always been so understanding and helpful to me. I think I would rather drive the extra miles and go with a Celtic.

Money talks at the end of the day,I was staying at home next year but when i saw the price of 340e i couldn't refuse

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· Posted: 19.12.2013 · #58

It's hard to say no to the sort of prices that LD have been offering, but when they go to the usual levels it will be down to which route suits best for every travellers needs. The onward route to Spain doesn't suit me for what I do and there isn't much in it for the other two ports so it will come down to personal preference which for me is Celtic Link

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· Posted: 19.12.2013 · #59

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Yes John,you don't get an offer like that to often,so next time its back to celtic link,i don't think it harmed too much.L D lines prices have now gone up in line with the other 2 company's

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· Posted: 19.12.2013 · #60

Yeah guys I know what you are saying and I was tempted and I admit that. I tried to book and the thing crashed every time on my Apple computer. I've decided to go with celtic and drive the difference in miles although the other would have been less driving.

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· Posted: 19.12.2013 · #61

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Money talks at the end of the day,I was staying at home next year but when i saw the price of 340e i couldn't refuse

I agree Taylor, We have been to France on at least 6 different carrier's over the years and money does talk. Cheapest ever with LDlines this year all charges and bunks inc £292. Further into france this year (suits us as we were going down anyway) saving £130 on diesel. Happy days.
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· Posted: 19.12.2013 · #62

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Money talks at the end of the day,I was staying at home next year but when i saw the price of 340e i couldn't refuse

I wonder will we ever see it again,but i must admit it is getting cheaper,i remember paying irish ferries over 1000e for car and caravan.Then came LD lines which became celtic link.maybe when they sold out to celtic they were not allowed to operate out of ireland for a few years.

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #63

Missed the cheap fares,

. To be honest, I was really tempted but, Mrs H. wasn"t happy to be on a "basic" boat for 22 hours, must admit ,I wouldn"t look forward to that. So, for us it"s back to plan A, Dublin-Cherbourg on IF. saves us a long drive this side and gets in at a good time, the extra cost is worth it for that and the fuel saved. Had great service from Celtic and Rory is a top bloke, hope he"ll let us back on in the future

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· Posted: 20.12.2013 · #64

.L D lines prices have now gone up in line with the other 2 company's
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Thats competition Irish style

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· Posted: 21.12.2013 · #65

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· Posted: 10.01.2014 · #77

Yeah FC but you will still have to use a ferry that is unless you fly the jeep home.

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· Posted: 10.01.2014 · #78

That won't happen as it's worth as much as a bargain Ryan air flight

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· Posted: 10.01.2014 · #79

So sea sickness it must be then!

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· Posted: 11.01.2014 · #80

It's got to the stage where it's worth more to us than it is in money, but it has made the journey quite a number of times. Can't wait to hear reports on ld lines and hopefully before we book, but to be honest Celtic link are hard to beat.

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