Celtic Ferries

I used Celtic Ferries for the first time on Wednesday from Cherbourg to Rosslare when I was taking my Citroen Mehari home from Bordeaux. I arrived quite early at Cherbourg (in fact before the ferry arrived from Rosslare) and I found the staff at Reception very friendly and helpful. Check in was very relaxed and the staff on the ferry very welcoming and nothing was too much trouble for them. The cabin was very clean and comfortable in the front of the ship.

The meal was excellent, lovely and hot and very well presented and also at a reasonable price. Glad too that the wine and drinks were not a rip off either very reasonably priced in the light of other ferries. Eight odd euros for a bottle of good red wine is not by any means a rip off. If I'm being honest the only thing I would feel Celtic Ferries failed on was their Internet connection and im being very fussy. I paid 5 euros for an hour connection which was very slow. Although I must be honest when I made the purser aware of this he said to stay connected and to come back to him and he would sort something out for me. I felt in light the the high standard of the seevice I received it would have been mean of me to go back.

Thanks to Celtic Ferries for a super efficient crossing in very bad weather and an excellent staff that you should be proud of. I have travelled with many ferries over the years but can truthfully say Celtic is away right there at the top if not the BEST.

I will certainly be using them again and the 10 pc discount to Craic members is icing on the cake. Well done Celtic -full marks from me you provided the high standard that I expectm

Thanks Chevy and Celtic certainly made it more enjoyable.

Glad to hear your home safe and sound jacktherev

Watch out for a car pulling a trailer and going at about 30mph I won't be taking the motorhome until the summer. You will be a full day ahead of me.

Went through all the options on wed morn looking for a ferry to France for the summer and Celtic ferries came out far ahead for price this year. €336 return from rosslare to Cherbourg in July and return in end of August. Going to France this year for £7 more than we can cross the Irish Sea. I have emailed Stenaline and asked for an explaination , will post their reply when I get one. This is the first time we have used Celtic ferries so great to have a first hand report from an unbiased user. Ps. Also got 10% discount through this web site. Thanks lads.

No 2 berth cabins available so we had to settle for chairs .

It was a 4 berth cabin that I had all on my own last week.

Chausson I did it about 10 years ago when I went with Irish Ferries and never again. I pulled in close to Roscoff and spent the night there exhausted.

Glad to hear it Mark as I am very fussy and expect perfection not only off myself but others. I can truly say Celtic came up trumps in my opinion. I will certainly be using them again.

Mark Did you have your sailing booked for this sailing or was it by chance. If booked did the ferry company refund you your original sailing price .

Hi Jack the rev,

The 1€ fare was correct.

It was part of a promotional price aimed at getting people to come to Ireland for St. Pat's day. It was marketed as 'The Gathering'. The price only applied for the France to Ireland leg on one day only, ordinary price for the outbound trip. A half price trip!

It had been advertised on here and a mate of mine went to Cherbourg the week before and did some D Day museums etc. However they got snowed in on some sites and it seems in Brittainy they are as unprepared as we are here. Deep drifts, roads and shops closed, power out.

They enjoyed it all the same.

Davy

I'm not surprised at that price. Had I known I would have been on it myself.

We have used celtic ferrys in the past and found no problems-
this time however when we booked our return from cherbourg to rosslare
it cost 188.7 euros---(booked on the 19/march/2013)
A few days later we found that the price was 160 euros.
since then i have telephoned once and emailed twice --with no reply
from the ferry company.
we are travelling up through portugal in thick fog and heavy rain and are parked up today
in Belmonte just below Gaurda -is´nt it great when you find that you have free internet
and something trivial to complain about.
Have never seen it so wet here.Anyway it seems that despite the ferry companys actively
encouraging us all to book well in advance,they chose to deny the early payers any current
fare offers- just does not seem right.
enough whingeing for one day -at least its not cold.
ps not a free member i just paid up-

Glastry telephone and ask for Rory and explain the situation and that you are a Craic member. You will find Rory very helpful.

Lucky you Fat Controller it would skin a louse here its that cold. Glad you had a safe journey and enjoyed Celtic Link. I think they are very good if not the best and I'll be using them again. Enjoy your time in Spain. Glad you are still able to keep contact with us. I'm sure you will enjoy a glass or two of Sangria maybe something stronger!

Ah can tell you are a guy of taste!

Wow that's fantastic a super car sorry vehicle! If you can try and get a pic of it.

For those that have never sailed with Celtic Link Ferries, here are some images of the ship sent to me...

Just booked our French trip with Celtic, can"t praise Rory enough, a real top fella. Managed to get us on a sailing that was previously marked as having no cabins, gave me a super discount and took on board the mess up of last year (long story, tho" not really Celtic"s fault). The ship"s perfectly adequate, ok, so it doesn"t have 3 bars, a cabaret and 4 restaurants like a "cruise ferry may have, but, all I want to do after a meal and pint or two, is retire to a cabin anyway. I would never overnight without a cabin that"s for sure, having done it a few times, it isn"t fun ! BTW we"re out on the 20 July, anyone else on that sailing ?

We are booked with Irish Ferries this year as they were cheaper on the dates we are travelling than Celtic, Maybe I should have phoned Rory before I booked it. We came home from France with them last year and as said in a previous post ,it is not a cruise liner but it was quite comfortable and the staff were excellent.