Holyhead/Dublin vrs Liverpool/Belfast

Heres a good bit of intell....

I was looking at Stenna Ferries prices for Holyhead to Dublin in June 2014 roughly £346 for me Joanne and our 6mtr van, so even allowing for the fact thats its "summer" time we thought that was just too much... I normally pay around £300 for me and company car (which again is too much but the company pay so hey ho )

So i thought I wounder how much for Liverpool to Belfast (same dates) and was presently surprised, it cost £259 for me and Joanne and the van on a flex ticket.

So booked and paid but then relized it is my friends daughters wedding so we have to go and help out with the celebrations and this morning changed the booking for a week later now out on 21st June and back on 5th July and only cost £20 extra for return ferry so total is £279.

I have the stenna plus seats booked as im a stenna line regular biaaatch
so that when we will be visiting and looking forward to a great fun filled holiday... dont care about the weather as a friend once told me
"its not bad weather, just bad choice of clothes"

Plus if your really cannie collect the Tesco vouchers and exchange them for 3x thier value on Stenna Lines and on Eurotunnel for the Folkstone Calais route..which is great!

Question asked to P&O:

"As cheap as £56 return from England to France, Larne to Cairnryan £300
return!
Why so expensive? "

Their reply:

It was P&O not Stena that were asked.

The monopolies commission investigated when Stena purchased DFDS, Stena and P&O are linked, perhaps not on the Irish sea crossing but on the French crossings.

The Monopolies Commission found no wrong doing - which is the answer we expected. We will never change the pricing unless another ferry Company decides to sail the Irish Sea, as previous attempts by various people including myself have always came back with the same answer. "It's a commercial decision"

The Craic Ferry Company - Guaranteed to make every journey enjoyable.

That sounds like my ideal job

If Carlsberg did jobs............

I was only making people aware that tesco vouchers can be used, I didn't know until a older couple told me while waiting at Dover.....I didn't use them for this trip.

However I do agree that the ferries price fix, that is obvious by the comparison made on the two routes, Liverpool Belfast was the cheapest.
I have just got a quote from Irish Ferries to compare on Holyhead Dublin route... Wait for it £419 for the same days sailing on a Saturday and returning on a Saturday... FFS no wonder people won't travel to and from Ireland!

So my price at £279 is expensive in comparison to Dover Calais routes sailings, but a dam site cheaper than £419 leaving me more money to spend on beer and food!

Now which pub should we visit first?

They do sort off, they try to get good deals but are pretty hopeless at it. The MLA's in NI tried it also. But... and this is what I said earlier, we have no chance as it is a Commercial Decision, so no one else's decision only the ferry companies and they have us by the short and curly's.

See here for more info: forum/topic.php?t=34

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Ahaaa but I dont know where's best.. hence why i joined but im happy to buy the first as long as you buy the last :bandit:

Call into Shanogue when you are over, we can discuss it over a beverage