booking ferry

emmemm

I am considering going to the UK to buy my next car. Looking at the Stena site they like 28 days booking in advance of travel. Was hoping I could just turn up with the new motor. IF not the plan is scuppered before its begun. Anyone any experience of this please?

Tipsy Mac

You could either get a friend here to book after purchase and you just turn up at port with booking reference or you could book it yourself at an internet cafe. Id say besides a bank holiday it should be easy to get same day booking, theres about 20 sailings or more if you look at Fishguard, Holyhead or Larne.

WestWicklow1

You can just arrive at the terminal and if there's room on the next sailing you'll get on. I've done that more times than I've booked. Only downsides are if there's no room and the price will be slightly more than the online price.

Cookie_Monster

The HSS is rarely full these days so at the very least you have a pretty decent shot at turning up for that and getting a ticket.

I'd assume the others are similar but the more freight orientated ones such as Ulysees, Adventurer and Nordica are likely to be fuller in general

Anan1

You can book for any date, it doesn't have to be 28 days in advance. Pay a little extra for a premium ticket so you can change the dates/times FOC.

corktina

i have often jusrt truned uop at the ferry....except xmas and peak summer weekends, Id say youd get on no problem....

colm_mcm

I booked the Irish Ferries high speed 16 hours in advance last week. holyhead to Dublin £109.

chiefwiggum

i turned up in cairnryan on 10 jan ....no probs... ferry nearly empty

bookerboy

Make sure you don't clash with a big soccer match.Alot of Irish use the Ferrys to travel over on the day of a match.

testicle

Book with a different reg?

emmemm

ok, thanks for the great response. That's a weight off my mind:)