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Yes, the serviced pitches are always much nicer with bigger areas, private garden and hedgeline etc. Plus if feels more like a holiday than carrying water and waste back and forth. The french campsites are amazing for touring fans. Ireland doesnt compare in terms of facilities, space and privacy.

Plenty of other options too.

Thanks for the suggestions

BF ferries are quite dear next summer compared to 2021. Plus their frequency isn't that great

I was thinking more about the other ferry options. Brittany Ferries and Stena also operate to France.

Time of year perhaps? Everyone back from their holidays and many not yet planning their 2022 one.

Yeah, back in 2018 boards was the 24th most visited website in Ireland, I think just before the platform change it was #50. No longer in the top 50.

https://www.similarweb.com/top-websites/ireland/

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You have answered your own question. The demand is there.

This time they have the added freight on route. When I went in the summer it was packed out with lorries and trailers.

Frustrating but worth the wait. Hopefully we see something at the end of the month!

Irish ferries bookings are open. Prices gone up by about €500 compared to last yr 😡 not surprised with those gougers... Only for I have credit to use I'd have booked weeks ago with BF or Stena.

Eye-watering prices to France 2022 with Irish Ferries all right. Bet you they'll still sell out very quickly though... there's a lot of credit to be used.

My god these prices are unbelievable !! But not surprising I suppose, it seems to be cheaper to go from a Thursday to Wednesday as opposed to the Saturday to Friday option. I am glad that the schedule is out and I have booked, but what an increase in price. I should have booked with Brittany Ferries earlier in the year I would have a saved a few hundred €€€€. I hope the WB Yeats is worth it.

The WB is a lovely ship. The quality of ship is one of the reasons I have never gone with Stena or Brittany. 2 years of credit out there to be used up so they will sell out nxt year. But I'd expect a small step back in '23 cause people will go down the fly and drive route and credit will be used up.

I think that if you looked at Brittany Ferries Pont Aven then you would find that it is at least as good as the WB Yates (personally I think that it is better) particularly if you do intend traveling with a caravan, I stopped using Irish Ferries after the twice that I used the WB Yates, as on all 4 crossings when leaving the ferry the electrical connection between the car and caravan grounded resulting in the car’s electrical connection point being bent up into the rear bumper bar (I never had that with either Pont Aven or Oscar Wilde). I know that it can be a bit of a bind traveling down to Cork but I have the time to do that and I stay for a couple of nights in the caravan down there which I actually enjoy.

Just did a quick check on all three operators there for the easter holidays in April 2022. Large car, caravan, 2 adults and 3 kids coming in around €1100 to €1200 with all three. Only difference is the dates they go out / come back and the cabin - you can get a 6 berth on Stena. Last time we went at easter this same combination was about €750, and the time before that it was just short of €600.

Also checked Stena using the Axa discount - and it increased the price by about €150!

Ya the drive down from mayo with the caravan with 3 kids wud be too long. But if the price gap is still there in 2023, I'll defo do a mixture of both.

looked at prices for July, forget it, we're flying somewhere this time.