Save 10% on ferry crossings Santander/Bilbao to Plymouth/Portsmouth

Hi everyone,

If you would like to save 10% on your ferry crossings from Spain to England-  just send me an e mail and I will forward you my membership number for Britanny Ferries.

I have joined the Ferry Club and this gives me the facility to give you my membership number, which you would need to quote when you book as a guest or friend. 

For each person who uses my number I get £10 towards my own bookings.  I thought it would be a good idea for us all the benefit - you would get 10% off your booking and I would get £10 towards my £200 membership fee.

Anyway get in touch if you are interested.

Regards

Joan

Hi

I sent you a PM but didn't hear back??

GuyT

Hi Guy,

Sorry for the delay, New Year and all that.  Herewith details you need to get the 10% deduction on Britanny Ferries.

If you ring them give them this number: S91197

Name of member: MOORHOUSE.

iF YOU BOOK ON LINE, THERE IS A DROP DOWN MENU :

Are you a member of the travel club

Ans. YES

Property Travel Club Number:S91197

Lead Persons Name: MOORHOUSE

The booking is for :a Guest of Member

Any problems please get back in touch.

Regards

Joan

Thanks Joan, I'll give it a try next time I book, Guy

jdmrhs..

Think that should be just Santander to Plymouth / Portsmouth.

Brittany Ferries don't service Bilbao...

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HI FB,

Britanny Ferries have taken over the Bilbao route from P & O.  so you can now cross from Bilbao to Portsmouth and Santander to Plymouth and Portsmouth.

Regards

Joan

Ah-ha! I stand corrected!

Neat little gotcha that one because its not on their regular timetable yet...did a bit of digging and a twice weekly Portsmouth - Bilbao service commences March 27th utilising the mv. Cap Finisterre.

So thanks for that, Joan.

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Hi Joan, just come across your thread for saving 10% on the ferry crossing from Plymouth to Santander. Is your offer still available and are the details still the same? I'm looking to travel on the 2nd October.

                                       Thanks,

                                               Kev.

 Hi Kev,

Yes still available.  You get the discount when you book as a friend.

ref: S91197

Name: Moorhouse

Let me know if any problems.  Happy sailing.  We go back to Santander on the 18th September.

Joan

Thanks very much Joan, all booked for October.

                                         Many Thanks,

                                                         Kev.

Good morning,

Have sent you a p.m. as had a few questions that you might be able to help me with.

Thanks

I got all excited when I read the first page and I sent you my email requesting the details...and THEN I read the rest of this thread and saw you had posted them here already .  Doh!  So, no need to email me, Joan.  I now have all the details.  Thank you so much for thinking of us all.  It's really kind of you and I hope you get lots of tenners towards your own ferry crossings.

Meggie

 Your welcome Meggie.  Wish us a SMOOTH crossing.  When we get to Santander we are having one night in Salamanca and then a night in Toledo.  So will try and post info of our experience when we get settled.

Regards

Joan

Many thanks for keeping the offer open Joan,

We used it in March to come over, and will use it again in a Month or so's time to go back.

This way we all save, hope your Tenners keep stacking up!!

Dave

 Hi Dave,

Glad you are using the discount.  The crossings arn't cheap so hope this helps.

Regards

Joan

Thankyou so much we've used it too

 Happy Sailing Fruit.  

Regards

Joan

Quick question, please. Going to be booking soon for early next year from Portsmouth. Thanks for the discount arrangement. Will be driving to the Costa del Sol. Is there any difference in choosing between Bilbao or Santander for driving south?

 Hi Norm,

We normally did the Portsmouth to Bilbao route, when we used P and O, but as you know P and O have finished now and we use Britanny.  Last year we went from Santander to Plymouth, and the route to Santander was very easy.

 If I was to choose which route to come back with, it would be Portsmouth to Santander.  We did it last year and took the motorway to Salamanca which is a beautiful old city and then via Toledo to the Costa.

We usually use Mappy.com to map the route for us.

Happy sailing and if you want any more info please write.

Joan

Been investigating a bit more as we have just agreed a sale of our house in London and want to try and move in April. I think we prefer the Sunday Portsmouth to Bilbao route just because it includes a second night on the ship and an early arrival in Bilbao at 7.30, allowing a full day to get on the way to Marbella. It seems about the same distance but is the route particularly more difficult to drive? We like the idea of visiting Toledo on the way.

Thanks.

norm

 I HAVE DONE THIS DRIVE, ITS A REAL DODDLE TOOK 2 DAYS WITH A N  OVERNIGHT STOP IN TOLEDO

MOTORWAY ALL THE WAY SIGN POSTING  BRILL JUST AVOID GOING INTO MADRID  AND LITTLE TRAFFIC EXCEPT ABOUT 8PM SO STOP TO EAT

CAFES AND PETROL STATIONS EVERY 10 CLICKS OR SO

ONLY DOWNSIDE IS FERRY REALLY BORING SO TAKE A BOOK OR WHATEVER YOU FANCY

FOOD ON BOARD GREAT AND NOT EXPENSIVE

YOU WILL ENJOY IT MUCH NICER THAN FLYING

AND YOU CAN BRING SO MUCH STUFF

Well, I've booked it now! 8 April and as it is the prelude to our living in Spain, I have splashed out on a Premier cabin.

To make up for that, do you have a good value overnight hotel in Toledo you can recommend?

I might have gone for 1 April but a lot of the cabins were already sold out, including the Premiers. Probably because it's the first crossing of the year but maybe because some people need to leave before the tax year end. I am told it should not make any difference for us if we go before or after the new tax year.

norm

 we stayed in a great hotel for 30 eu a nite but sorry cant remember the name and it was some way of the motorway and took some time to find so i would not suggest it for that reason alone except for toledo 

some might recomend taking a few days to drive but there is very little on route so you would only be able to stand in the middle of fields

any way bet you cant wait to get down to the costa

i would suggest you find a hotel just off the motorway so you can find it lol

most places in spain are good quality though

by the way the roads down to here are dead straight so real easy drive and reckon on seeing another car every 15 mins or so except at rush hour another bonus which seems odd hardley any trucks and like i said signs a re very good and big so i never had to use the gps except when silly me came off at one wrong exit

reckon on 20 hours driving time at 60 mph with refreshment stops

BON VOYAGE

Ps you will be within 200 yards of my place just before marbella oh and its 20 c today!!

 Hi Norm,

Glad you are all booked and soon to be on your way.  Hope the discount helped to ease the cost.  

Do try and see a little of the country when you come over.  Toledo is a magical place, and the Cathedral and surrounding areas are breathtaking.   The last time we travelled we stayed in Salamanca on the first night, then made our way over to Toledo for the second.  We usually use www.booking.com for deals and find them very good.  We stayed last year in the Hotel Pintor El Greco.  The hotel is within walking distance of all the sites and has good parking.  The cost for the night was E54 including IVA.  We never eat in the hotel, as we like to try the local Restaurants.  We found a good one and enjoyed Rabbit Stew, a local dish which was wonderful.

It always seems a shame to me to be travelling accross such a wonderful country and not take in the sites.  Try Salamanca on another occassion, or Chinchon, or Cuenca.

Anyway happy sailing and enjoy your new life.

Joan

Thanks a lot. For various reasons, we have just had to change our booking so we will be going instead from Portsmouth to Santander on the Pont Aven and due in at 6pm. What time should we expect to be on our way? Do they do all the immigration stuff on the ship or due we have to queue to do that at the port?

I suppose it would be sensible just to stay the night in Santander. Any recommendation for somewhere cheap to stay but where our car, which is likely to be full with some of our more valuable worldly goods, will be secure?

Kind regards

Norman

 there isnt much of a queue just drive through gates and show passports takes seconds same on spanish side

i think you arrive about midday so may be better to make a start you could be near half way by say 8pm

This particular crossing wasn't our first choice for time of day but was the best date for us. It leaves Portsmouth at 5pm and is due in at 6pm. That's why I think it may be better to stay in Santander. I suppose we could do a couple of hours driving if that got us somewhere we could stay.

Hi,

Last year we stayed in Segovia on the way to Santander, it was spectacular. The hotel was excellent, don't know why it's not 5*

Take a look here ...  http://www.booking.com/hotel/es/candido.en-gb.html?aid=346411;sid=2c7ff737b495191440d8355f652f528f;dcid=1

The 2,000 year old Roman aquaduct will take your breath away, and it's only about 3 hours drive from Santander.

We will be back in April!!

 Hi intrepid sailors,

If you are arriving in Santander at 6pm, best to have got your head down on the ship in the afternoon, then you will feel more like driving when you get off.  The docks at Santander are easy to negotiate and we then took the route to Salamanca, We took the A67 which is a great road.  Salamanca is a wonderful place to stay, but it would take you about 4 hours, so you wouldn't see much and it would be a shame to miss it.  If you do get to Salamanca try the Hotel NH Palacio de Castellanos, we booked it via booking.com and it was a wonderful place to stay, and within walking distance of the Plaza Mayor.

Where are you heading for eventually.

Joan

Sorry for the delay in responding. I was away from the computer for a few days. Our house is at Nueva Andalucia, near Marbella. At my wife's choice, we will stay in Santander the first night so we have a little time to look around. We'll start early the next morning and are planning on getting as far as Valdepenas the following night. It will be a long day but leave less driving for the last day, which will be Good Friday.

We should get there two months today!