Brittany Ferries cheaper as a Holiday

[Humbucker]

Hi all,
I dont know if you all know this but If you are crossing from Plymouth to Santander it works out cheaper to book it as a holiday with one nights stay.
Our original price for a motorcycle, rider and passenger and a 4 berth cabin came in at about £832
If you book a holiday (one night stay counts) it came out just under £800 with a nights stay and breakfast included (Stopping in Burgos)
I did book the black Friday deal with an Extra £100 of and upgraded cabins to club class for £723.
The lady on the phone was very helpful.
I think the one night can be at any time between the out and return journey.

 

[AustinW]

It is cheaper, but the terms and conditions are very different, mainly around changes to your crossings…. You can’t change them basically, (maybe you can but not easily).

 

[John Armstrong]

I keep on looking at the Brittany Ferries websites to see what the hotel options are in the holidays area. But, I only get no options to chose in the "where", it only toggles the country, region option and so never see any of the options. Tried different browsers and different computers.

Is this the same for everyone else, or, is there another option to see the hotels on their website?

 

[Dirty Ming]

Works fine on my phone using Chrome.
Go to their website, holidays, enter country and number of people, hotels.
Gave me a choice of 100 in Spain for 2 travellers

 

[John Armstrong]

And a previously used link now works fine. A butterfly must have taken off in their server, or my laptop!

 

[Dirty Ming]

I'd already booked our crossings so didn't know whether they would apply the discount retrospectively, but they were very helpful on the phone, booked us a twin with brekkie in 4 star hotel and reduced the balance to pay by £170

 

[wessie]

Just made a booking for us to go to France in September. Overnight crossings with cabins came to £907 online, 2 bikes, 2 cabins. Out via St Malo, home from Le Havre.
I found a hotel in Saumur on the Brittany website that will do for our last night and rang the holiday line (can't book hotels online).
Cost of booking 2 rooms in the Best Western on the island in the Loire at Saumur, including breakfast, came to an extra £4.
This has made what was an initially expensive ferry pretty decent value. Other hotels will probably be booked direct where possible as likely cheaper. As stated above, you only need to book one night with BF to get the 30% off.

The website has an interactive map as they will ask for the hotel code when you want to book. The call handler was happy to compare two hotel in or near Saumur before I booked.

This is not the easiest page to find on the website but once there, use the map to locate hotels

Cross Channel Ferries to France & Spain - Brittany Ferries

Sail direct to the best holiday destinations in France and Spain saving you miles of driving, fuel costs and tolls as well as giving you more precious holiday time

www.brittany-ferries.co.uk

 

[John Armstrong]

Just added a B&B night stop at the Lerma parador for £16 on top of what would have been the ferry price

 

[Ectopic]

Just added a B&B night stop at the Lerma parador for £16 on top of what would have been the ferry price

Restaurant at Parador de Lerma is outstanding!