booked in July 2024 from Plymouth - £470 return with cabin for travel in May/June. Early Bird ticket so paid 100% up front but used a credit card to get S75 protection
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This may sound crazy, but has honestly worked for a few of us:
Ring them (you can’t do this online) and add a booking for one night in a hotel. This converts it to a holiday and they give (or were giving) discounts on “package holidays”.
We have a trip booked for June and had booked our hotels separate to the ferry. I added on one night to the ferry booking and the total cost was less than the original cost of just the ferry, by £200. Even better, the room I added on was half board. It’s the same hotel and date that we’d originally booked (room only) directly with the hotel. That means that I saved the £200 plus the original hotel cost plus what we’d have spent on evening meals and breakfast. There’s 4 of us going, so that makes a combined saving of over £1000.
I’m not sure if they’re still doing it this way, but for 5 minutes on the phone it’s worth checking.
Ring them (you can’t do this online) and add a booking for one night in a hotel. This converts it to a holiday and they give (or were giving) discounts on “package holidays”.
We have a trip booked for June and had booked our hotels separate to the ferry. I added on one night to the ferry booking and the total cost was less than the original cost of just the ferry, by £200. Even better, the room I added on was half board. It’s the same hotel and date that we’d originally booked (room only) directly with the hotel. That means that I saved the £200 plus the original hotel cost plus what we’d have spent on evening meals and breakfast. There’s 4 of us going, so that makes a combined saving of over £1000.
I’m not sure if they’re still doing it this way, but for 5 minutes on the phone it’s worth checking.
this practice has been very well trailed on this forum for many years with some recent reports if I recall correctly
So has the procedure for getting discount codes, and then the fact that they stopped doing friends and family, but people seem to miss them and still ask. It doesn’t harm to suggest it to people looking to save costs who may not be aware of it.
I thought I was confirming recent reports of success!
I see 
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Hi,
We’ve just booked for Picos de Europa in September.
If you book a “Holiday” with them, you get 30% off the cost of the ferry!
A “Holiday” could be a one (1) night stay in a hotel, booked through them ( we booked to stay in Santander, the night before sailing home) saved us over £600 even with the cost of the hotel booking.
It could well be worth looking into.
Good luck, I hope you get sorted.
We’ve just booked for Picos de Europa in September.
If you book a “Holiday” with them, you get 30% off the cost of the ferry!
A “Holiday” could be a one (1) night stay in a hotel, booked through them ( we booked to stay in Santander, the night before sailing home) saved us over £600 even with the cost of the hotel booking.
It could well be worth looking into.
Good luck, I hope you get sorted.
Yep, that trick still works.
I'd already booked for 2 of us to go in June, last year, and just got booked in time to get 10% Club Voyage discount using a friend's code. Thought that was that but rang them up and they said if I booked one of their recommended hotels, even for 1 night, the crossing would have another 20% off, giving 30% in total. Booked a nice 4* near Logrono for the first night as we're gonna decide which direction to go depending on the weather. So, hotel with a pool and breakfast included, the final cost was £170 less than my initial booking just for the boat!
They are very friendly on the phone - you can't do the changes online.
I'd already booked for 2 of us to go in June, last year, and just got booked in time to get 10% Club Voyage discount using a friend's code. Thought that was that but rang them up and they said if I booked one of their recommended hotels, even for 1 night, the crossing would have another 20% off, giving 30% in total. Booked a nice 4* near Logrono for the first night as we're gonna decide which direction to go depending on the weather. So, hotel with a pool and breakfast included, the final cost was £170 less than my initial booking just for the boat!
They are very friendly on the phone - you can't do the changes online.
But do you need to be a Club Voyage member to get the discount or is it open to all?
the "package holiday" scheme where you book a hotel with the ferry is open to all
https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/holidays/search shows the 458 hotels you can choose from
My luck may be on the turn 
Missed that - probably could have saved the cost of my hotel booking. Oh well, next time
I missed it originally, I booked back in September and I'm going in June. They are happy to do it retrospectively and have reduced my outstanding balance by £170 (£85 each as there's just 2 of is) and booked me in a £100 a night hotel for free.
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Glad to see people are getting a little bit back for a change.
Can you do this retrospectively? I’ve got a ferry booked for September but no hotels as we didn’t have the whole plan by then.Hi,
We’ve just booked for Picos de Europa in September.
If you book a “Holiday” with them, you get 30% off the cost of the ferry!
A “Holiday” could be a one (1) night stay in a hotel, booked through them ( we booked to stay in Santander, the night before sailing home) saved us over £600 even with the cost of the hotel booking.
It could well be worth looking into.
Good luck, I hope you get sorted.
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I can’t say for certain, however for the cost of a phone call, it’s got to be worth a try!!
Good luck with it buddy.
Good luck with it buddy.
Yes. I did. See post #22
Well that is a result
Booked a holiday as opposed to the ferry and hotel seperately. Staying in a better hotel than the one recommended by the rally and paying circa £400 less for the trip.
Thanks for the advice guys
Booked a holiday as opposed to the ferry and hotel seperately. Staying in a better hotel than the one recommended by the rally and paying circa £400 less for the trip.
Thanks for the advice guys
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