Hello, does anyone have a holiday let in the Isle of Wight?
Wanted some experience/ views of people who do and how popular they are, if ferry prices put people off etc.
Thank you
Isle of Wight
Regarding the ferry - talk to the companies.
I have relatives in Chichester and friends in Southampton - I visit both at least once every two months, so I'm in the area "often". I'd often toyed with a day trip to IOW, but the £100 return with the car had always put me off.
Anyway - last week I had a lovely trip to the IOW, whereby the hotel paid for my ferry.
On closer inspection, it seems many hotels offer free ferry travel. the ferry ticket I received was a "special rate" that could not be administered by me, as it was an agent ticket.
It seems that hotels and B&B's on the island have trade accounts with the ferry companies - in my case, Wight Link.
I would speak to Wight Link and see what they're offering - I suspect it's a fraction of what the public are charged when buying direct.
I have relatives in Chichester and friends in Southampton - I visit both at least once every two months, so I'm in the area "often". I'd often toyed with a day trip to IOW, but the £100 return with the car had always put me off.
Anyway - last week I had a lovely trip to the IOW, whereby the hotel paid for my ferry.
On closer inspection, it seems many hotels offer free ferry travel. the ferry ticket I received was a "special rate" that could not be administered by me, as it was an agent ticket.
It seems that hotels and B&B's on the island have trade accounts with the ferry companies - in my case, Wight Link.
I would speak to Wight Link and see what they're offering - I suspect it's a fraction of what the public are charged when buying direct.
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We stay on the island once or twice a year, but in Cowes so if we are not taking a car over can use the Redjet which is inexpensive. I agree that taking a car over is very very expensive. You can use Tesco tokens.
We have also stayed in a hotel on the south side a few years ago and that was with a deal, like that referred to above, where the ferry in that case from Southampton was included in the rate. But its somewhere I love going to and that bit of water makes you feel you have really gone away!
We have also stayed in a hotel on the south side a few years ago and that was with a deal, like that referred to above, where the ferry in that case from Southampton was included in the rate. But its somewhere I love going to and that bit of water makes you feel you have really gone away!