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@Polzeylad - survived our first weekend away in the van, with lots of lessons learned too! Your trips sound great, we're hoping to get over to France and Spain next summer. Any tips regarding taking the van on the ferry also appreciated.
Try and get a discount code off someone with membership - it gives you 10% off. Many people are willing to lend you a code!
Getting on an off varies a lot time wise - we've waited almost two hours, we've got on almost immediately but I'd get there about an hour early.
Parking on the ferry is very tight and feels pretty worrying with new van but people seems to respect the vehicles and you should be okay - I do try and get back into the van early though just so I can keep an eye. And I leave the mirrors out (most fold them) to keep people away from the van - you want to try and make passing tricky if you can so people go another way.
We always book a cabin even on day Roscoff trips - nice to have a base and when they aren't essential (in the day) they are super cheap.
The Pont Aven has a cracking restaurant at the back - worth getting in there an booking if the timing is right.
The Armorique isn't as good but still not bad - the cafe in front seems to be quieter in general. Get breakfast early - both ferries get totally mobbed by about 9am.
If you want to see a film on either ferry book straight away - it gets sold out very quickly.
And enjoy the trip - we see it as a big part of the holiday rather than a chore. And that's when it seems great VFM compared to hateful (IMO) flying with awful queues, the nightmare and rip off of car hire and so on. The ferry staff treat you as a customer not a head of cattle.
I think our £1200 goes out today for our Santander trip in July!
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