Crazy Prices just for me to go to uk

[chaparral]

Confused - thought you were saving the pennies?!

Gave up that one...

 

[Minusorange]

But Guernsey is not part of the Schengen acquis...

For now

Come Brexit part of the deal will be giving the channel islands to France and EU

 

[Scania]

If you are an EU national , you do not need to show your national ID card or passport when you are travelling from one border-free Schengen EU country to another.

The U.K. opted out of Schengen....

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Clearly the irony was lost in my post

 

[Puzzled]

Any cheaper booking the return separate?

Could always buy a VR headset for that money and holiday in any country you like

 

[chaparral]

Could always buy a VR headset for that money and holiday in any country you like

It even cheaper as I already own a Gear VR & Rift VR headset...

 

[Nasher]

The UK hasn't been cheap in my lifetime. I'm told by the old people that it was cheaper than Europe until about 40 years ago.

 

[chaparral]

Maybe am completely wrong but I feel it would cost me around £1000 for just 2 full days by the time I paid them tickets prices, hotel rooms for 3 nights , Fuel , Food & drink etc

 

[chaparral]

Well....

The Condor Liberation (apparently the only boat/ship running this route?) is propelled by 3 x MTU 8000 M71L engines that use 2072 litres of diesel per hour.
Covering the (roughly) 84 nautical miles from St Peter Port to Poole at the vessel's given speed of 39 knots, each engine will consume 4,465 litres of diesel which, at commercial prices of £1.12 per litre , costs 3 x £5,000.80.
So that's £15,002.40 in fuel alone.
Add on reasonable salaries for all the crew, any docking fees, maintenance costs, insurance (which, given the ship's history and reputation, is likely to be pretty hefty!) and all teh other running expenses, you're looking at quite a lot more..

This Condor Liberation can hold 880 passengers, 245 cars (Not sure if the car spaces include freight lorry spaces)

Even if just 225 passengers paid £450each for there tickets that £100,000 then you got the other 650 passengers seats & Freight lorrys etc

 

[Feek]

With me being on holiday from work I thought I may take a little trip to the UK for the weekend
(I live in Guernsey)

But at these stupid prices I think I forget that idea

You know that the Condor is rubbish? I'm sure you do.

But even with that in mind, you have little choice.

If you book early enough, it's cheap. I have a car and four people doing that trip later in the year and the total return cost was £244.

/edit - And two of them don't have passports. We do this trip regularly and have never, ever been asked to show photo ID.

 

[chaparral]

You know that the Condor is rubbish? I'm sure you do.

But even with that in mind, you have little choice.

If you book early enough, it's cheap. I have a car and four people doing that trip later in the year and the total return cost was £244.

/edit - And two of them don't have passports. We do this trip regularly and have never, ever been asked to show photo ID.

Yes all the islanders know condor is rubbish .But as you say we got no other choice....

is you're trip leaving/arriving between Friday & Monday as there week day fares can be much cheaper..

 

[Feek]

is you're trip leaving/arriving between Friday & Monday as there week day fares can be much cheaper..

We arrive on GU on a Wednesday and leave heading back to civilisation on the following Monday.

 

[chaparral]

We arrive on GU on a Wednesday and leave heading back to civilisation on the following Monday.

heading back to civilisation

 

[glenimp617]

Dig a tunnel under the sea and run a train through it

 

[Feek]

heading back to civilisation

Come and visit me when I'm over - We're staying on Herm. I'll buy you a pint.

 

[MichaelAwkward]

OP tries to book tickets for something last minute and complains they're too expensive... ???

 

[wesley]

Rhyl > Guernsey

 

[chaparral]

OP tries to book tickets for something last minute and complains they're too expensive... ???

You expect them to go down in price to sell about remaining seats they have left as they won't make anything out an empty seat

not up in price

 

[Raymond Lin]

You expect them to go down in price to sell about remaining seats they have left as they won't make anything out an empty seat

not up in price

Only if it's mostly empty.

 

[chaparral]

Only if it's mostly empty.

I was hoping the tickets where going be a lot cheaper this weekend as i would have expected most people to gone away last weekend due to the bank holiday Monday..