P&O Ferries

Advantages: Friendly staff, ...
Disadvantages: online website needs improvement

...grandmother lived in England using P&O Ferries (at the time it was called North Sea Ferries and not owned by P&O) was the main way of going to see her. Now, I live in the UK and my dad still lives in Belgium, I still use the service today although there have been a lot of changes since P&O took over and not all is good. ++ The ways to book your mini cruise ++ There are three ways to book. Through - Your travel agent, - telephone 08705 980 333 ...
...Go to the main P&O ferries website and normally you will get a screen that asks you: Country of residence Language (only English at the moment) Select your site. Normally, you would click on passenger Then when you've selected what you want click the enter button. Then a blue box appears on the screen with various things you can choose. Type of journey - Land bridge (only for going to Ireland Liverpool to Dublin and Cairnryan and Troon to Larne) ... Read review

Advantages: Lots of Ships. Regular Reliable Service. Langan's Brasserie.
Disadvantages: Dysfunctional Website. Elements of "Cattle Herding". Poor "own" Catering. Lite Nights Service.

...from the (g)olden days when P&O was the Peninsular and Oriental line, specialising in transporting our diplomats and their families and assorted staff to and from the Indian sub-continent. Those regular travellers "in the know", who had suffered the stifling heat in the Indian Ocean, always booked a port cabin on the way out, and a starboard one for the homeward trip. This ensured in those pre air conditioned times that their cabin stayed shaded, ...
...via the internet, then the P&O Ferries website is the place that I must start this review….. …..oh if only I could - make a booking that way! It is the most infuriatingly bad and frequently dysfunctional website that it is my displeasure to attempt to use on a regular basis. There is quite literally always something wrong with it - each and every time that I have used (or tried to!) over the last five years. Theoretically you receive a nominal internet ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap and Cheerful - does the job!
Disadvantages: Not much to do on the boat, not good if you get motion sick!

...a return ferry crossing on P&O ferries from Dover to Calais for £120 (inc. £10 fuel surcharge) or go on the tunnel for £140, we decided as this was so last minute we would go for the cheaper option and boyfie went ahead and booked it. In the interests of writing a tres bon review, I decided to check out ease of use of P&O's website, so I googled it and came up with two websites - poferries.com & poferries-online.co.uk. ~poferries.com~ Ok, this ...
...and turned up at the P&O window and were told that we could actually catch the earlier 17:20 ferry (for no extra cost - even though the booking form says that you have to pay to alter your journey) - result! Or is that just what they wanted us to think? We pulled up into our lane and parked the car in the queue and decided to look and see what there was to offer in the little service building....not much at all, there is a B*gger King, Costa Coffee ... Read review

Advantages: Inexpensive, wide variety of things to do. Fun for the whole family
Disadvantages: Not much time in Bilbao, not for those prone to motion sickness, small cabins

...of the details on the P&O ferries website (www.poferries.co.uk). The website is so easy to navigate and very informative, I found myself getting excited about the trip just looking at the pictures! The minicruise departs from Portsmouth twice weekly all year round. It arrives at the port of Santurzi, North Spain after around a 36 hour journey. From the port you are given the option to take one of the various excursions or just to wander the area ...
...than be sent the tickets, P&O Ferries prefer to save paper and just give out a booking number for you to quote at check in. I found this an efficient system, although I must admit i was a little anxious in the days running up to the minicruise (not having the tickets to clutch in my hand) that our booking hadn't been confirmed. All my worries disappeared when we got to the ferry terminal in Portsmouth and were checked in without delay. The ship was ... Read review

Advantages: Modern ship, fast crossing, comfortable seating
Disadvantages: Staff on car deck, high prices

...link there is served by P&O direct to Larne which is about 30 minutes driving time to Belfast, traffic permitting. This time I chose Troon in Western Scotland close to Ayr as it meant less driving time for me to get there & it went direct to Larne. It too is operated by P&O & for this trip they use a high speed ferry which has a journey time of around two hours. P&O's website quoted £245.00, a little steep I felt but after spending the good part ...
...real dirty looks when the P&O staff member waved me through! You drive another 500 yards to the ship & then make your way to the car deck. This particular high speed ferry (unlike most others) is very tight to manoeuvre on the car deck. Even with a modest sized car many people were having difficulty turning around each level. It didn't help when the staff members just stood & watched with their hands in their pockets whilst some people were reversing ... Read review