Ferry travel with pets
For any members who are interested from February 2019 Brittany ferries The Normandie is going to have some pet friendly cabins . Anybody towing will probably find that a easier option than the Etretat ship. That is what Brittany told us when we phoned them last week.
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By early July 2019 (if delivered on time) there should be a new ship called "Honfleur" on the Portsmouth - Caen route and that also will have pet friendly cabins. At that point "Normandie" with the new pet friendly cabins you mention will take over the Portsmouth - Le Havre route from "Etretat".
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Bit concerned about leaving the dog in the car for 4 hours on the Barfleur ferry. Think she will be frightened by the noise. Some car decks can be really noisy and hot.don't know if its a good idea to give her some sort of sedative or not.Anybody got any thoughts.
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I wouldn’t put a dog of mine through that.😕
I know of at least one person who drives many miles extra in order to use the Tunnel for the sake of his dog.
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We travel with a cat and use the tunnel. She's with us all the time, and doesn't get at all stressed. It's also much cheaper, even allowing for overnight campsite stops......... and adds another couple of days to the holiday as the crossing is so speedy and we think the holiday has started as soon as we arrive in France.
Sorry I should have added that we use a Frequent Traveller account, shared with friends, so the basic price of each crossing is only £44.00 in each direction - then £18 for the cat. You can buy a package of 10 crossings, which you can share with another (named) account holder.0 -
We have a dog and live 5 miles to the east of North sea ferries at Hull, yet we travel to Folkestone and the tunnel each year for our trip abroad.
Obviously we have a duty of care towards our pet and feel it less stressful for her by being with us throughout our travels. Not all animals get stressed and not all owners care, but those that do try to eliminate the cause by looking at alternatives irrespective of the miles, distance and cost involved.
Pet friendly cabins are the next best thing, but I would never leave a pet in the car in the car deck of a ferry.
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Morning Tinny, My wife is not so forgiving !
If I said Let's drive from Cornwall to Brittany via the tunnel for the sake of a dog instead of taking the ferry from Plymouth - it will only be 600 miles further - she would have something to say.
Have a nice day.
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We have often left ours in the car or M/H on ferry journeys, always with plenty of air, water etc. We left them overnight on a Shetland journey and they slept just as they would have slept in the van on a site. Their routine stayed the same. The only journey that concerned me was a return journey from the Channel Islands where the car deck started to get warm and the crew called various owners down to check their pets. A good ferry service should provide stickers to say a dog is on board but it's a good idea to do your own. Obviously if you have a dog who doesn't like being left then it would be wrong to leave them. I would never use on board kennels, they only suit dogs who are used to confined travel kennelling.
Personally I would be stressed using the channel tunnel, I would only consider it as a last resort.
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Cheers, Euro.
I wasn’t talking about me doing 600 miles extra. Our dog got stressed on the 35 minute IoW crossing so we never subjected him to long ferry journeys.
You keep Mrs Euro happy and stress free.👍🏻 🙂
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Personally I would be stressed using the channel tunnel, I would only consider it as a last resort.
Exactly, we have to recognise our own phobias as we do our pets. It is striking the right balance that gives us and them the ideal travel arrangements for a stress free journey, a choice we make based on individuality.
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Sorry if I misdiagnosed when you popped into my surgery
but you did say "Personally I would be stressed using the channel tunnel" which is why I gave my much thought out professional diagnosis 
No wonder I find it difficult prescribing the right pills sometimes, if only people explained their ailments correctly 
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