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How to Book Online Booking your ferry ticket or just obtaining a price quote online is simple, safe and secure with Channel Ferries. To book securely online all you need do is select your outward and return routes using the menu below, enter the number of passengers and click 'Get Price'. To make a commercial vehicle, coach party or group booking please click
here. Note: The lowest available fare for your selected journey is automatically selected when booking online. When booking your ferry online a booking reference will be sent to you by email. On arrival at the port of departure present the booking reference number together with a photo ID and you will be given your ferry tickets.
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Save money by booking your ferry ticket online. Lowest ferry fares on all ferries to all destinations guaranteed.
First car ferries
The traditional cross-channel traveller had always been a foot
passenger, arriving at the port by first horse-drawn stage-coach, then steam-train - and
embarking on the ferry with all their luggage.
Crossing the channel by sailing ship
Crossing the channel by sailing ship was at the mercy of tides and weather. Until the late
19th century, landing was often a problem - ferry ports
and harbours on both sides were rather shallow and not well protected against
storms.Ships often had to wait offshore at Dublin
or Liverpool until the tide was high enough to
enter the harbour - or else cross to the beach in a small rowing boat. Travel to the coast
was equally perilous. On an 18th century horse-drawn stagecoach, you could travel from
Paris to Calais or Hook of Holland to Amsterdam within a long, dusty day - highwaymen
and the state of the roads permitting.
Long haul ferry services to Italy were introduced by P&O in 1990.
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