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Exclusive Hovertravel Discount<\/h5>\n
Enjoy 20% off standard adult & child fares with promo code\u00a0HTIOW20 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Red Funnel and Wightlink issue booklets of discount codes of 15% and 20% to Isle of Wight residents. These are sent to the households of islanders but can be used by anyone to book ferry travel over to the island and back, although you do (in theory) need to present the voucher at the ferry terminal. If you have friends or family on the island, ask if you can use one of their discount codes when booking your ferry online.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wightlink Offers<\/a><\/p>\n Red Funnel Offers<\/a><\/p>\n Hovertravel Offers<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Under-fives always travel for free, but when the schools break up you can also take up to two children aged 5-15 for free with every adult or senior foot passenger day return ticket – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n Wightlink have up to 40% off for motorhomes at off peak times, and it is valid for motorhomes between 5.01 and 15 metres long and no higher than 4 metres – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wightlink offer a multilink deal to buy ferry crossings but this only works if you have an Island address \u2013 so for Island residents or second home-owners – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Red Funnel offer up to 20% discount if you open a Travel Card account and deposit money in the account. You do not have to be an island resident to apply for a Travel Card – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n AA members can get up to 25% off when booking with Wightlink. There are conditions so make sure to check first.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Members of the Camping and Caravanning Club<\/a> get 20% off car and caravan\/trailer fares (includes motorhomes up to 5m long and under 2.24m high) and 50% off motorhomes (over 5m long and 2.25m high) when booking in advance with Wightlink Ferries – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n They offer a 10% off voucher for Wightlink and Red Funnel ferries, but you have to sign up to their website before you can download your ferry voucher –\u00a0Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wightlink offer between 15 and 25% discount to Blue Badge holders. You do have to book online – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n They will also help with accessibility issues such as parking you near to a doorway, or allowing you a wider space for getting in and out of your vehicle.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Use Tesco Clubcard Points to purchase tickets. Wightlink tickets can be bought with Tesco Clubcard points with every 50p in points being changed into 1.50 towards your ferry tickets – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n English Heritage members get 15% off car ferry travel and 20% off of Wightlink foot passenger travel. They also get free entrance to all English Heritage attractions, which include the very popular Osborne House<\/a> and Carisbrooke Castle<\/a> on the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Travelling in the middle of the night during the high summer season can save you A LOT of money, especially if you have a caravan or motorhome. Travel between 1am and 3am for the best rates.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Saturday in the summer is the most expensive as far as car ferry fares are concerned. Avoid travelling on the weekend of the Isle of Wight Festival too unless you\u2019re attending it! If you are coming over for it, it might pay you to stay for a few days either side (or a whole week) to avoid the hiked fares over the weekend, and you get to see a bit of the wonderful Isle of Wight as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When travelling to the Isle of Wight as a foot passenger it is possible to book ferry tickets via National Rail and use a railcard for the whole journey.<\/p>\n Your journey also needs to include a train ride, but it only needs to be one stop.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Travelling as a foot passenger always costs less.<\/p>\n On red Funnel a standard (peak) adult day return on the Red Jet from Cowes (west) is \u00a327.20 compared to \u00a319 return if you travel as a foot passenger on the car ferry from East Cowes to Southampton. It does take twice as long though.<\/p>\n On Wightlink a standard (peak) adult day return on the Fast Cat from Ryde Pierhead is \u00a321.20 compared to a foot passenger return on the Fishbourne to Portsmouth route, which is \u00a318.20. The Fast Cat takes 22 minutes, and the car ferry takes 45 minutes \u2013 again twice as long.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018Fly\u2019 a family of five over to the island for \u00a340 day return with Hovertravel – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n Red Funnel offer a family foot passenger day return for \u00a336.40 – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n Wightlink offer a day return family foot passenger ticket for \u00a352.50 \u2013 \u00a345.80 if you come on foot on the car ferry – Offer Link<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Apply for Hovertravel\u2019s Blue Card, for free, and you get up to 32% discount on day returns and adult period returns on the hovercraft from Ryde to Southsea. But you do have to have an island address – Offer Link\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you have a National Express Coachcard, you can get a through ticket which includes the ferry to the Isle of Wight (search for Ryde or Cowes). Sometimes this means that the third off is applied to the whole journey, including the ferry, but it\u2019s worth checking with or without the ferry to make sure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nDiscount code from booklets<\/h5>\n
Check each ferry company\u2019s offers pages<\/h5>\n
There are some discounts in place already<\/h5>\n
Bulk buy your ferry tickets from Wightlink<\/h5>\n
Get a Travel Card from Red Funnel<\/h5>\n
Join the AA<\/h5>\n
Camping and Caravanning Club<\/h5>\n
Hampshire Attractions<\/h5>\n
Use your Blue Badge<\/h5>\n
Tesco Clubcard Points<\/h5>\n
Join English Heritage<\/h5>\n
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Don\u2019t Travel on These Days<\/h5>\n
Book your Ticket as Part of a Train Journey<\/h5>\n
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Travel as a Foot Passenger on the Car Ferries<\/h5>\n
Buy a Family Foot Passenger Ticket<\/h5>\n
Get Hovertravel\u2019s Blue Card<\/h5>\n
Book through National Express<\/h5>\n
Join the Royal Solent Yacht Club<\/h5>\n