Baggage is no problem for winter sports fans setting sail on a self-catering ski holiday with P&O Ferries – there’s even room for the kitchen sink. With heavy snow already reported across the Alps, keen skiers and snowboarders are starting to think about packing up and heading south for their winter break. Convenient, and cheap ferry crossings with P& O Ferries from Dover to Calais or Hull to Zeebrugge go straight to the heart of the European autoroute network with most Alpine resorts eight to 10 hour’s drive away. There is no wasted time in airport queues and there are no baggage restrictions.

For ski holidays in France, travel by ferry beats air travel every time You are free to pack unlimited luggage and ski equipment into, and on top of, your car and travelling by ferry also gives you the freedom to stretch your legs and enjoy our great onboard facilities. “For ski holidays in France, travel by ferry beats air travel every time,” says Sarah Staughton, P&O Ferries’ head of marketing. “You are free to pack unlimited luggage and ski equipment into, and on top of, your car and travelling by ferry also gives you the freedom to stretch your legs and enjoy our great onboard facilities.”

Ferry crossings this winter start at £25 each way for a car and up to nine passengers using the Dover-Calais service. The ferry company’s website also features travel and driving information, including recommended overnight and lunch stops en route, compiled by top travel writer Nicky Holford. Further information and reservations at the P&O website.

This festive offer is available Mon – Thurs incl. for sailings from Dover on the 14th-17th and 21st-24th Dec and for return sailings from Dunkirk on the 28th-31st Dec and 4th-8th Jan 2010. It’s a cracking offer so be sure to act quickly!

Book online quoting offer code XMS.

They sail from Dover to Dunkerque (crossing time just under 2 hours) and we first discovered them when looking for a very last minute alternative option to avoid a strike between Dover and Calais! Since then we’ve sailed with them on numerous occasions, en route to the Alps, for weeks in France in the Summer and for weekend breaks to Bruges.

Positives:

• Efficient booking service
• Whenever we’ve used them they’ve always departed on time
• Great breakfast buffet!!
• Nice new fleet of boats
• Being the only ferry company that use Dunkerque they’re easy to find and it takes only a couple of minutes to get from the motorway to the ferry terminal
• Crossings every 2 hours at peak times
• Less than 1 hr from Bruges

Negatives:

• It’s such an easy way to travel that you’ll want to book again!

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