Fabrice Dejean
Writes about ferry routes, timetables and vehicle fares.
Ferry cabins: when an overnight cabin pays for itself and when it does not
A ferry cabin is worth booking whenever the crossing runs through the night and you intend to drive more than an hour...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readOct 12, 2026
Ferry travel with children: cabins, queues and the boredom problem
Travelling on a ferry with children is easier than flying and harder than driving, and the difficulty is almost entirely about the...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readOct 10, 2026
Ferry fare types compared: saver, standard and flexible tickets
The cheapest ferry fare is the least flexible one, and the gap between saver and flexible is usually 20 to 40 percent....
Fabrice Dejean7 min readOct 10, 2026
Island day trips by ferry: making one return sailing work in a day
A ferry day trip works when the crossing is under two hours each way and the port is within walking distance of...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readOct 6, 2026
Scottish islands by ferry: how to read a CalMac timetable
A CalMac timetable is not one document but around thirty, one per route, and each has its own rhythm of daily sailings,...
Fabrice Dejean8 min readSep 25, 2026
Holyhead port guide: foot passengers, cars and the walk to the gangway
Holyhead is a small port with a large freight operation, and the two are separated by a fence. Cars and foot passengers...
Fabrice Dejean8 min readSep 21, 2026
Booking a ferry crossing: the order to do things in
Book the route, then the date, then the sailing, then the fare, then the cabin, and only then the payment; doing it...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readSep 17, 2026
Baltic crossings: Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn by sea
The Baltic is Europe's most underrated ferry region, with overnight cruise ferries linking Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and St Petersburg's approaches at...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readSep 15, 2026
Ferry luggage rules: what you can carry and what stays in the car
Ferries have no baggage weight limit and no checked luggage, which is the single biggest advantage over flying; you carry what you...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readSep 12, 2026
Taking a motorhome on a ferry: length, height and gas rules
A motorhome is priced by length and height together, costs 1.5 to 2.5 times a car fare, and must have its gas...
Fabrice Dejean7 min readSep 8, 2026