Season Tickets

Call us: 0871 376 4342

Notes

• Vans, pickup trucks, trucks and commercial vehicles are unable to be booked online, please call our reservation office on 0871 376 4342

• Fares shown are subject to availability

• Charges are determined by the outward date of travel

• Single Vehicle Fares are available. Please ask for details.

• Single Foot Passenger Tickets are available at half Standard Return charges.

• Season Tickets and Multilink Foot Passenger tickets require a passport sized photograph to be supplied at time of purchase, in order for a ID card to be issued.

• Children under 5 travel free of charge.  Ages 5-15 (inclusive) travel at Child rate.

• Dogs and Bicycles accompanying passengers travel free of charge.

• Light Vans not exceeding 4.6 metres long and 2.25 metres high are charged at either the Mainland Standard Day Return fare or Mainland Standard Return (90 days) Car rates. Vans exceeding these dimensions are charged at Commercial Rates. Details may be obtained by calling 0871 376 4342.

• Day refers to a calendar day -a period of 24 hours starting from midnight.

• Vehicle Sizes: Overall length means either the actual length of your vehicle (including fixed tow bars on caravans or other trailers) or the length from bumper to bumper shown in the manufacturers’ specification, whichever is the greater.

• Car Racks &Vehicle Heights: Customers must declare the height of their vehicle and any roof-top items, including, but not limited to, aerials, cycle racks, luggage and sporting equipment. Failure to declare may result in the customer being unable to travel on their booked sailing.

• Excess Fares may be payable when foot passengers holding return tickets return by another route.

• Group Rates are available, please telephone 0871 376 4342 for details.

• Mobile Phones: Please note that for safety reasons mobile phones must be switched off whilst driving on and off all ferries.

• Smoking: Please note that Wightlink operates a no smoking policy. Smoking is not permitted in our terminals or on board our vessels except on the open sundecks and is strictly prohibited on the car decks.

• VAT is not applicable on these fares. 

• Booking Your Ferry Passenger Ferry & Catamaran Services  Foot passengers do not need to book in advance. We do request, however, that you arrive 15 minutes prior to departure to allow time to purchase your tickets and board the ferry. Please allow at least 10 minutes for connecting between trains and catamarans at Portsmouth Harbour. Onward rail journey tickets from Lymington Pier and Portsmouth Harbour can be purchased from our offices at Yarmouth and Ryde Pier Head. Tickets for onward rail journeys on the Isle of Wight are available from the Wightlink ticket office at Portsmouth Harbour.

• Car Ferry Services  Advance reservations for cars and motorcycles should be made for all sailings and are essential for travel at Christmas, Easter and Summer weekends. Bookings cannot be made within two hours of the sailing time. Reservations for bicycles are not required and these are carried by all services, space permitting, free of charge.  You are advised to make full payment for your reservation at the time of booking to benefit from the advance booking discounted fares unless you already hold a valid ticket for your date and time of travel. You are required to make full payment for your reservation at the time of booking if travelling on peak sailings.

• Tickets  The Reservation Office must be advised prior to date of travel in instances where tickets sent by post have not been received. For full details call Wightlink on 0871 376 4342.  Tickets can be collected on departure at the port or in certain circumstances sent in the post prior to travel. 

• Credit Card Payment   MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club and Visa credit cards are all accepted as well as Switch.

• Refunds and Cancellations. – If you wish to cancel your booking or reservation after we have confirmed your booking, you should inform us as soon as possible. Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours prior to the date of departure by telephoning the Call Centre on 0871 376 4342; by email bookings@wightlink.co.uk or by writing to Wightlink. If you cancel, we reserve the right to charge a cancellation fee on the scale seen below:

   

Date Of Notification	Cancellation Fee
More than 7 days before outward sailing date	£10.00
Between 7 days and 24 hours in advance of outward sailing date	£20.00

Please note: Refunds will not be considered on bookings that a customer has failed to cancel; on part-used tickets; or on special offers/promotional fares.

Multilink and Standard Books of Tickets issued after 1st January 2008 will be refunded to the value of 75% of the face value of unused tickets. No refunds will be given on books of 5 return tickets. 3 & 12 month season tickets will be refunded to the value of unused complete months, less one month. 

 

• Alterations to Bookings. All alterations requested by you to a booking or reservation are subject to availability. The first alteration to a booking will incur no charge. Any second or subsequent changes will incur a £5 administration charge. If the change results in an excess payment that is greater that £5 the admin charge will be waived.

• Contacting the Reservations Office

  - Telephone 0871 376 4342

  - Facsimile (023) 9285 5257

  - Email: bookings@wightlink.co.uk

  - Post: Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries, PO Box 59, Portsmouth, PO1 2XB

• Office opening hours Mondays to Saturdays 07.00 – 21.00. Sundays 08.00 – 20.00. Bank Holidays 08.00 - 20.00. New Year’s Day 10.00 – 16.00. Closed Christmas Day.  In the interest of maintaining the highest standards of customer service, some telephone calls to our Reservations Department are monitored and/or recorded.

• Checking In  For operating reasons, ships may have to sail a little before or after advertised times. Motorists are requested to check in at least 30 minutes, but not more than one hour, before departure. Services are liable to alteration at Christmas and on Bank Holidays.

• Wightlink Ferry Conditions  This information is issued subject to the conditions of Wightlink Limited, which are available upon request from Wightlink offices, and was correct at the time of publication. Click here to read our terms and conditions.  We reserve the right to alter any of the information contained on this website. E&OE