P & O Ferries

Nice trip over & back to Belgium. A night on the ferry is a nice start to a short break, rather than drive south via M25 to save a few bob. Per book food is a must. Will use again

I travel fairly frequently with P&O Ferries from Hull to Rotterdam or Zeebrugge as I really enjoy sailing and the mini break experience.
The ferries leave between 1700 and 2130 and you check in a few hours before. On board you are alocated a small but perfectly formed practical and comfy cabin. The crossing happens overnight and you are at your chosen dock early in the AM.
The prices are very reasonable and it is best to opt for all meals onboard at the time of booking. The food is a hot buffet type Restaurant and is all you can eat) It is always good qaulity with plenty of choice and there is a good salad bar and soups on offer.
There is also a more expensive Ala Carte Restaurant onboard. Finally there is a café that serves tea and coffee til 0100, sandwiches are also available.
The bars are open until around 0100 and the prices are mid range. there is a live band on each Evening and they are pretty good, quite similar to the club type cabaret style.
Generally the crossings are peaceful, but the wend crossing can be pretty lively with Stag and Hen type parties and the beer monster guzzling types (ohh what a snob i sound…
Bruges is a lovely tranquil place for a day out and Amsterdam certainly has it’s own charms to offer.
The typical ferry trip is a 2 night sail and a full day in the chosen resort. You can of course opt for a night in the resort for an extended stay.
Service on the ferry is generally very good, although the Zeebrugge crossing is a larger, newer more stylish vessel, where the Staff are mainly Philipino very polite and helpful and tend to be a cut above the mainly Portugese staff on the other crossing.
The cabins are clean and well appointed and are all on suite with bunk type beds.
I would really recommend these mini breaks for a trip and my recent trip cost under £100 for x2 nights, all food onboard and return resort coach travel)

About as basic a ferry terminal as you’ll get. It’s easy to get to and well signposted until you actually get there.

Des bateaux anciens et kitsch mais de qualité. Deux traversées très agréables.

we;ve been on a dutch dash twice now once to amsterdam and once to bruges. they are really good fun, the ferry is as big a part of the fun as the destination! the cabins are comfy, the entertainment is always good for a laugh and the food is good too, operating an all you can eat service. they are very welcoming to families too with good entertainment for children.

Me and my partner got P&O ferry across to Amsterdam last month and I loved it. the ship we went on was called ‘The Pride of Hull’ and we went on a Thursday, spend the night on board, spend the Friday night in Amsterdam at our on cost. Then on the Saturday night you spend a night on board again coming back to Hull. For 2 night on this boat we paid about £70 for both of us. This is really cheap when you consider we has a cabin, there is live entertainment on board and the atmosphere is great. One of the major bad points for me was the lack of eating options on board. Everything was over priced and unless you wanted to eat in their restaurant then you were going to go hungry for pay about £5 for a sandwich. Most people are aware of this an plan ahead and bring some food. It was a great short break, the entertainment was good for the value and the trip was well forth £70

I’ve taken many short breaks on P & O ferries from Hull. The ships are clean, the food (if you book in advance) very good value and the cabins whist basic have everything you need. Another point in their favour is that I’ve never got sea sick on one of these trips.

The P & O Ferries are great for low cost breaks! We recently went on the P & O Ferry to Bruges. Very good value return travel on the ferry and we took the option that P & O give you of staying an extra night in Bruges.
There’s plenty of bars on the ferry, also a small cinema and a couple of shops. The restaurants were really well organised and it was good food.
Our cabin was compact, but clean and had everything you need.
The ferry itself is kept to a high standard. The only downside we felt was that the main entertainment bar was the smoking bar. (i.e. You couldn’t smoke anywhere else on the ferry but here and outside so it was very smokey). Not being a smoker I found this a little bit annoying (probably because we’ve become so used to people not being able to smoke in bars and restaurants over here).
That aside, I would definitely recommend using P & O for short breaks. If you have the option book outside of school holiday time as it’s so much more relaxing when it’s not as busy!