Red Funnel's Autumn 2025 Sale - Is It Any Good?

5/9/2025

Red Funnel ferry with container ship and cruise ship

Red Funnel is doing return fares with a car for £59 - £99 until early November

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the Red Funnel
Autumn offer

Honk honk! Someone sound the special offer alarm!

Red Funnel has just launched a new sale and it's one of their better ones.

I've done a few test searches and found that there are some cheap fares to be had - as long as you stick to the rules.

What's so good about this Red Funnel offer?

The good thing about this sale is that Red Funnel is offering fixed fares of £59, £79 and £99 rather than offering a percentage off. That works particularly well if you are travelling on peak, which is generally weekend lunchtimes and during school holidays.

Yes, it's autumn so demand has dropped but there are still some notable savings compared to Red Funnel's standard savings and Wightlink's standard fares.

How do I get the offer?

To get the discounted price you have to go via this page on the Red Funnel website.

The offer is for a car and passengers and will (potentially) get you the ferry for:

£59 for a day return
£79-£89 for a short break of up to four nights
£99 for a return of five or more nights

The offer can be used on journeys starting from East Cowes or Southampton (i.e. the Isle of Wight or the mainland).

Here are the hoops you have to jump through and the Ts & Cs you need to be aware of:

You need to travel before 3 November 2025. That will include October half term for most people. I'm saying 'most people' here in case there is some random school in the Outer Hebrides that operates to a different timetable to everyone else.
To get the £59 and £79 offer you need to travel at certain times of day. It varies a bit but they basically want you to avoid travelling between 1030 and 1730 as those are the peak times. The same rules don't seem to apply on the £99 offer - you can travel whenever you want.
The tickets are 'limited and subject to availability'

What does 'limited' mean?

We don't know. In the previous Red Funnel sale they told us that there were 50,000 tickets at the discounted price - but this time they haven't shared that information.

To be honest though, whatever number they gave won't mean a lot to most people, unless they get a calculator out and starting guessing how many people are on each ferry.

My advice is to hurry up and book the cheap price ferries.

How much can I save?

It depends!

We looked at the price of a seven day return from 21 September to 28 September and were quoted £99 with the special offer.

Without the special offer, the price ranged from £110 to £159 depending on what time of day you travelled. If you are travelling off peak then you could get 10% off via this exclusive link so the price would be about the same. You might also be able to get a different Red Funnel discount with one of the other offers on our ferry discounts page (such as English Heritage membership, which gives 15% off).

We then looked at a four night break from 27 October to 31 October, which is half term for a lot of people. With the offer, we found fares ranging from £79 to £89 depending on when you travelled. Without the offer, the fares ranged from £98 to £147.

Again, you could get an extra 10% discount off the standard fares via this exclusive link, but for most people the offer price will be the best deal around.

What about Wightlink?

It's always worth checking Wightlink fares, particularly if you can get a discount via one of the tricks on our ferry discounts page.

We looked at the same dates to see how Wightlink compared:

For 21 September to 28 September, prices ranged from £86 - £195
For 27 October to 31 October, prices ranged from £87 - £169.

The cheapest prices required you to travel in the middle of the night. The Red Funnel offer will typically save you about £50 - £100 if you plan to travel at a more reasonable time of day.

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