 Red Funnel's 20% off deal is now valid until 31 August 2025 Good news! Red Funnel's 20% off deal has been extended for another month and is now valid until 31 August 2025. You can use for bookings up until 31 December 2025. There is no discount code, but you need to click through the button below, which takes you to Red Funnel's website: Your booking is still with Red Funnel, so please get in touch with them if you have any issues. As usual, check that you can't find a better dealIn our previous blog posts about this now-extended offer, we have pointed out that this 20% may or may not be the best offer around for you. Before you book, check that you can't take advantage of the other Isle of Wight ferry deals on our main ferry discounts page. These include:
As I said, take a look through the full ferry discounts guide to check you aren't missing out.
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 Red Funnel is doing a day return with a car for £50 I'm considering getting a bell or klaxon installed at home to announce a new ferry discount. It might wake the neighbours but I'm sure they'd understand when I told them that Red Funnel had a sale on. Today's offer is a £50 day return for a standard sized car and passengers, and is valid until 30 September 2025. You can book it here. This is about as cheap as it gets for taking a car to the Isle of Wight. For a family of four, it's about £6 per person, per crossing, which is hard to complain about. Red Funnel's Big Book of Savings has offered something similar but it requires midweek travel and it also requires you to know someone on the Isle of Wight who will share their unique discount code. This offer is simpler and is open to everyone. The main things to note are:
What if I don't want a day return?There's no need to use that tone. There are other deals around at the moment for discounted overnight stays on the Isle of Wight. You can get 20% off via this exclusive page until 31 July and you can find other offers on this discount ferries page. What should I do on a day trip to the ISle of Wight?The Isle of Wight is small enough that you can pretty much get anywhere with a car. This ferry arrives in East Cowes, which is on the northern end of the Island and is a good starting point. Some options:
 Pop across to Compton Bay with your day return deal  Can you travel early or late? You could save up to 67% on Wightlink's standard fares Fixed price car ferry fares are few-and-far-between on the Isle of Wight ferries. Most of the time, the car ferries run like airlines with cheap prices at 3am on a Thursday in February and considerably higher prices at lunchtime on a Saturday in August. Foot passenger ferries are a bit less flexible but if you're bringing your car then the amount you'll pay is hard to predict (a rare exception is the day return car journeys offered by Red Funnel's Big Book of Savings). And so, I was giddy with excitement when I heard about a 'trial' of a new fixed price ferry fare with Wightlink called the Sunset Flyer. It is currently only for return journeys starting on the Isle of Wight (i.e. for Isle of Wight residents) but I'm hoping they might offer it to visitors if it proves popular. There was a similar fare a few years ago called a 'Night Flyer' (from memory) that was available to both mainlanders and Islanders but it required you to travel close to midnight. The Sunset Flyer is likely to be workable for more people. How Does The Sunset Flyer Work?During the trial, the Sunset Flyer will cost you £90 return for a car and passengers as long as you:
How much will I save?This is obviously an attempt by Wightlink to spread out demand across the day. Most people want to travel on the car ferry around the middle of the day, so earlier and later ferries do tend to be quieter. Off peak ferries are also cheaper - so is there really much of a saving to be made? I searched for a ferry price for a week's holiday from Friday 1 August 2025, leaving Fishbourne at 9am and then returning a week later via Portsmouth on Friday 8 August at 8pm. With the Sunset Flyer, I would pay £90 return. Without the Sunset Flyer, I was quoted £278.75. A similar journey on the Yarmouth to Lymington journey was £280.25. The Portsmouth crossing is a staggering saving of £188.75 or a 67% discount. I've deliberately picked out a very busy date here but the saving can clearly be significant. Let's look at an extreme example at the other end of the scale. I looked at a random Wednesday in November and found that the price without the Sunset Flyer was £101 if I travelled at 9am and returned the next day at 8pm. That's a slightly less exciting saving of £11. If you can find a discount code then the standard fare would likely be cheaper. What's the catch?There are a few things to be aware of before you leap to book the Sunset Flyer.
Will The Sunset Flyer Be Extended Or Offered To Holidaymakers?We don't know, but we certainly hope so!
It wouldn't work for everyone, but it could be a big money saver for people who are flexible. |
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