The problem with Isle of Wight Ferries 

The big problem is that the cost of the ferry trip is killing the main income for the IOW...tourism.

Very keen to visit the Isle of Wight but never will due to the ferry prices. Go to the Isle of Man on a four hour cruise for less money. Outrageous prices.

A practical solution is a privately funded and run Vectis fixed link, the cheapest option would be a bridge between Lepe and Thorness and proper infrastructure improvements. The tolls properly structured would give a reasonable pay back period, but does anyone want to invest ?.

This is the most expensive sea crossing in the world !

The well off nobs and nautical types on the Island, do not want a fixed bridge, they are trying to keep the island 'select' , which it isn't by far. A bridge is what is needed though.

Thought about coming on holiday to the Isle of Wight, then looked at the prices of travel and accommodation, we are going to Majorca instead, it's cheaper.

A tunnel makes sense when you consider theres one to france and it could provide a boost to business and employment on the island.

Even if a tunnel is completed a ferry service would have to remain. Road safety rules on transport of dangerous freight would prevent some HGVs from using a tunnel so a ferry would need to remain as the only option for some freight.

Ive been across a couple of times in a van and a truck. Shocking price. Glad the company I worked for was paying.

There needs to be government intervention and enforced service.

the price to travel on those ferries is so astronomical its less to fly to to europe or go on the euro tunnel its what stops me visiting something has to be done to stop the price just endlessy going up ....... stay cation would work but not at those travel prices, having said that the last time i visited the island its noticable that the attractions are very dated and shabby

still think a huge international airport for all international freight and passengers with regular local connectors and road rail link to mainland[if the Dutch can do it so can we]would make sense for national security customs and immigration having 2 prisons nearby.and now connected a freight port in the bay to the north

We love going to the Island but the rise in costs is making it a strain. We can go from Dover to Dunkirk and back on DFDS for less that it costs to cross the Solent. You either need a bridge or tunnel or to bring the ferry companies under the control of a not for profit organisation, otherwise they will continue to charge more and until they have squeezed the life out of the island, they will then stop trading!!

Either the ferry companies are charging a fair price or they are unfairly - and illegally - colluding together. Looking at their profits should enable which is the case and, if the latter, legal action taken.

Who owns them some foreign company?

Surely Nationalising the ferries would be much less expensive than building a tunnel.

Ferries...no; tunnel...no; bridge....no. Just sling some ropes 'round it and let the Cunard boats tow it ashore.

The problem with Isle of Wight Ferries... They sail to the Isle of Wight. 😅😅😅

Isn't this the low regulation, light touch philosophy at the centre of the Conservative Party policy thinking? Remind me how the Isle of Wight residents voted in the 2019 election?

Solution? buy a boat or stay on the island!

This is not a video. Put in more photos , a map or even a real video.

Buy your own boat, its not far.

Err you live on an Island you pay the price. No one is forcing you to live there. Like the Scots who live in far fling places that's your choice you pay for it.

The big problem is too many whingers on RU-vid.

Build a Bridge 🌉 won’t do it someone’s making a lot of money 💴 out of this cars motorcycle etc. got to be the most expensive ££££ bit of water to cross in the world 🌍😱⛽️⛽️⛽️