Car on ferry to Estonia

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:45 am

Is Viking Line the only ferry taking car+passengers to Tallinn in winter?

I have booked a spa for ski week but now I have to get the family over there somehow.

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Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:01 pm

Nordlandia is running? http://www.eckeroline.fi (ass-card gets you a few cents off)

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:02 pm

http://www.tallinksilja.com/fi/tab1/car ... allinn.htm

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:12 pm

Thanks raamv.... The car packages are not bookable on-line so you have to call the office. The recorded message says "Press 1 for information in Finnish; Press 2 for information in English". So I pressed 2 (why not?) and then got a muffled "mo-ment, please", music, then someone who sounded like they were on the other side of the planet and no, they didn't speak a word of English. Argh!!!!

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:54 pm

Hank W. wrote:Nordlandia is running? http://www.eckeroline.fi (ass-card gets you a few cents off)

Hank.... why is Eckerö more expensive???

Viking (Rosella) do a package for 77€ (one way, up to 5 passengers in a car but ours exceeds the 1.8m, so need van rate?).
Eckerö is 107€ (one way, five passengers).... in fact it's 135 € one way for our "van" (incl passengers). Is the food better, or what?

Can't work out Silja, complicated..... but looks like 65 € each way plus passengers 30 € each way + 3€ booking fee each -50% for children and 15% discount for passengers in a car (approx 170€???). Or something like that. ie: even more than Viking and Eckerö. Superfast has an early departure so I would like to go for that one, but it's a bit expensive.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:12 pm

Yeah, Eckerö doesn't do packages, its cheaper for my kind of solo fliers.

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:28 pm

penelope wrote:Thanks raamv.... The car packages are not bookable on-line so you have to call the office. The recorded message says "Press 1 for information in Finnish; Press 2 for information in English". So I pressed 2 (why not?) and then got a muffled "mo-ment, please", music, then someone who sounded like they were on the other side of the planet and no, they didn't speak a word of English. Argh!!!!

I generally use the Finnish option in many places and when I get some one then I ask them to speak in English!! or put up with my pathethic Finnish

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:10 pm

Yeah... I copped out. Was too busy to spend all morning on the phone... I think my Finnish is probably better then her English which tells you just how bad her English was. Surprising for a travel company. Maybe I should move my own business to Estonia.....

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:18 am

penelope wrote:Maybe I should move my own business to Estonia.....

Absolutely, as long as you are able to afford the Security and business protection fees!!

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