RV Ferry cost to Vancouver Island?
We have fifth wheel trailer. Total length 52 feet (if that’s relevant) What is the cost of the ferry crossing to the island.
Forum Discussion
I'll be happy to help you out.....
Yes, BCferries.com has all the scoop on the costs and all that, if you can in fact figure it out from all the various pages to wade through.
Easier to ask here for someone with personal knowledge.
I used to work all over Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. I had a solarium business based in Surrey. I would drag my 27 foot TT with me everywhere I went there. My rolling motel.
It has been a number of years now, since I have left Surrey and moved to Calgary. So the prices i remember will be outdated and will have gone up.
My TV in sig is an extended cab dually, and with the TT I think I was somewhere around 50 feet long. Maybe 49, I forget.
Yes, you get classified as overheight, and you have to go on the bottom deck with the semis and buses. They will check you at the toll booth. There is a sensor there for that. You can't do the ramps and sharp bends on the sides and upper decks like a car can. And yes they charge by the foot. There is a base rate plus so much a foot for anything over I think 20 feet long.
When I was doing the ferries regularly, my cost was around $290. or so one way to the Island. They charge you extra for passengers too. Different rates and charging methods for the Sunshine Coast and the Gulf Islands.
So yeah, you'll likely be over 300 bucks now. Ouch. 600 round trip.
Last time I was there was in think the summer of 15 when I paid the 290.
My trip of 2015 was holidays, so I made sure I spent 2 weeks there to make it worthwhile.
Bring your own food, sandwiches etc. They charge you through the nose for something as simple as a piece of pie. Food isn't too bad, but horribly expensive. Then there is the lineups to get the stuff. Everyone parks their car and makes a mad dash for the food lines.
I would just go into the RV and relax. Not supposed to, but I always did anyways. Can't cook, propane has to be shut off and tagged.
Yes, BCferries.com has all the scoop on the costs and all that, if you can in fact figure it out from all the various pages to wade through.
Easier to ask here for someone with personal knowledge.
I used to work all over Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. I had a solarium business based in Surrey. I would drag my 27 foot TT with me everywhere I went there. My rolling motel.
It has been a number of years now, since I have left Surrey and moved to Calgary. So the prices i remember will be outdated and will have gone up.
My TV in sig is an extended cab dually, and with the TT I think I was somewhere around 50 feet long. Maybe 49, I forget.
Yes, you get classified as overheight, and you have to go on the bottom deck with the semis and buses. They will check you at the toll booth. There is a sensor there for that. You can't do the ramps and sharp bends on the sides and upper decks like a car can. And yes they charge by the foot. There is a base rate plus so much a foot for anything over I think 20 feet long.
When I was doing the ferries regularly, my cost was around $290. or so one way to the Island. They charge you extra for passengers too. Different rates and charging methods for the Sunshine Coast and the Gulf Islands.
So yeah, you'll likely be over 300 bucks now. Ouch. 600 round trip.
Last time I was there was in think the summer of 15 when I paid the 290.
My trip of 2015 was holidays, so I made sure I spent 2 weeks there to make it worthwhile.
Bring your own food, sandwiches etc. They charge you through the nose for something as simple as a piece of pie. Food isn't too bad, but horribly expensive. Then there is the lineups to get the stuff. Everyone parks their car and makes a mad dash for the food lines.
I would just go into the RV and relax. Not supposed to, but I always did anyways. Can't cook, propane has to be shut off and tagged.
