Can you add an extra passenger to your booking at the ferry terminal when traveling by car between Dover and Calais?
In a related question we've discussed the practicalities of hitchhiking on a car headed towards the ferry between France and UK, where @DJClayworth wrote:
A quick check on the most basic ferry of all, Dover-Calais with P&O, reveals that the cost of a car is the same no matter how many people are in in it. Simply check the price on this site and vary the number of people. I suspect that most other routes are the same.
However you do have to book the number of people, so your plan to hitch a ride is unlikely to work. And security considerations would probably prevent it happening anyway.
What happens if you book a car ferry for 2 people, but then show up for the DFDS or P&O ferry with 3 people? Is it possible to add an extra passenger as you drive onto the ship? If the answer is yes, what is the fee to do so?
Related question about adding extra passengers in advance on the web: Can I add passengers later for free to my booking for the DFDS Dover-Calais / Dunkirk ferry?
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Can I add a passenger to my DFDS booking?
Concerning myself, it is free (no added cost) to add a passenger (less than 27hrs before departure exactly when I did it). Make sure your bookings details are right.Are cross channel ferries taking foot passengers?
Please note: Foot passenger sailings on board the Dover to Calais route are currently suspended.What is a foot passenger on a ferry?
a ferry passenger who is travelling without a vehicle.How many vehicles can a cross channel ferry carry?
At 700 feet long and almost 100 feet wide, it is as big as a ferry can be for current port restrictions and can carry more than 1,000 cars as well as 2,000 passengers.How to travel from Dover to Calais post brexit.
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