ml channel tunnel and roof box

[fphil]

hi i have booked my crossing for august and now think i might get a roof box for my 2007 ml do you still go on the same train?? will it be too high would i have to pay more ??,,,,cheers

[marshalla]

Eurotunnel said:

Customers with high vehicles/roof boxes
To avoid over-extended waiting times, customers must advise Eurotunnel Le Shuttle in advance if they are planning to travel with a vehicle higher than 1.85 metres (including roof boxes). We do NOT charge an additional fee for high vehicles or vehicles fitted with a roof box, however we do require prior notice so that we can allocate them correctly. Please call the Contact Centre on [phone]. Customers who notified us at the time of booking are not required to notify us again.

http://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/traveller-info/latest/

[The Leaper]

I'mpretty sure there's a height of vehicle box on Eurotunnel's online booking system. You could go there, make the changes and see what happens. Your booked time may well change so that you go in the single not double cariages.

R.

[Bluebarge]

You would need to amend your booking to go in the "tall vehicle" carriage which is single-decker and takes anything from 4x4s with roof-boxes to coaches. If you rock up over the height limit and without amending the booking, you may have a long wait for the next train with space, especially if travelling in school holiday time.

[xsaravtr]

We used to have a CRV and actually bought a roof box in Germany (took a roof rack with us in the boot) and then came back in the taller carriage.

Didn't have to pay anything extra for the return journey even though we had only booked as a normal height vehicle.

Now when we go though, we just book as a tall vehicle, just to be safe...

Have seen cars without roof boxes trying to stay with friends with boxes turned away from the high vehicle lane and told to go in the normal lane.

[Roo]

When are you going?

I got this email a couple of hours ago from Eurotunnel.

[Bluebarge]

xsaravtr said:

Have seen cars without roof boxes trying to stay with friends with boxes turned away from the high vehicle lane and told to go in the normal lane.

It all depends on whether you will fit within the height limit, which I think is 1.83m. A normal car with a roofbox may do so, a 4x4 or people carrier, which stand at about 1.8m in their cotton socks, definitely won't.

[richardxjr]

Always booked as a std car, never any problems turning up in the CRV with a 'box on and bikes on the back. As said, they just direct you into the high vehicle lane, and into a single decker carriage.

A positive experience with Eurotunnel, just changed the vehicle & reg no. we're taking next month (cheap non flexible ticket), quick phone call and no charge.

[miniman]

richardxjr said:

Always booked as a std car, never any problems turning up in the CRV with a 'box on and bikes on the back. As said, they just direct you into the high vehicle lane, and into a single decker carriage.

A positive experience with Eurotunnel, just changed the vehicle & reg no. we're taking next month (cheap non flexible ticket), quick phone call and no charge.

Yep, they really do seem to have a slick process generally - presumably having realised that it's better to just get people on the train and away rather than stand around arguing about whether its an extra £2 for a tall vehicle or to go on an earlier train.

[Puggit]

LDLines allow you to turn up with a different car for free, you don't even need to warn them