Booking Eurotunnel: as van or campervan?

[SiDev]

So I'm looking at booking the Eurotunnel, use it for work regularly but have never taken the bus. Looking at the prices, booking on as a "van" works out over £50 cheaper than as a "campervan/motorhome" for the same dates! What do people book as and have you ever had it questioned? Really don't want to pitch up and be turned away!

 

[norm]

I've always booked as a high vehicle over 1.85m
Never had a problem
Norm

 

[Julesx]

Not with Euro tunnel but with ferry - I wasn't sure how to best describe our T2 so I called them. They told me to book the ticket as a 4 X 4 which I did. No probs at the port.

 

[Clem]

Loaders job is generally to get everyone on as quickly as possible. Most times, in a vw bus, they won't question the details given that most vans can be lower than or shorter than many modern 'cars'.
I did get questioned on the tunnel once as I'd booked as a car, but they just let me on.
Once on a ferry I hadn't declared a bike rack so had to pay the £20 fee.

 

[SiDev]

Thanks guys, that's reassuring, i'm going as a "van" over 1.85m and saving £50!

 

[landiedave]

I've just been to the info desk at the tunnel and the official view from them is that if it has a sink and cooker then it counts as a camper. I also spoke to a friend down there who said that most old VWs book as an over height car and no one is bothered and is cheaper.
Hope this helps, Dave

 

[SiDev]

That's awesome, thanks Dave. I had a similar conversation with customer services and was asked if it had a bed, I said the seats go down and you can sleep in it. She said it's a campervan/motor home then. I said the back seats go down on my Audi and I can sleep in that too, should I book that as a campervan? Seems their criteria are a bit ambiguous hence my original post, to me a campervan/motor home is one of those big ugly fibreglass bodies stuck on a van, our buses are the size of a small estate car so shouldn't cost the same as something that takes up 50% more room. Thanks again.

 

[sparkywig]

If I put my registration in it books me as a campervan/motorhome and won't let me change it.
Even though I can get under the 1.8m barrier extremely easily.

 

[Happystamps]

Any issues with gas on board? I know I couldn't take my old bug because it was running LPG?

 

[landiedave]

LPG is a no no and cooking gas is OK as long as it's turned off at the bottle, they do check that one. Dave

 

[Clem]

If I put my registration in it books me as a campervan/motorhome and won't let me change it.
Even though I can get under the 1.8m barrier extremely easily.

I usually book as registration not yet known. :msn4: The auto readers cant read US plates anyway so you have to manually input your details on arrival.