Taking a dog to France? Try a Pet-Friendly ferry cabin with Brittany Ferries

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Travelling to France or Europe with your dog? Worried about the best way to get there? Did you know you can book a pet-friendly ferry cabin, which allows your dog to stay onboard the ferry with you, instead of being left in the car?! Here's a short video showing our experience with a pet-friendly ferry cabin, crossing from Portsmouth to France with Brittany Ferries. We chose an outdoor cabin, and show you what to expect at check-in, in the cabin and onboard the ferry.
Any side.
Scanty as I remember.
It's got a washable floor.
What's this?
Ooh, there's no carpet.
But the beds are all the same.
Oh, and it has a little puffy kitty bag.
So this is the inside of a pet cabin on Brittany Ferries.
We've been on several of the ships now that have got these and they're all pretty much the same.
So if I stand back a bit, you've got generally, if you're in a four berth, which most of the pet cabins are,
you've got two bunks that are made up and then you've got two bunks that are built in on either side
and you literally just pull them down.
I'll show you in a minute.
You normally get a little puppy pack.
We got those on a previous one that had like a water bowl and things in it.
Look at the view outside.
That's us leaving Le Havre.
Isn't it pretty?
Although it's mainly focusing on the dirt on the window.
But still, it's very pretty.
So, you can see this is a dog cabin because there is a dog cabin strip.
So these, you literally grab the top if you can reach them and you pull and there is a second bed up there with a towel.
And you only get one pillow and another duvet.
And you push it up, you literally just get rid of it, push it up and it goes back up again.
So you actually get quite a lot of room if there's just two of you.
So, let me show you the bathroom, which are always fairly decent sized.
Toilet, sink, there's me, hi!
Shower, and sometimes the water pressure is not bad, sometimes it's not great.
This one comes with a very pretty proper spaniel puppy.
So, they're not really allowed on the beds.
We bring toys and things.
So we always bring for him a little water bowl, a little food bowl and a couple of toys just in case he's not satisfied.
In the night, we bring up a crate so that he has somewhere to sleep.
This is an afternoon crossing.
So that is a cabin with Brittany Ferries.
