Planning TT trip, how much to expect to pay?

I'm starting to plan a trip to the TT in 2019 (long way off I know) and would like to know a ball park figure for the ferry and hotels/camping etc.

Thanks in advance!
Josh

 

£160 ferry with bike, skies the limit with accommodation......then yer beer money.

 

I've paid £240 ish for return Ferry Bike & Rider (Race week)

Camp sites about £7 a night. Homestay £25+ a night. B&B / Hotels - hard to find availability and very expensive!

Watching the racing - FREE!

 

Thanks! I think we're probably going to camp, don't like the idea of all the kit on the bike though.

 

How much is it for a van on the ferry? I rode up from Devon last year for the Manx gp and it was hell!

 

£200 for a 4 day ferry return £240 if you stay for more than 4 days.
Plus four hours of your life trying to get through on the phone to the ferry company on the day the tickets go on sale .
There are places that have tents set up on sites for you to rent so you don't have to carry your own ,but the best thing you can do is try to get a homestay,as the weather can be cracking the flags or floating your tent off down the field as has happened in the last 2 years.
That ferry price is for a bike and rider .

 

A lot of years since I got a ferry at that price red you must have good contacts

 

Weather was best I have known in 25 years of going to tt last year

 

sorry wrong years but it has happened in the past ,we were nearly blown off the island a few years ago.

 

Thanks for all the help!!!

The plan is to hire a lwb sprinter and put the three bikes and camping stuff in. Then if the weathers bad we can park the bikes in the tent and sleep in the van.

 

All well and done but u may pay top dollar for van as they go straight away like hens teeth

 

Top dollar for the van hire or for a van place on the ferry?

 

On ferry u may struggle to get one on steam packet and people who can't go and want to sell ask Monopoly money for it they are muppets

 

Ahh right, I'll try and get a van ticket and if all else fails well just ride up.

 

There are usually some sailings that become available early March. The balances are due (for people who have paid deposits) at end of February. Keep checking online - you might get lucky. Having said that, I don't think you can book a van online.

 

Easy to get bike ticket I have turned up at gets ham a few times with no ticket and still got across

 

Yh I saw the Baron do that in his tt video. I always thought that there was a certain amount of tickets per ferry and once their sold that's it.

 

People don't turn up

 

That's nuts!!!

 

I arrange for me and my mates to go and you can pretty much guarantee at least on of them will drop out when it comes to paying off the ferry tickets due to being skint,not having booked time off work or the missus has put her foot down.
Plus people lose their jobs or licences or write off their bikes etc etc.