I often think this sort of simplifies life; we do not have 100 competitor energy providers or 20 different internet companies. What we have is what you get. Whichever service you use will have the word 'Manx' in the company title and it will be twice as expensive as the mainland. Deal with it.
Although it is a national pass-time to complain about this situation, I think we often do so unfairly. Take the Isle of Man Steampacket for example, the boat company. Yes, the cooked breakfast could be cheaper; yes the tickets could be less expensive sometimes...... personally I think it's great value and great fun.
The boats travel between the Island and Liverpool year round; with sailing times of 2.5 hours (up to 4 hours in winter when a larger ferry has to be used)
They also sail to Belfast and Dublin between March and September. The rest of the year there is not the demand for a sailing service; plus the tides and weather are such, that more sailings would be cancelled than completed. On a nice day, the journey from Belfast to the Island is like a pleasure cruise. The route hugs the beautiful Manx coastline, an added site-seeing bonus while getting from A to B.
One option we are looking at is taking the boat from the Isle of Man to Liverpool, leaving at 8.00am arriving at 12.00pm; £22.50 each ......I don't think we'll find much better than that.
From there we will connect with flights to Amsterdam from Liverpool.
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