I'm planning on taking the superfast ferry from Patras to Ancona, but the only way to make a reservation is by sending your name and credit card information by email to the company. I want to make sure we have reservations because the ferries tend to book up, but it makes me nervous to send my credit card info through an email. Has anyone else done this?
Posted by
Bloomington, IL, USA
9363 posts
I would never send such information through email. Is there a website with a secure server that you can reserve through? Or could you reserve by phone?
Posted by
Atlanta
800 posts
Kristin - Yes - I have sent my credit card info on an email to B&B's or small hotels and have not had a problem. Never done it to book transportation though - rental car, train, etc. all seemed to have an online form.
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OP
Cincinnati, OH, United States
11 posts
They have a website but there is no online form, it says to make a reservation to send an email to an address they provide. I know the company is legit, but that just seems sketchy.
I'll look for a phone number, but it will be super expensive to call to Greece... My boyfriend has been there all summer, and I bought a $10 international calling card to call him and only got 18 minutes...
I could just book it when I get to Greece and hope for the best, but I'm flying into Athens, and Patras is 3 hours away. So if I can't reserve in Athens, then it will be extremely last minute and I would rather not do that. Ideas?
Posted by
Portland, OR, USA
389 posts
Kristin, I added international calling to my cell phone before we left and got great rates (.29/min) None of my calls took longer than 7 min. to complete giving credit info over the phone. I know I wouldn't be willing to put my numbers on an email. Also, if you boyfriend is overthere, can he make the reservations for you?
Posted by
OP
Cincinnati, OH, United States
11 posts
I thought about that, but he is on a small island doing work for school. He won't be in Athens until the day before we would be getting on the ferry. And also there's no way for me to contact him to ask him to make the reservation. He very rarely gets to check email and he can only call me about once a week.
I called my phone company about international rates and it would cost $1.49 per minute to call to Greece. So that's pretty pricey. I guess we'll just wait till we get there and hope for the best...
Posted by
Ottawa, Canada
4555 posts
Kristin...if you do a google search for "superfast ferries" you'll find several companies that will book that route for you over the web. There are some variations in the fares they charge, so check out several and pick the lowest price...the lowest I saw for a deck chair in mid-August during the week was 56 Euro.
Posted by
OP
Cincinnati, OH, United States
11 posts
It's actually free with our eurail pass, with the exception of fuel surcharges. I'm afraid that if I go through another site I won't be able to get the benefits of the rail pass. But thank you for looking.
There just really doesn't seem to be a good answer here...
Posted by
ABQ
35 posts
We traveled on Superfast from Scotland to Belgium 2 years ago, and booked online.
The same online site seems to be functioning: