# @simone_stewart on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWRtrvbDL3X
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61302446-simone-stewart-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-24T18:24:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Simone (@simone_stewart) — https://gondola.cc/simone_stewart

## Caption

A lot of you asked for a video about my return journey from France to the UK with my dog, so this is a detailed account of all of the journey. ⛴️ 

I got the ferry from Dover to Calais and back and it cost me £261 return for one adult and one dog in the pet lounge (I booked a week before) 

if you don’t speak much French, then you can book a vet appointment online in a lot of vets near the border and the West Coast of France. If you’re French is good then ring any vets in France and you’ll be able to get this done. 

Roo has a pet passport, but if you’re from the UK and you don’t have this, it means you’ll have a health certificate. All of the steps are exactly the same. You’ll just hand over the health certificate at the vets and at the ferry port 

I always get asked why I choose the Ferry over the Euro tunnel and it’s just because the Ferry has always been cheaper for me. I often have people argue that it’s not, but I think they’re looking at the 4 hour ferry from Portsmouth to the port in France much nearer to Spain. It might also be because I already book last minute 

The ferry is longer the year. Ella is only 30 minutes but we’re above ground and doesn’t have to get out of the van like you do at the Euro tunnel- you have to go to a separate building 

I went on a weekday and the crossing was really quiet. That might be why they checked the van so many times or it could just be the day - regardless it means that you have got a full account of all of the checks you could possibly get on this journey. You might go an not get your vehicle stopped and checked at all 

I think the crossing with a dog is very simple. It’s literally just the worming tablet that you need to worry about on the way home. 

#europeroadtrip #vanlifedogs #ferrytofrance

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ferrytofrance, vanlifedogs, europeroadtrip

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