In an age when most people think of airlines when they think of long-distance travel, Europe still has many active ferry routes—and that's just been highlighted by problems caused by delay in arrival of a new ferry.
Irish Ferries, which operates a number of routes between Ireland, the UK and France, is waiting for a German shipyard to deliver its newest ferry, the W.B. Yeats. Because of delays in construction, Irish Ferries has now had to cancel its summer schedule for the ship, displacing 19,000 passengers. It had already canceled runs from April through July.
Passengers have a number of refund options, and can also take a different ferry route to France, or a ferry to England, with compensation for the cost of completing the journey to France. The ferries are popular with travelers who want to take their cars with them.
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