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TT 2019 bookings open on Monday

Final balance payments due Feb 2019

TT 2018 hasn't quite rolled around yet, but from next week, people will already be able to book their ferry passage for next year.

The Steam Packet has announced it's taking provisional bookings from 8.30am on Monday

Confirmation of sailings and fares will be sent out towards the end of this year, with final balance payments due during February 2019.

The Steam Packet says it completed more than 5,000 provisional bookings in just 10 hours last year, up from 3,500 on the same day in 2016.

With that in mind, additional staff are being brought in again, but the decision has also been taken to open the bookings a week ahead of Practice Week, when those staff are very busy as it is.

Chief Executive Mark Woodward says demand to visit the TT remains strong, so they expect the website and phone lines to be very busy on Monday.

He's asking for the public’s patience as they deal with the expected high volume of customer inquiries.

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