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Red Funnel customer service
- Contact number
- 023 8001 9192
- Complaints email
- customerservices@redfunnel.co.uk
- Customer support
- www.redfunnel.co.uk
- Head office
- 12 Bugle Street, Southampton, SO14 2JY, United Kingdom
- Twitter / X
- @RedFunnelFerry
- Social media
Contact details checked on 29 Oct 2026
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Is Red Funnel legit?
LegitYou can book Red Funnel with confidence: it is the ferry operator between Southampton and Cowes on the Isle of Wight, with car ferries and Red Jet catamarans, but weather can overrule your plans. Crossings cancelled for wind, fog or heavy seas bring no compensation, and its overnight accommodation cover does not apply either.
What we checked
- Ferry company since 1861
- Registered company, still active
- Ratings on other review websites: 4.5/5
Watch out for
- A crossing missed after arriving with your car less than 15 minutes before departure, past the check-in cut-off.
- A Red Jet foot passenger ticket on a late crossing, which falls outside the delay compensation scheme.
- A booking you never used whose date has passed, which the terms say cannot be amended or refunded.
Did a Red Funnel delay cost you money?
We help you write it, it gets its own public page, and you can have it sent to Red Funnel as a formal letter.
File a Red Funnel complaintCommon customer service questions about Red Funnel
How do I file a complaint about Red Funnel?
Do you have a dispute or a bad customer experience with Red Funnel? Report it through our website to maximize the chance of getting it resolved.
We help you write an effective complaint in minutes. Our AI models are trained on thousands of effective complaint letters. Then we push it through emails, social media, paper complaint letters and other tools at our disposal. And you are not alone: our helpful community is there for advice.
How do I contact Red Funnel customer service?
Red Funnel customer services can be reached on 023 8001 9192 or by email at customerservices@redfunnel.co.uk. Include your booking reference and contact details when you write, and have the sailing date and time ready when you call.
Sailing cancelled, delayed or a booking charge to dispute? Start your complaint here and we push it out to Red Funnel by email, social media and printed letters.
Can I get a refund if Red Funnel cancels my sailing?
When Red Funnel cancels a sailing, passengers are generally offered a later crossing or their money back, and UK ferry passenger rights rules can also apply to long delays and cancellations. What you get depends on your ticket, the reason for the disruption and Red Funnel's conditions of carriage, so ask Red Funnel in writing which option applies and keep the cancellation message. Keep receipts for any extra costs the disruption caused.
Refund refused on a cancelled crossing? Our trained AI opens a case for you and keeps coaching: what to reply, when to push and how to escalate.
How do I change or amend a Red Funnel booking?
Red Funnel bookings can be changed through the manage booking section of its website with your booking reference, or by calling customer services. Whether a change is allowed, and whether an amendment charge or a fare difference applies, depends on the ticket type you bought, so check the conditions before confirming. Take a screenshot of the fare shown before and after the change, so any charge can be checked later.
Can I complain to ABTA about a Red Funnel delay or cancellation?
Yes: ABTA is the complaint handling body for ferry passenger rights on scheduled crossings in England and Wales, covering delays, cancellations and assistance for passengers with reduced mobility on routes such as Red Funnel's. It generally expects Red Funnel to have had the chance to put things right first, so keep a record of every contact with the company.
Put it in through our complaint process: we help you write the complaint in minutes, with the sailing times and the disruption set out clearly.
What do people complain about most at Red Funnel?
Nothing has been reported about Red Funnel here yet. Our research shows what typically goes wrong at ferry operators: sailings cancelled or delayed by weather or technical faults, refunds on cancelled crossings, charges for amending a booking, missed onward connections, queues and boarding problems for vehicles, and assistance for passengers with reduced mobility.
Crossing cancelled or charged to change the booking? Be the first to report it: your case opens the record for the next passenger travelling to the Isle of Wight.
What happens after I submit my complaint?
Your complaint gets its own public page on Complain.biz and we get to work: we bring it to the attention of Red Funnel through emails, social media, paper complaint letters and other tools at our disposal.
And we stay with it after you file. Our trained AI opens a case file for you and keeps coaching: what to reply, when to push again, and how to escalate if nothing happens.
Can other consumers help me with my Red Funnel complaint?
Yes. We have an active community of consumers, and complaints here are public: people who ran into the same problem with Red Funnel can give you advice or back you up with their own story. A complaint with a community behind it is much harder to overlook.
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How Red Funnel compares
Red Funnel customer service compared to others in the Public Transport category.
| Company | Complaints | Biggest problem |
|---|---|---|
| Brittany Ferries | 14 complaints | Noisy or poorly equipped cabins 29% |
| East Yorkshire Buses | 11 complaints | Fast or careless bus drivers 55% |
| Avanti West Coast | 4 complaints | |
| ScotRail | 3 complaints | |
| Red Funnel (this page) | 0 complaints | No complaints yet |
| Northern Rail | 0 complaints | No complaints yet |