Get an email when a full ferry sailing has space
Island and coastal ferries often sell out of vehicle spaces on summer weekends and holidays, and spaces return when travellers change plans or when the operator releases more sailings. Sold Out Alert watches the booking page for the route, date and vehicle type you need. It emails you when a sailing that fits shows space.
What you can watch
- A car and two passengers on the Friday morning sailing
- Any sailing with a vehicle space on the holiday weekend
- Walk-on passenger tickets for the last boat on Sunday
- A space for a vehicle over 6 feet tall on the 3rd
- A return sailing on Monday before noon
How it works
Paste the link to the ferry booking page and say which route, dates, passengers and vehicle type would work for you.
Sold Out Alert reads the page once, shows you what it will check, and tells you whether the page can be tracked before you start.
When a sailing that matches shows space, you get an email with the link. You book it yourself.
We alert you by email; you book it yourself. Sold Out Alert never logs into your accounts or buys anything for you. Plans start at $9 a month with a 7-day free trial.
Questions
- Does Sold Out Alert reserve a space on the ferry?
- No. It cannot hold a spot or pay for one. It emails you when the booking page shows space, and you book it yourself. Ferry space that frees up can be taken within minutes, so there is no guarantee you will get it.
- Can it separate vehicle spaces from passenger tickets?
- Yes, if the page lists them separately. Say whether you need a vehicle space, and what size, so the watch is not triggered by foot-passenger tickets you do not need.
- Why do spaces open on a full sailing?
- Travellers cancel because of weather, schedule changes or change of plans, and operators sometimes release held spaces closer to departure. Those releases are uneven, which is why a scheduled check is useful.
- What if the booking page can't be watched?
- Some ferry booking pages need you to sign in, search through several steps or block automated checking, and pages behind a login cannot be watched. Sold Out Alert checks the page before you start and tells you whether it can be tracked. Checks run from every 5 minutes on the lowest plan to every 1 minute on the highest.