also called island hopping by ferry · multi-ferry route
Linking islands or coastal towns with successive ferry rides instead of flying.
Ferry hopping is linking islands or coastal towns with a series of ferry rides instead of flying between them. It is often slower and at the mercy of the weather, but it can move both people and vehicles more cheaply than short-haul flights. It suits a route where the journey itself is part of the point and you are not racing a clock.
You want to move between a string of islands with your gear or vehicle in tow. Ferry hopping carries you and the vehicle for less than a series of flights would, as long as you can absorb the slower pace and a day thrown off by rough weather.
Often slower and weather-dependent, but can move people and vehicles more cheaply than short-haul flights.
The difference is the whole point, so here is each one in a line.
These are ways to cross water that are not ordinary holiday cruises.
A repositioning cruise is a one-way sailing sold cheaply when a ship relocates between seasonal ports, and a deadhead cruise is a ship moving with no revenue purpose.
Freighter travel is booking a rare passenger berth on a cargo ship for long ocean passages, and ferry hopping is linking islands or coasts by successive ferries instead of flying.
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