advertise with red funnel
Each year we welcome an impressive 2.9 million customers through our terminals, ticket offices, and on board our vessels.
If you’re looking to advertise your products or services to a specific demographic or wish to include our customer base in a regional or national campaign, we can help you to find a solution.
Our advertising options include HD digital screens in terminals and on board ferries, banners, print and more.
onboard advertising
digital screens
We have screens across all vehicle ferry and foot passenger fleet. Onboard screens (video or static) are available to book for 10, 20 or 30 seconds between time periods of 1-12-months.
Your promotional video can appear on vehicle Ferries, Red Jets or both.
Prices:
| 10 Seconds | 20 Seconds | 30 Seconds | |
| 1 month | £630 | £945 | £1,260 |
| 3 months | £1,260 | £1,890 | £2,520 |
| 6 months | £1,680 | £2,840 | £3,780 |
| 12 months | £2,520 | £4,250 | £5,670 |
Prices +VAT
Onboard screens are landscape format
isle of Wight Guide
Looking to reach visitors to the Isle of Wight? The Red Funnel Isle of Wight Guide is published annually and released every March/April with approx. 120K copies printed and in circulation until around November time. The guides are then distributed in Red Funnel terminals, onboard the vehicle ferries and in local supermarkets such as Tesco and Sainsburys.
The guide is a pocket-friendly B5 size, with circa 130 pages packed with useful and key information for Isle of Wight visitors and potential holidaymakers. As a travel guide for the Island, the content will largely feature top tips, days out ideas, planning advice and multiple guides to beaches, food, places to stay, events and more!
For 2025 Booking and Pricing visit: Wight Marketing
murals
Onboard Murals are a superb branding opportunity on Red Funnel vehicle ferries. There are up to six stairwell murals and several seat-back murals available. Murals tend to be located near stairwells and the Refuel Café.
Prices:
| 6 Months | £3,150 + vat Apr-Sept |
| 12 Months | £4,750 + vat Oct-Sept |
Package Offer:
- 10% Discount when two murals are booked together
- 15% Discount when three (1 per boat) murals or more are booked together
Price includes: Print and install (new advertiser) or one copy change if already in situ. Additional copy changes during campaign (print and install) cost £400 + vat.
terminal advertising
Southampton Terminal 1 Banners (Large)
These impressive 12ft x 10ft banners face all the parking areas for cars waiting to board the ferry in our Southampton Terminal 1. They can’t be missed by people boarding the ferry and visiting the terminal shops and café. They are located directly next to where foot passengers, cyclists and motorcyclists wait to board.
Prices:
6 Months £5,250+vat Apr-Sep
12 Months £7,350+vat Oct - Sept
Price Includes: Print and install (new advertiser) or one copy change if already in situ. Additional copy changes during campaign (print and install) cost £550 + vat.
Terminal Banners (Small)
Banners are predominantly displayed at Southampton Terminal 1 (option of East Cowes Terminal on request). The banners are highly visible, next to the vehicle check in booths.
Prices:
1 Month - £630 +vat
3 Months - £1,475 +vat
6 Months - £2,520 +vat
12 Months - £3,850 +vat
Price includes: Install
Additional print cost if required (From £150 + vat)
Digital Posters
Digital posters (10s portrait screens) are available in all four terminal buildings across the Isle of Wight & Southampton.
Terminal 1 and East Cowes (Vehicle Ferry) Terminals and Southampton Terminal 2 and West Cowes (Red Jet) Terminals.
Prices:
10 second video/static
1 Month - £630 +vat
3 Months - £1,470 +vat
6 Months - £2,550 +vat
12 Months - £3,820 +vat
gantry banners
Only 4 available and often booked well in advance. These impressive banners are 18m across and are visible as passengers embark and disembark the ferries. They are only available for 6 or 12-month bookings.
Prices:
6 Months - £19,000 +vat
12 Months - £29,000 +vat
Print & Installation Charge - Circa £2,500
Red Jet Branding
On average 900K visitors & commuters travel by Red Jet between Southampton and West Cowes each year. There are opportunities to brand our terminals with banners on the boarding maze (Southampton T2) with floor tiles and digital posters on entry and exit walkways.
Maze Banners
Located at Southampton Terminal 2 (one-sided)
Price per banner (3 banners make up a row)
1 month - £550 +vat (minimum term)
3 months - £1,050 +vat
6 months - £2,100 +vat
12 months - £3,150 +vat
Printing and installation - £125 per banner
Special Offer: Book a row (3 banners) and receive a 15% discount.
Walkway Digital Posters
Southampton and West Cowes
1 month - £550 +vat (minimum term)
3 months - £1,050 +vat
6 months - £2,100 +vat
12 months - £3,150 +vat
Floor Stickers
Southampton or Cowes walkways (price for 3 tiles)
3 months - £1,050 +vat
6 months - £1,575 +vat
12 months - £2,370 +vat
Printing - £160 for 3
Get in touch
To enquire about advertising with Red Funnel, please contact our advertising partner, Wight Marketing on the details below:
Rob Hull - Wight Marketing Ltd.
Email: [email protected]
Phone 075 0762 7449