Some people have said they are experiencing difficulties booking sailings to the Isle of Man. The reason for this is that all the spaces allocated to �Travel Companies� have been filled. The remaining foot passenger spaces are being sold directly by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. only. I have spoken to them and they have assured me there is availability on all sailings for foot passengers on the Friday from Liverpool & Heysham and for the return on Monday. The places are limited so BOOK NOW!!! Call 016424 661 661
(If you are taking a car then there are plenty of spaces)

Its true - Travel services just swapped me from the 02:15 to 14:15 from Heysham on Friday, a sailing which had been "full" earlier this week.
Phone them soon though .....

Lucky for you - when I phoned them after the time you posted, they were still full up on the early sailing (10ish - from Liverpool) and the price had gone upto GBP54.