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[tlobs2] 24/1/2024 08:33

To be fair I fully appreciate it's a sales email. However we have struggled to find suitable cruises for Feb/March this year.

[kasamavic] 24/1/2024 08:30

Sounds more like a sales pitch unless you've tried yourself and can confirm very little is available.

[tlobs2] 24/1/2024 08:07

I know that P&O are getting fully booked on many cruises. This email arrived overnight!

"I recently wrote that advance bookings for most cruise lines are at an all-time high. Since then, many lines have announced that they are experiencing a record-breaking year, with a high percentage of 2024 inventory already booked. This unprecedented volume of bookings is leading to a scarcity of cabins, particularly between now and the end of August.

With demand exceptionally strong, I recommend booking as soon as possible, as waiting could cause you to miss out on your preferred cabin category or sailing.

Call us today to book your next cruise. Our cruise counselors are standing by to help with the many cruise deals that are still available as of now."

[smurfy2001] 13/1/2024 12:36

Now it has emerged that one of those business ventures is taking his famous restaurant to the high seas – or the Norwegian fjords to be precise. Starting in June, Roux will open “Le Gavroche residencies at sea” on board Cunard’s luxury Queen Anne and Queen Mary 2 voyages from the UK to Norway.

[tlobs2] 11/1/2024 08:23

The only thing wrong with this thread is that clown stansmith1 posting messages to himself.

I think he has more than just one screw loose.

[pierre oreilly] 10/1/2024 18:24

That sounds interesting. But 50% of what? Any links to any revved cruises?

[pierre oreilly] 10/1/2024 16:11

Stan, you'll certainly pay if you get drinks or extra obc on p&o. That's the select price plus the drinks package price. We never do that - one trick they use is say for only £400 extr, you'll get £400 obc plus a free bus ride out the port when they supply one. But the 400 you pay is pp, and the 400 you get is per cabin.

Other tricks, which work!, are things like 'from £600 with free 200 obc', only to get the obc youve got to pay for select, so the cruise then costs 800pp with 200obc pc.

Agents like iglu say 'from £1000, and up to £200 off if you book via us online'

What that means is it costs a grand after the 200 quid off, and not 800 quid. That must be illegal but they do it all the time.

Saw the results of a women's punch up in the laundry on the Oriana. The loser, who we had lunch with the next day, had a bad black eye and broken glasses, and she was a big meaty union leader - i wouldn't like to meet the lady who punched her! That was 2017 when clientele was more refined than today - so laundries have always been the place for punchups.

[tlobs2] 09/1/2024 17:11

The problem with Marella is the all inclusive has attracted plenty of Wetherspoons customers :-(

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a drink or two, but these are on it from first thing in the morning !!

Oh and they haven't enough staff, so they are always fire fighting.

[hooray1x] 09/1/2024 16:34

marella are better then p&o - and thats before p and o started going down hillp and o are the cheapest and most basic line there is, admittedly there are a few reasons to go with them if you are british

[tlobs2] 09/1/2024 16:21

No flights and on their web site there are no cabins left! At one point desperation set in and we looked at a Marella cruise ;-)

We had a couple of cruises last year and were looking for a sneaky extra one in February ;-)

[hooray1x] 09/1/2024 15:54

you are a bit late to the party, what do you mean trying to book a cruise, p and o are the cheapest line, what is the problem?

[tlobs2] 09/1/2024 11:54

Good morning all. I held quite a few of these some years ago (pre Covid).

I am now back in again and looking forward to shareholder benefits and a good return on my investment :-)

I've been trying to book a cruise (P&O) for this year and it's pretty clear that the ships are filling up again.

Give it a year or two and fingers crossed this will be back up in the mid twenties.

[ashwani01] 04/1/2024 11:31

Possible I suppose but that's another 10% down. Seems a tall order but, hey, what do I know ?

[ickleinvestments] 03/1/2024 20:04

Well if today is anything to go by then it won't be a long wait...

[jan-mar] 03/1/2024 20:04

You might get there Friday

[kasamavic] 03/1/2024 15:37

Buy order at 10.80 for me.