Cruises and cruising
Posted in Azura, Drinks package, P&O on Jul 14th, 2018
P&O are apparently going to trial a range of drinks packages on Azura. It will commence 21 July. There will be a range of packages – hot drinks, non-alcoholic, and children’s – but the headline package is the Ultimate Drinks Package. The principal features of this are: It will cost £39.95 per person per day; […]
Posted in Cruises, Drinks package on Jan 30th, 2013
I’ve been thinking about the drinks packages that more and more lines are introducing, and I’ve reached the view that they are definitely not a good thing. First, let’s review how they work; I’ll use the Celebrity arrangements as an example purely because it’s one for which there is a lot of information available. Celebrity […]
Posted in Celebrity, Cruises, Drinks package on Dec 11th, 2012
Celebrity Cruises UK have just announced a sale for cruises starting next year. There are free cabin upgrades – e.g. book an Ocean View, get a Balcony – and cheap flights to Barcelona and Rome for cruises on Celebrity Reflection and Celebrity Equinox. But the most startling offer is this: free ‘Classic Drinks’ package on […]
Posted in Cruises, Drinks package on Aug 28th, 2012
Well, I have to admit that I’ve been lazy this month, and haven’t posted anything for a while. Partly this was because nothing much seemed to be happening in the world of UK cruising. Perhaps people were just enjoying their cruises; or perhaps a few weeks of dry and reasonably bright weather was such a shock […]