Windsurfboy

Agree 12.6% is not as bad as above. But it's more than the increase in most of their customers income. Continuing increases that outstrip customers income will not be sustainable.

Think you're right , maybe just simply say like shops sales for next few days , these prices are guaranteed for X days after launch. The key thing is to guarantee that if you book early they will not be cheaper later.

They should stop preregistering, the £90 is trivial, and offset by cost of staff for long phone calls. Release all details and prices on line, you can look at every thing and make decision , how much you are willing to pay. Adopt system others use. Open up bookings using online normal online system or you phone saga but in stages according to Brittania club status. Say each level 2 days apart.

Saga will price itself out the market at this rate, certainly for deluxe and suites. The post covid we are going on holiday never mind cost is coming to rapid end Intinerarys that aren't much different to big ships, Cunard P&O . Prices that are up with for example Seabourn , Seabourn veranda suite similiar size and prices to what a Saga deluxe would now cost based on the pppn figures above. Similiar sized cabins, more varied intinerary with Seabourn. Only saving grace for Saga is it's best quality for UK no fly cruise. But that doesn't stop everyone waiting for guarantee cabins

What i can't understand is no prices on website. Could have prices per cabin type per deck at 35% off. We can then all work out 30% off etc ... I can't believe they want to give you a price over the phone with a take it this minute or it may go up. A bit like a double glazing sales person. We like to think about things. We are in lucky position that suites don't sell out at 35% immediately so not going to bother any more with preregistering. Just priced some Seabourn fly cruise, No more expensive than Saga,but much better choice of ports big ships don't go to. But that's got to be balanced we love ambience on Saga and fellow passengers.

We have never had the drinks package. At £100 per day for the two of us, that's three bottles of decent wine, or a bottle of champagne and an excellent red. In the room. If you have to resort to by glass , either brought to room by yourselves or butler, that's a lot of trips to the bar. If you are going to be eating mainly in room , think about bringing a few cases with you no corkage if drunk in room, think what you can get for that money, you can drink grand cru for same money.

Boring and expensive, going to give it a a miss. They don't seem to be taking advantage of the smaller ports that the bigger ships can't use.

Peking duck , and especially any Indian meal are always very good. Once felt like something simple , had toothache and no dentist for a few days, asked in morning for Macaroni Cheese, absolutely awful, forgot onions and cheese must have been on ration

Try Fowey in Cornwall

Agree on both points, not a very exciting set of cruises. Given that unlike many ships Saga doesn't have cabins from hell, then if you can't get 35% discount why not wait for guarantee

We all agree a pdf would have been better and simpler

Try the above works for me However find it a pain we have specific times when we'd want to go between other holidays. A list by date much easier

https://travel.saga.co.uk/cruises/ocean/2025-advance-registration/2025-cruises.aspx?pid=&ctiq=42869587&ecti=vns3vmgPiLCdipdxJcpYQw%3D%3D&scid=eml-t|trv|cruise|operations|NHE-SC6784|control|20240304|body|button&dcid=DM258738&bid=873842796

Snap Beginning to think just cruising out of UK is limiting Saga intinerarys, so might just get money back.

Good to see not only one having problems

Only way is ask Bultler, or test it have just a glass of wine with an MDR lunch in Suite and see next day if it appears on Bill.

Queue - nard Cue - nard

So there would be a large number of passengers with similiar cabins and status. This seems to me to be a case of P&O giving too many people an early boarding at same time. Better to spread things out more so you don't have to queue

OBC is an enticement to book select. It's free if you would have booked select anyway, if you put a premium on choosing cabin. OBC never makes a select cabin cheaper than a saver. Selbourne' s saving of 10k is massive and unusual , it clearly changes the equation makes OBC trivial. Normally it is much finer balanced decision.

12.15 boarding pretty early , were you in Suite or high level (Liguirian ) pennisular club member , thought they used to have priority check in and hospitality lounge. Has this gone (covid excuse for cut backs)

In both my pick ups the driver or the local company has rung me night before confirming drivers name and his mobile number.

We've been in more than 5 metres on both Queen Victoria and Elizabeth and hardly felt it. I wonder either SOD feels waves worse (isopods and fancy stabilizers not as effective ). Or Saga has just become very very risk adverse.

Thanks , We pre registered in May 2022, my plan once I get the email brochure , will email or web chat Saga to give them appropriate phone number. If there's nothing we like will tell them to roll preregister over

One should always check th he price via Cunard vs directly. Sometimes there will be no difference, or Cunard is cheaper answer is obvious buy the package. Sometimes the difference may be thousands. Not everyone can ignore a saving of a few thousand, and even many of those to whom a few thousand makes no difference may begrudge paying a few thousand more for exactly the same ticket. The advantage of a package may be convenience and piece of mind. However practically Cunard can't conjure flights out of the air or find seats on a fully booked plane any more than an individual can. But an individual can move faster. It's a myth that Cunard will delay the ship, they may well for a plane full, but not for just a couple, the economics don't stack up. If you miss the ship yes you will have to arrange own way to next port, either by taxi or by using same public transport that Cunard would have to use. So given a potential saving of a few thousand. If like many you have time you can opt to go early to mitigate risk and put it towards holiday. If you do not have time, can take money , but don't skimp on insurance, an in unlikely event of problems be prepared to sort it out yourself and claim money back from insurance. Or Forego the saving for the peace of mind of a package. It's up to you

Just tried to update to my S.A. phone number, guess what Saga website only allows 11 numbers , so no room for a country code. At the rate things are going might not matter, only here for another 5 weeks