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    Britannia Suite vs Saga Cabin

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted

    This post encouraged me to look further afield than P&O and in particular SAGA.

     

    I know the post revolves around suites but I am going on Britannia with my wife for two weeks in May this year in a standard balcony, at the select price, in a position chosen by me. I compared this cruise with an equivalent SAGA cruise at roughly the same time and route in their standard balcony, also in a similar position chosen by me.

     

    I readily accept that there are a lot of extras thrown in with SAGA, and the cruise would have had three extra ports, BUT the difference was, roughly, an eye watering £7000, which makes it about three times the cost of P&O!!!

     

    I'll stick with P&O for the time being.

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    Television connections on the Britannia

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted · Edited by Pine Man

    I tried it on Britannia last year but to get to a USB socket on the back of the TV you have to remove it from the wall first.

     

    I managed to get it off then found a warning on the back about connecting devices to the USB so I put it back on the wall with some difficulty and it didn't look right.

     

    Next time we returned to the cabin the TV appeared to be as it should be BUT, shortly after, our steward apologised to us and said that the TV must have been badly fitted as it fell off when he was cleaning and they had to fit a new one!!

     

    Keep well clear!!

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    Paying in cash

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted

    At a time when we are supposedly suffering a cost of living crisis, I am surprised at the, apparant, amount of people with loads of cash under their mattresses that could be earning at least 3% interest in a local building society.

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    P&O itineries

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Snow Hill said:

    Just looked at said cruise on website no mention of St Petersburg

    I don't know what you are reading but look at the wording below the picture between 'quaint old town' and 'there's much to see'.

    Drink Package queries

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, snaefell said:

    does anybody know if it is permissable for us to have different drink packages,

    All occupants of a cabin have to have the same drinks package.

     

    7 minutes ago, snaefell said:

    a true price or is there a percentage to add on for tips?

    Compulsory tipping was abolished on P&O several years ago.

    P&O Cancelling Baltic Cruises

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted

    I think what probably happened is that they had to change the web site listing as it originally showed a visit to SPB on the itinerary map. Having done that they then probably also changed the title to encourage sales.

     

    On 'My P&O Cruises' the map still shows a visit to SPB but the written itinerary does not.

     

    Who knows what's going to happen? Certainly not P&O!

    P&O Cancelling Baltic Cruises

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, vitrocmax said:

    I searched B312 and it's available, but I wouldn't be able to find it without knowing the cruise number

    You can find it by searching for May 2023 cruises on Britannia but it's a bit worrying that Baltic doesn't appear in the search option.

     

    I noticed that the title for the cruise is now Northern Europe And Scandinavia, no mention of Baltic, so maybe they've changed it. According to My P&O Cruises it is entitled Baltic as it is on websites other than P&O.

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