Release dates

[terrierjohn]

10 hours ago, cruisefan2012 said:

Thank you for being so kind Jean

 

Horses for courses peeps, what works for you - might not work for me etc etc......

 

As I mentioned above, I pre-register on day 1, phone up P&O on the day the cruises go on official sale and tell them what cabin I want and I`ve always got it - The key is to phone first thing and when you get through tell them what you want .....  Works for me everytime 

 

Last time I was in a travel agents - the blue company with the red smile........ I was directed to the internet anyways so that trip to the agents was a waste of time...

 

You dont want a high street TA, you need a specialist cruise TA who always give better phone service than P&O, and will resolve any problems that pop up with one quick phone call.

[Electra 7]

On 10/20/2021 at 8:04 PM, Adawn47 said:

We're Mediterranean tier too but our surname begins with G. It must be random.

Avril

We are Baltic tier with 3 cruises still booked with P&O surnames begins with C and I have still not had an e-mail to say new cruise are going on sale😥

[terrierjohn]

42 minutes ago, Electra 7 said:

We are Baltic tier with 3 cruises still booked with P&O surnames begins with C and I have still not had an e-mail to say new cruise are going on sale😥

You need to check your settings on the website, you must have inadvertainly removed all communications.

[GOQ]

On 10/20/2021 at 6:50 PM, zap99 said:

In out second Britannia staycation we booked an Iona cruise. 15% off at the future cruises desk. The very nice young lady also fixed our peninsula club points.

Might I ask is this the usual onboard future cruise booking discount, or was it a special offer or a consequence of your peninsular club points.

 

It seems a very good incentive. Since I am looking to book another cruise in January 2023 and will be cruising on Ventura next month a 15 % discount would be a good incentive to book this January cruise onboard Ventura.

[Electra 7]

3 hours ago, terrierjohn said:

You need to check your settings on the website, you must have inadvertainly removed all communications.

thanks will try that

[yorkshirephil]

1 hour ago, GOQ said:

Might I ask is this the usual onboard future cruise booking discount, or was it a special offer or a consequence of your peninsular club points.

 

It seems a very good incentive. Since I am looking to book another cruise in January 2023 and will be cruising on Ventura next month a 15 % discount would be a good incentive to book this January cruise onboard Ventura.

Also extra OBC plus £50 deposit on future cruise, which in covid times is a good incentive. Sometimes they have managers specials which may be a bit more discount, albeit on cruises that are not selling well but could suit someones needs.

[GOQ]

1 minute ago, yorkshirephil said:

Also extra OBC plus £50 deposit on future cruise, which in covid times is a good incentive. Sometimes they have managers specials which may be a bit more discount, albeit on cruises that are not selling well but could suit someones needs.

Wow, thanks for this information. I usually plan 18 months ahead and assemble a short list of favourite cruises. So this seems like a really good idea for me, I can precheck with my dogminder before I go on a cruise, see what fits, and hopefully get a discount.

[Bin man]

Just had more mail from p and o advertising Arvia and booking dates .Why don't they just send us the brochure and save a few pounds on the forever bits of cruise deald they send us  There are only so many cruises you can book in a year .

[wowzz]

25 minutes ago, Bin man said:

Just had more mail from p and o advertising Arvia and booking dates .Why don't they just send us the brochure and save a few pounds on the forever bits of cruise deald they send us  There are only so many cruises you can book in a year .

And then transfer the booking to a TA, and if you pick the right one, you might get another discount.

[Les_ldh]

1 hour ago, wowzz said:

And then transfer the booking to a TA, and if you pick the right one, you might get another discount.

Is it P&O who do the transfer or the TA?

Les.

[Bin man]

P and o transfer to your T.A .

[yorkshirephil]

1 hour ago, Les_ldh said:

Is it P&O who do the transfer or the TA?

Les.

Whenever we have booked onboard P&O have automatically transferred the booking to the TA for that particular cruise. 

[Son of Anarchy]

Can you request that a booking made on board, is NOT transferred to a TA?

 

Our next cruise was booked via a TA, who we would rather not use again, and we may be making a booking when on that cruise.

 

TIA

[cruisefan2012]

On 10/23/2021 at 9:03 AM, terrierjohn said:

You dont want a high street TA, you need a specialist cruise TA who always give better phone service than P&O, and will resolve any problems that pop up with one quick phone call.

No I dont - I take it you didnt read my post?.......

 

I have planned & booked & paid for a whole trip to Canada in 2022 - I havent used 1 single travel agent... Its all done online on my ancient laptop by myself

Edited October 24, 2021 by cruisefan2012

[wowzz]

20 minutes ago, cruisefan2012 said:

No I dont - I take it you didnt read my post?.......

 

I have planned & booked & paid for a whole trip to Canada in 2022 - I havent used 1 single travel agent... Its all done online on my ancient laptop by myself

And good for you.

That is how we used to do our holidays, but in the current environment of sudden rule changes, quarantine restrictions etc, I would actually now use a good TA, for the additional assistance you would receive if things go pear shaped.

[terrierjohn]

25 minutes ago, cruisefan2012 said:

No I dont - I take it you didnt read my post?.......

 

I have planned & booked & paid for a whole trip to Canada in 2022 - I havent used 1 single travel agent... Its all done online on my ancient laptop by myself

I was not advocating that TAs are always the best way of booking a holiday, but with a cruise holiday you only have one point of contact whether you book with the cruise line or use a specialist cruise TA. My experience with P&O is that it is far easier to amend things with my TA than the pathetic customer service they offer.