Cash123 Posted November 21, 2023 #1 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Hi, Have been reading online that on P & O au you can keep in touch with family and freinds onboard by using the My Holiday app/web page and you are able to message them via your phonewithout having a wifi package, Im sure I know what the answer will be but does this work on Arvia, we have a cruise in January and although we have booked the wifi package our freinds havnt so trying to work out the best way to keep in touch other than the cabin phones. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Selbourne Posted November 21, 2023 #2 Share Posted November 21, 2023 I don’t believe that this is possible on any P&O ships, but am prepared to be corrected. I certainly didn’t notice any facility to do this on Iona, Britannia or Ventura when we were on board this year. As it’s not an app I should imagine that it might be difficult and P&O IT department can't even cope with simple things 😂 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winifred 22 Posted November 21, 2023 #3 Share Posted November 21, 2023 (edited) As it’s only web pages not an app there would be no way of using the free WiFi for any purpose other than using My Holiday . There is no functionality for contacting other people. If that’s something your friends need or want to do they will need to purchase WiFi for sea days and use their service providers internet access when in port. Edited November 21, 2023 by Winifred 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted November 23, 2023 #4 Share Posted November 23, 2023 You could just arrange to meet at a certain time!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted November 23, 2023 #5 Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, jeanlyon said: You could just arrange to meet at a certain time!!! We used a very complex system. We phoned their cabin at prearranged times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted November 23, 2023 #6 Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 11/21/2023 at 3:06 PM, Selbourne said: I don’t believe that this is possible on any P&O ships, but am prepared to be corrected. I certainly didn’t notice any facility to do this on Iona, Britannia or Ventura when we were on board this year. As it’s not an app I should imagine that it might be difficult and P&O IT department can't even cope with simple things 😂 What did folk do before the Internet?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash123 Posted November 23, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, jeanlyon said: You could just arrange to meet at a certain time!!! the problem with that is on our Princess cruise last August there was always problems trying to find any seating on sea days so luckily we had the medallion system where we could see where we all were on board otherwise it would have meant we wouldm be walking all over the place trying to meet up, I imagine P & O dont offer anything like this for free to force you into buying their wifi package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zap99 Posted November 23, 2023 #8 Share Posted November 23, 2023 20 minutes ago, Cash123 said: the problem with that is on our Princess cruise last August there was always problems trying to find any seating on sea days so luckily we had the medallion system where we could see where we all were on board otherwise it would have meant we wouldm be walking all over the place trying to meet up, I imagine P & O dont offer anything like this for free to force you into buying their wifi package. We arranged to meet for breakfast and made a plan for the day. Part of that plan was to arrange a time to call our cabins in the evening to arrange dinner. Not very difficult at all. We didn't want to be in each others pockets all day anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash123 Posted November 23, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted November 23, 2023 38 minutes ago, zap99 said: We arranged to meet for breakfast and made a plan for the day. Part of that plan was to arrange a time to call our cabins in the evening to arrange dinner. Not very difficult at all. We didn't want to be in each others pockets all day anyway. Oh well , it seems we will have to agree to dis-agree, we go on holiday with out freinds as we want to spend time together whereas you seem to have different objectives but HeyHo everyone is different and thats what makes forums like this so interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted November 23, 2023 #10 Share Posted November 23, 2023 2 hours ago, zap99 said: What did folk do before the Internet?. Two Baked bean cans and a length of string.👍 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted November 23, 2023 #11 Share Posted November 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Cash123 said: the problem with that is on our Princess cruise last August there was always problems trying to find any seating on sea days so luckily we had the medallion system where we could see where we all were on board otherwise it would have meant we wouldm be walking all over the place trying to meet up, I imagine P & O dont offer anything like this for free to force you into buying their wifi package. Our P&O mole keeps telling us that P&O might also adopt medallion, but I wouldn't hold your breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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