P&O See Record Cruise Bookings

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A large number of UK cruise lines including P&O and Fred Olsen have reported a surge in cruise bookings for 2010 and 2011.

P&O and Cunard Line reported that their sales at the beginning of July for booking 2011 world cruises rose by a massive 47% on last year. With the rise, they saw 2,044 cruise bookings, whereas during the same time last year, they only saw 1,385.

Fred Olsen has reported that their last week of sales was the second highest sales week in the history of the cruise line. They have put the rise down to the release of their 2010/2011 brochure which was released in June. They also said that their previous customers, as well as new customers, are realising how good value a cruise is becoming.

Cruises do have a number of advantages that people seem to like. One being that the majority of cruises that are sold to UK customers, depart from UK ports. This means that it doesn’t cost the customers to get to where the cruise starts. Another advantage is that all currency on the cruises is in sterling, this means it’s easier to budget for your trip.

Over the years cruises have been becoming ever more popular. Even if you enjoy active holidays, many cruise liners have a wide range of activity sports on board and on land. You can also go to a wider range of places, for example, you can book Antarctica cruise holidays which will take you around the sites of Antarctica, you certainly couldn’t see that through a normal holiday.

A big reason cruises are becoming so popular is because you get the feeling of a number of holidays all rolled into one. If you wanted a holiday in Chile, you would only visit Chile, however, with a cruise, you get a holiday on the cruise, you then stop off at Chile, plus you will also stop at a number of other places. This gives you a much wider range of place you visit plus more things to do, all at a cheaper price.

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