Cruise Sales At Record High
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. During this time last year they saw 1,385 cruise bookings, however, this year they have seen 2,044 people bookings cruises.
As for Fred Olsen, they have said that last week saw the companies second highest week of sales in the history of the cruise line. They put the rise in sales down to the release of their 2010/2011 brochure which was released in the middle of June. They have also said that they believe that more and more people are becoming aware to how good value cruises are becoming.
There are also a number of factors that tempt people towards a cruise. One is that a large number of cruises for UK customers depart from UK ports. This means that as a cruise customer, you don’t have to pay for air travel to get to the starting place of the cruise. Another advantage for cruises is that the cruises use pound sterling which means you don’t have to exchange money, plus the trip is easier to budget for.
The popularity of cruises has been on the rise over the years. 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 means you experience more places and more things, plus at a cheaper price.
