The best Boxing Day sales for cruises to tempt you on board in 2024 and beyond
THE Boxing Day sales are under way and for those who love to cruise, it’s the start of the Wave season, when cruise companies try to tempt us on board with deals for 2024 and beyond.
See some of what the cruise lines have to offer . . .
P&O CRUISES
SAIL away for under £100 a day with British giant P&O Cruises. You can secure your ideal itinerary with just a ten-per-cent deposit on sailings up to March 2026.
There’s also extra on-board spending for those booking before March 4, 2024, with extra flights to the Caribbean from Cardiff and Glasgow.
Book during this Wave campaign and also get 20 per cent off the classic drinks-package price of £44.95pp if you choose a Select Price or Early Saver break.
For example a 14-night Mediterranean voyage on P&O Cruises’ newest ship Arvia, departing from Southampton on March 30, 2025, is from £899pp including full board and entertainment. It calls at La Coruna, Malaga, Alicante, Toulon, Barcelona and Cadiz for tours to Seville.
To book, call 03453 555 111 or visit pocruises.com.
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PRINCESS CRUISES
ITS biggest ship yet, Sun Princess, arrives in February and will sail the Mediterranean all summer.
Princess Cruises’ I Love This Sale! campaign runs till March 4, 2024 and includes savings of up to 30 per cent and a low deposit of £50pp on more than 1,400 cruises departing in 2024 and 2025.
Fares start at £399pp for a five-night Hamburg Gateway trip on Sky Princess with an overnight stay in Hamburg, departing on October 28, 2024. And a ten-night Mediterranean cruise on the new Sun Princess starts from £699pp.
Or a seven-night Alaska cruise on Ruby Princess is from £499pp, departing May 7, 2024.
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To book, see princess.com or call 0344 338 8663.
AMBASSADOR CRUISE LINE
THERE are savings of up to 63 per cent on selected sailings and half-price deals on all drink packages for the 2024/2025 season with Ambassador.
The premium-value, no-fly cruise line has deals on sailings from April 7, 2024 to April 24, 2025 for all who book before February 13, 2024.
Offers are available on both of the line’s ships, with Ambience operating from London Tilbury and Ambition sailing from seven regional ports including Liverpool, Bristol, Falmouth and Edinburgh.
There is also a kids’ sail-for-£99 deal on the line’s three multi- generational cruises including an Easter sailing from London Tilbury to France, the UK and Ireland from £759pp with kids at £99.
Book the half-price drinks package on any sailing and also get service charges and tips included. And there are some great deals for solo travellers, with supplements from as little as 25 per cent on four cabin types. To book, see ambassadorcruiseline.com or call 0808 102 8701.
MSC CRUISES
SAIL away stress-free on an all-inclusive cruise that includes drinks, gratuities and port taxes on a selection of cruises for both summer 2024 and winter 2024/25.
Promotion covers both cruise-only sailings, including the MSC Virtuosa sailing from Southampton, and fly-and-cruise packages.
Prices next summer start from £759pp for a seven-night Mediterranean sailing from Southampton on Virtuosa, calling at La Caruna, Cadiz, Malaga, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona and Valencia.
There are also £250-off fly-and- cruise packages for summer 2024 including flights from Manchester and London. There are more than double the number of Med fly- cruises compared to 2023.
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Winter 2024 offers include cruises from £649pp to the Mediterranean, Emirates, North America and the Caribbean.
See msccruises.co.uk.