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. The rise in sales means that they had 2,044 people bookings cruises, compared to last year where they only saw 1,385.
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 have put the increase in sales down to the release of their new brochure which was released in June. They also said that they believe their current customers, as well as new customers, are realising how good value a cruise can be.
There are also a large number of factors that tend to tempt people towards choosing a cruise. One being that a large number of cruises that are sold to customers in the UK, actually depart from ports in the UK. This means that customers don’t have to pay for travel to get to the cruise. Another advnatge is that the currency on the cruises is in pound sterling, this means you won’t lose any money on currency exchanging.
Over the years, the amount of people going on cruises has been on the rise. 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 that for a cheaper price you can experience more things at more places around the world.
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