Archive for November, 2011
Adonia Round World Cruise Offers
We have some superb offers on P&O Cruises Adonia World Cruise sectors.
Southampton to Rio De Janeiro departing on 13th January 2012 for 33 nights,
Lead Inside from £2199pp (ONLY £67per person per night)
Lead Outside from £2399pp
Lead Balcony from £2599pp
To view more details and see the full itinerary please click HERE
New Orleans to Southampton 23rd March 2012 17 nights from
Lead Inside £1999pp
Lead Outside £2499pp
Lead Balcony £2999pp
Prices include Free Hotel stay before the cruise. To see the full itinerary and more details please click HERE
Valparaiso to Southampton 6th March 2012 for 34 nights from
Lead Inside £3499pp
Lead Outside £4699pp
Lead Balcony £6499pp
To see the full itinerary and more details please click HERE
The following offers are available on a Getaway deal, this means the total cost must be paid at the time of booking.
Southampton to Manaus 13th January 2012 for 20 nights – Free Balcony Upgrade Offer
Lead Inside Sold Out
Lead Outside £1699pp
Lead Balcony £1699pp
For full details and itinerary click HERE
Valparaiso to Southampton 6th March 2012 for 34 nights
Lead Inside £2999pp
Lead Outside £3699pp
Lead Balcony £4299pp
Please remember the last two offers are subject to the full cruise balance being paid at the time of booking.
Fantastic offer from P&O Cruises
P&O Ventura 28 night Caribbean cruise departing on 15th December visiting
Barbados, St Maarten, Tortola, Catalina Island, St Kitts, Antigua, St Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent, Barbados, Curacao, Aruba, Grand Turk, Tortola, St Maarten, St Kitts, St Lucia, Grenada, Barbados (Overnight)
From only £1799 per person which is only £65 per person per night.
For the full itinerary and more details please click HERE.
P&O Cruises Oriana set sails on a roundtrip from Southampton for her Christmas cruise to the Mediterranean on 19th December 2011 for 19nights. We can offer this cruise from only £1099 per person.
To see the full itinerary and get more details please click HERE
Our latest P&O Cruises offers
We are pleased to be able to offer our clients a number of special offer cruises with Regent Seven Seas Cruises throughout 2012 and 2013. These cruises offer great savings and FREE on board spend.
Here is a summary of the cruises on offer, to get more information please click HERE to go to our Regent Seven Seas offer page.
Tuscan Dreams Cruise
on the Seven Seas Mariner
Fly to Nice on 23 April 2012
From £2449 per person with $400 per suite OBC
San Francisco to Vancouver Cruise
on the Seven Seas Navigator
Fly to San Francisco on 30 April 2012
From £3709 per person with $600 per suite OBC
Alaska’s Gulf Coast Cruise
on the Seven Seas Navigator
Fly to Vancouver on 12 June 2012
From £3459 per person with $350 per suite OBC
Grand Alaska Cruise
on the Seven Seas Navigator
Fly to Anchorage on 01 July 2012
From £4429 per person with $400 per suite OBC
Alaska’s Gulf Coast Cruise
on the Seven Seas Navigator
Fly to Vancouver on 07 August 2012
From £3869 per person with $350 per suite OBC
The Highlands & the Emerald Isle Cruise
on the Seven Seas Voyager
Fly to UK on 06 September 2012
From £4069 per person with $500 per suite OBC
Colonial Harbours Cruise
on the Seven Seas Navigator
Fly to Montreal on 23 October 2012
From £4419 per person with $600 per suite OBC
Latin Sojourn Cruise
on the Seven Seas Mariner
Fly to Nice on 09 November 2012
From £3979 per person with $700 per suite OBC
Mysteries of the Mayans Cruise
on the Seven Seas Navigator
Fly to Miami on 17 December 2012
From £3579 per person with $500 per suite OBC
Southeast Asian Sojourn Cruise
on the Seven Seas Voyager
Fly to Sydney on 23 January 2013
From £7589 per person with $700 per suite OBC
Sophisticated South America Cruise
on the Seven Seas Mariner
Fly to Buenos Aires on 11 February 2013
From £6059 per person with $500 per suite OBC
The Grand Atlantic Cruise
on the Seven Seas Mariner
Fly to Miami on 20 March 2013
From £3669 per person with $800 per suite OBC
Red Sea Rendezvous Cruise
on the Seven Seas Voyager
Fly to Mumbai on 17 April 2013
From £6319 per person with $700 per suite OBC
Northwest Frontiers Cruise
on the Seven Seas Navigator
Fly to San Francisco on 09 May 2013
From £4469 per person with $600 per suite OBC
Celtic Charms Cruise
on the Seven Seas Voyager
Fly to UK on 02 June 2013
From £4849 per person with $500 per suite OBC
P&O Cruises Tipping
Here is some important news from P&O Cruises just released today 25th November 2011.
“From April 2012 (effective cruises below), P&O Cruises will be introducing a new scheme designed to remove the confusion over the age-old question of tipping.
We’ve always been a company both proud of and dedicated to providing our passengers with excellent customer service. Our reputation demands it and we are all passionate about delivering it. Our crew work extremely hard to deliver the high level of service that our passengers rightly expect of us. More recently many of our passengers have told us that tipping on board can be a source of confusion and embarrassment, not least for those who are trying cruising for the first time. And for our crew, this confusion can lead to some very significant variations in their take home earnings.. We have looked at how we can make it easier and fairer for both our passengers and crew and, as a result, have developed a new arrangement for tipping that will apply to all P&O Cruises holidays sailing from April 2012 onwards.
The recommended daily rate of £3.10 will now automatically be added to a passenger’s on board account on a daily basis. This will be shared out among restaurant and accommodation staff.
The new scheme is effective from the below cruises
Ventura - N206 - 23 March 2012
Oceana - E204 - 21 March 2012
Azura - A207 - 30 March 2012
Adonia - D203 - 9 April 2012
Oriana - X202 - 10 April 2012
Aurora - R202 - 12 April 2012
Arcadia - J202 - 27 April 2012
We have written to all passengers who have a cruise booked with us on a 2012/2013 sailing to advise them of the changes”
To see all our P&O Cruises offers click HERE
Seafood, spice and festive tipples – Christmas made easy with Marco, Olly and Atul
For those who are stuck for inspiration for Christmas dishes or never really know what to do with the piles of leftover turkey, then the new short videos from Marco Pierre White and Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar will solve the dilemma.
The two chefs, both of whom have restaurants on P&O Cruises ships, show how to make Christmas menus which will impress friends and family, but be simple and stress-free to prepare.
Marco shows how to make a seafood platter for Christmas Eve with a variety of fresh ingredients including Scottish lobsters, Colchester oysters, whelks from the south coast, Dublin Bay prawns/langoustines, crabs from Cornwall and prawns.
To accompany the seafood platter Marco prepares fresh tartare sauce, shallot & red wine vinegar and classic Marie Rose sauce.
Celebrity wine expert, Olly Smith, who has The Glass House wine bar and restaurant on Azura, joins Marco to taste the seafood and chooses the following wines to accompany the dish:
- · Blind River Sauvignon Blanc 2010, New Zealand £12.49, Majestic (Glass House favourite)
· Taste the Difference Rias Baixas Albariño 2010, Spain £7.99, Sainsburys
· Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs 2004 Grand Cru Champagne, France, £30.99, Waitrose
In the second video, renowned Indian chef Atul Kochhar who has the Sindhu restaurant on Azura, shows how to make filo turkey biryani parcels with coconut gravy; aromatic turkey burgers with cranberry chutney and spicy vegetables.
Olly joins his Saturday Kitchen co-presenter to make recommendations for Atul’s piquant menu which include:
- · Ken Forrester The Work Horse Chenin Blanc, South Africa £7.99, Marks & Spencer, which is, according to Olly “the little cousin of the FMC big seller in The Glass House and great with mild spicy cooking.”
· Wither Hills Pinot Gris 2011 New Zealand £9.99, Waitrose
· Peller Sparkling Ice Cuvée, Canada £21.90, www.slurp.co.uk
In a third video Olly Smith makes wine recommendations to accompany Christmas lunch. He chooses interesting “off the beaten track” wines which will pair well with the celebratory meal.
- · Coates and Seely Rosé Hampshire sparkling wine £29.90, www.slurp.co.uk
· Frog’s Leap Zinfandel 2008, California £22.79, Waitrose
· Sainsburys Taste the Difference 12 year old sweet Pedro Ximenez sherry (with Christmas pudding) £7.99, Sainsburys
All videos can be viewed at www.youtube.com/pandocruises and direct links to each video are:
Marco Pierre White’s seafood platter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzjY-RRMhIM&feature=related
Atul Kochhar’s Boxing Day feast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwDZVQtpqd8
Olly Smith’s festive tipples
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qds1oRNVmvw
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“ Don’t be on your own this Christmas!”
Don’t be on your own this Christmas, try one of these great “Just You” singles holidays.
You can rest assured that you’ll meet like-minded single travellers on your Just You break and that you’ll be well looked after – but what kind of singles holiday appeals to you?
A holiday by air is the quickest way to get to your destination and opens up the whole world. Rail journeys allow you to see the wonderful scenery, while coach travel offers comfort and the very best value. Once you’re there, touring holidays are the ideal way to see all the sights but if you want to set your own pace, an all-inclusive or resort holiday might be for you. For a different kind of solo travel, why not relax and let the world come to you on an ocean or river cruise? Festivals and events can make a great trip into an amazing one, while a Christmas or New Year break is a great way to remove all the hassle and make this special time even more memorable.
If you’d like to go on a Just You holiday but want to be sure it is right for you, it’s well worth starting off with one of their Discovery Weekends, starting at just £199. And if you’ve already been on one of their tours, you can be meet up with your new friends at one of the Reunion Breaks.
Here are just a few examples of what is available this year,
Christmas in the West Country - Have a delightful Christmas in the West Country. Over a relaxing 5 days you’ll take a sightseeing tour of Bristol before stepping back in time on a visit to Brunel’s SS Great Britain. Enjoy a traditional Christmas lunch and an evening of festive entertainment. Your own room, farewell dinner and wine with evening meals. 23rd December From £549.
A Tirolean Christmas – The Austrian Tirol is especially magical at this time of the year with picture postcard scenery and glistening mountain peaks. This holiday offers the perfect blend of excursions and time to relax. A real highlight is a trip on the narrow gauge steam train through the Ziller Valley. Your own room, Christmas Day lunch, 6 days from 22nd December. From £889.
Christmas in the Heart of Alpine Europe – You won’t find a more traditional Christmas than this. You’ll take a sleigh ride and a mountain railway journey; visit pretty Alpine towns; call at a Nativity Museum, cheese producer and some stunning ski resorts; as well as enjoying local dancing, music and a fantastic Christmas Day lunch. 22nd December for 6 days, from £949.
America’s Golden West at Christmas – The Golden West is packed with an amazing collection of world famous sights. Take in the atmosphere, gaze in awe at the Grand Canyon, follow the footsteps of the stars and relax amidst the glamour of Palm Springs. There is no other Christmas holiday quite like it. 12 days from £2349
Do you have a passion for good food and wine?
Introducing Celebrity`s immersive new series of wine and gastro cruises, sailing from Southampton.
Imagine France, Spain and Portugal during peak harvest season.
Tours feature tastings at renowned wineries, grape harvesting, and insights like the blending and aging of port.
Plus exciting onboard programmes such as Rioja tastings, Bordeaux wine samplings, food pairing dinners – and more.
ON SALE NOW ! 12 nights wine and gastro cruise from Southampton on Celebrity Constellation. Book by 30th November and get up to $200^ on board spending money on selected voyages.
Sailing to -
• Paris (Le Havre), France – overnight • At sea • Bordeaux (Le Verdon),
France – overnight • Bilbao, Spain – overnight • Vigo, Spain • Porto, Portugal • At sea •
At sea • Southampton
2012 departure dates: 7, 19* September, 1, 13, 25 October, 6, 18 November 2012
* Ports of call may vary
Stateroom category Prices from*
Interior £899
Ocean View £1,039
Balcony £1,399
Concierge Class £1,519
Suite £2,509
To book please call 01246 555777 today.
Terms and Conditions: Prices are correct at 2nd November 2011. Prices are “from” per person based on two persons sharing the lowest stateroom category specified. Prices
exclude pre paid gratuities but include taxes & fees. Fly/Cruise packages are based on flights from the air gateways specified and may be on indirect services; other air
gateways may be available on request. All bookings are bound by the terms and conditions as featured in the current edition of the Celebrity Cruises brochure relevant to
the travel period.
^Autumn Campaign Onboard spend is based on all itineraries of 6 nights or longer except any Alaska and Galapagos departures and is for new bookings created &
confirmed between 1st – 30th November 2011. Values are $100 per stateroom on Balconies, Concierge and Aqua Class staterooms; $200 for Suites. Interior and Ocean
View staterooms and not applicable to this promotion. Please check cruisingpower.co.uk for full T&Cs.
.As an added benefit for our Loyalty guests, Captain’s Club members can also enjoy the bonus onboard spend up until 16th December at the following values: $125 per
stateroom on Interiors/Ocean Views; $175 on Balconies; $225 on Concierge & Aqua Class staterooms; $400 for Suites! Please refer to our latest communication regarding
this bonus onboard spend for full terms and conditions under our latest offers page on cruisingpower.co.uk