Cruise Review - Celebrity Equinox

Review of the Celebrity Equinox Visited 17th August 2009 Author: Sheena Tunnicliff, Travel Agent, Holiday Holiday.co.uk The Celebrity Equinox is certainly a 5 * ship. The main restaurant was very impressive, with attentive waiters.

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Swan Hellenic Minerva really gives you a traditional cruising experience

Last Saturday I was lucky enough to enjoy a few hours on Swan Hellenic, Minerva whilst it was in port at Dover before she set sail for the Mediterranean.  It was the last time she will be on UK shores until next June and to say good bye and for a select number of future Swan Hellenic passengers with Lord Sterling himself onboard to host the lunch. Swan Hellenic Minerva Unlike my recent visits the Minerva brings you back to what I describe as a traditional cruising experience only 12,500 tons and holding just 360 passengers you feel a really sense of companionship whilst onboard, and I would say anyone who sails upon her will get to know their surrounding and fellow shipmates very quickly.

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Late Bookings! Is It Worth Hanging On For A Deal?

I’m wondering if the mixed messages coming from the cruise industry at the moment are there to create a ‘smoke and mirrors’ effect?  Cruise lines are reporting bumper bookings for 2010, generated, no doubt from the early booking incentives and low deposits being offered.  It’s just as well given that they are having to provide value-added incentives, like onboard credits, in addition to reduced prices to generate bookings for this summer. The way that the cruise industry markets itself will need to change.  The Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) reported this week that more and more cruisers are booking late, within three months of departure.  That’s obviously a recession-driven pattern – people hold back from spending until the last minute, hoping they will get a bargain, and hoping they will be in a position to take a holiday

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Late Bookings! Is It Worth Hanging On For A Deal?

Late Bookings! Is It Worth Hanging On For A Deal?

I’m wondering if the mixed messages coming from the cruise industry at the moment are there to create a ‘smoke and mirrors’ effect?  Cruise lines are reporting bumper bookings for 2010, generated, no doubt from the early booking incentives and low deposits being offered.  It’s just as well given that they are having to provide value-added incentives, like onboard credits, in addition to reduced prices to generate bookings for this summer. The way that the cruise industry markets itself will need to change.  The Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) reported this week that more and more cruisers are booking late, within three months of departure.  That’s obviously a recession-driven pattern – people hold back from spending until the last minute, hoping they will get a bargain, and hoping they will be in a position to take a holiday.   The thing about trends like that is that they tend not to revert back once the economic situation changes.  So, the cruise lines could find themselves having to re-evaluate their pricing and discounting strategies to address the downward spiral.  Hopefully they will realise what the public has been reliant on … cruise holidays , just like food, have a sell-by date.  And the closer you get to that sell-by date, the lower the price goes

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