American Constitution

YIPPEE! America ditches need for 24-hour pre-flight COVID test

It’s the news many of us have been yearning for. From tomorrow we will be able to fly to the US without having to provide a COVID-19 test within 24 hours of the flight. The US government is finally lifting pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirements and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reassess the

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Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony

Crystal guests MUST be vaccinated before boarding ship

Crystal guests must be fully inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days prior to boarding ship, the line announced today. Guests will need to provide proof of vaccination before embarkation and must have received both doses of the vaccine if recommended by the manufacturer by that timeline. The line also announced it has

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MSC Grandiosa

MSC Grandiosa resumes cruising in the Med thanks to ‘safe bubbles’

MSC Grandiosa, MSC Cruises’ flagship, departed last night from the port of Genoa in Italy to resume regular 7-night cruises in the Mediterranean after a short pause of operations during the holiday period. The ship had temporarily suspended her sailing as a result of the Italian decree that restricted movement within the country. MSC’s rigorous

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Borealis of Fred Olsen

Borealis leads the way as Fred Olsen lays out its return to cruising in 2021

Fred Olsen today announced its plans for resuming cruising in 2021, with new ship Borealis’s maiden voyage leading the way on 23 April. The new timetable shows that Borealis  first to sail with a six-night Scottish Lochs and Isles cruise. Bolette will follow on 29 May and Balmoral on 9 June. Due to having an

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cruise ship queen elizabeth

Cunard extends pause in operations until May at earliest

Cunard has extended its pause in operations until May at the earliest due to the ongoing travel constraints in place across the world owing to the pandemic. Voyages on Queen Mary 2 up to and including 28 May and on board Queen Elizabeth up to 4 June are now cancelled. Departures on Queen Victoria remain

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Britannia of P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises extends pause in operations into April 2021

P&O Cruises has extended the pause in operations into April 2021 in response to the current uncertainty around European ports of call. P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “With hopeful news headlines clearly we do not want to extend our pause in operations any further than absolutely necessary, but given the ever changing guidance around

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Damond Princess and coronavirus inset

Princess Cruises pauses seven-day sailings in and out US ports until November 2021

Princess Cruises has taken dramatic action as the world continues to deal with the dreadful repercussions of COVID. In response to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s temporary seven-day cap on itineraries that call at US ports, Princess has paused all cruises longer than seven days sailing in and out of US ports

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MSC Magnifica in Genoa

Pandemic forces MSC Cruises to suspend MSC Magnifica’s Med sailings

MSC Cruises announced today that it is suspending further sailings of MSC Magnifica because of the prevailing pandemic situation in France and Germany. France and Germany are two key markets for the ship’s 10-night voyages across the Eastern and Western Mediterranean calling destinations in Italy, Greece and Malta. The suspension affects sailings from 8 November

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Majestic Princess in Sydney

Princess Cruises extends pause in Australian operations until June

Due to the uncertainty about international travel restrictions owing to the pandemic, Princess Cruises has extended its pause in operations for cruises departing from Australia and New Zealand until 31 May. Guests will receive a refundable Future Cruise Credit (FCC) equivalent to 100 per cent of the cruise fare paid plus an additional non-refundable bonus

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edwina lonsdale

Luxury cruisers want strict screening and mandatory Covid-19 testing, according to new survey

An overwhelming majority of luxury cruisers favour refusing boarding to guests from regions and countries with high levels of Covid-19 infection, according to the results of a new survey just released. Forty-three per cent stated this would make their cruise much more enjoyable, while 23 per cent said it would make their trip a little

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