With the pandemic gloom lifting, P&O Cruises is offering a series of short break and week-long UK cruises as “the ultimate escape” staycation this summer. The cruises will go on sale later this month.
But the good news comes alongside the disappointment that many of current published cruises on Arcadia, Aurora, Azura and Ventura have been cancelled until the end of August and on Britannia and Iona until the end of September.
P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “While holidays here in the UK will be the first to become a reality we will, of course, gradually see the return of international travel but first we want guests to be able to enjoy a proper summer holiday at sea.”
The staycation cruises will depart Southampton and sail around UK coastal waters. More details of dates and prices will be announced later this month.
Ludlow added: “We hope the UK ‘ultimate escape’ staycation option will have wide appeal and we will do our utmost to make it a very special time.”
All guests whose cruises have been cancelled will automatically receive a Future Cruise Credit worth 125 per cewnt of what they paid which can be redeemed against any new booking made by the end of December 2021, on any cruise on sale at the time of booking. Alternatively, a 100% per cent refund is available.