I am finding that a lot of my new customers are giving cruise a taste because of the hassles flying, big queues, over the top security, scan this, scan that and then hanging around for 2 hours for your flight, and that’s if it is not delayed. Because of this, the increase in people wanting to sail from the UK has risen. Very much a stress free start to your holiday, no worries over how much luggage you can take, all you need to do is get to the port.
But did you know that it is not just Southampton and Dover that do regular cruises? Tilbury and Portsmouth down south and plenty north of England and even into Scotland.
- Dundee you have Cruise and Maritime.
- Rosyth has Fred Olsen.
- Edinburgh has Silversea, Windstar and Azamara.
- Greenock has Hebridean Island cruises
- Aberdeen has Noble Caledonia, they have a couple of cruises from there.
- Oban is well served by Hebridean.
- Bristol and Cardiff have Cruise and Maritime.
- Dover have Fred Olsen, Saga, Seabourn, Holland America, Crystal and Princess and……… Disney!!!! Yep Disney Magic are doing 7 night cruises this summer.
- Harwich is Cruise and Maritime again.
- Liverpool has Fred Olsen and Cruise and Maritime.
- Greenwich in London is Viking, Ponant, and Silversea.
- London Tilbury is served by Cruise and Maritime as well as Voyages of Antiquity.
- London Tower bridge is Azamara, Silversea and Hebridean.
- Newcastle has Thomson (Marella), Cruise and Maritime and Fred Olsen.
- Poole (Bournemouth) has Cruise and Maritime.
- Portland has Hebridean.
- Portsmouth has Saga, Ponant, and Cruise and Maritime.
Well done Cruise and Maritime, making the most of the smaller ports with their small ships.
Then of course there is Southampton, small and large ships, small and large cruiselines
Cunard, P&O, Princess, Fred Olsen, Saga, MSC, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Oceania Cruises, Regent, Azamara, and Thomson (Marella)!
As you can see and may not have known there are plenty of ports in the UK, and not too far from you that offer cruises, OK, not all will offer everything you want but at least you have a bit of choice.
It is a beautiful world out there and one of the best ways to see it is by cruising but it is not always about the sun, Norway with it Fjords and Northen lights and Iceland with its natural wonders are worth putting a jacket on to explore.
Give me a call, I might find just want you wanted but never knew was there.