lindylooellalouise

2 minutes ago, Beckett said:

Hi Lindy. Not sure what's going on with Cunard at the moment. I had originally booked a 7 day UK- ports- only in June on QE.  For various reasons I changed it early last week for a 7 day Fjords, with family, on QV in July. I just checked the Cunard website to see if there were any announcements (there weren't) and saw that my original June cruise was still on sale but the price had risen to an unbelievable level. I booked an outside single for around £1400. Today, the cost of an inside standard single occupancy is £1973!  What's happening! I still think we'll be cancelled next week though. Jane.x

Hi Jane hopefully will find out soon what’s happening with Cunard  I don’t want to have any more FCC or change any cruises just want them cancelled, but like yours mine in July are still for sale and the prices have gone through the roof really hoping that cruises will be able to go ahead later on in the year missing them so much 👍lindy x

3 minutes ago, Dermotsgirl said:

We were quite lucky, as we had decided that we weren’t going to do much in the way of cruising in 2020, so were less affected by cancellations than we might otherwise have been.

 

However, we have still lost three cruises or 35 nights.

 

March 2020 Fred Olsen Boudicca 18 nights

March 2021 Iona 14 nights. (In a different world, we’d have been on the road right now to Southampton)

May 2021 CMV Amy Johnson 3 nights (went bust)

 

our remaining 2 cruises have already been rescheduled to 2022

Hi we are the opposite we had some really bad news in 2019 so decided that 2020 was going to be our retirement year and we were going to book as many cruises as we could fit in never for one moment expecting a pandemic but I suppose we are still lucky that we are still alive 

10 minutes ago, MX-Drew said:

We have had 7 cruises and 1 land based holiday cancelled. Just waiting for Cunard to cancel the 8th but can’t complain we are still alive, just.

We are waiting for Cunard to cancel our June and July cruises why don’t they just get on with it because they know that they are not going to happen 

14 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

Our latest cancelled cruise for July was our 5th so far with a total of 68 days, if you count our last Septembers B2B as 2 cruises.

Just to add interest to this thread how many cruises and days has everyone else lost?

Hi we’ve lost 5 cruises in 2020 total 95 days and this year 3 cancelled total 42 days expecting our June transatlantic 14 days and our B2B 24 days in July will also be cancelled really didn’t foresee this pandemic lasting as long.

We’re just sitting waiting for our QM round trip transatlantic on 9th June and our B2B on QE in July to be cancelled so we can have refunds this will be the second time that they have been cancelled and I’m losing confidence with Cunard because they haven’t announced the cancellations yet when other companies like P&O and Princess have.

1 hour ago, Splice the mainbrace said:

At least P&O have made the announcement, our next P&O cruise is not until October 2022 to Eastern Med which was transferred last November from a June 2021 cruise to Iceland.

 

Still no further cancellation announcement from Cunard. Our QM2 TA + USA and Canada cruise in September is very unlikely to go ahead, so today transferred to a QM2 Sydney to Dubai cruise which departs March 2022. Surprisingly it is slightly less in cost but at 29 nights is a night longer but we have to add flight costs yet.

Hi I’m still waiting for Cunard to cancel we have a round trip transatlantic in June then on  the on 4july B2B on QE 24 nights would really like to know what’s happening  so we can make plans only other cruises booked for 2021 are B2B on QV in Dec hopefully things will have settled down by then 🙏

3 hours ago, emam said:

So attire is jumpers and rain coats to sit out on deck.

Hi emam  we are tough northerners so used to jumpers and raincoats in the summer so don’t mind a bit just would be great to be back on board a ship whatever the weather 👍

1 minute ago, Splice the mainbrace said:

 

Our record is 35 minutes from leaving my late mum's house on the outskirts of Southampton to stepping onboard! 

You are so lucky👍

Just now, grapau27 said:

I Agree.

15 miles to North Shields.

350 miles to Southampton.

Wouldn’t it be great to get up on the morning of the cruise then  after an hours drive be at the terminal ready to board 🤗 in my dreams. Lindy

1 minute ago, grapau27 said:

Azura today.

Would love to have a drive out to see the ship, and it would be great if they did base her in Newcastle for the  summer cruises 👍would make our life so much easier than driving down to Southampton and staying the night before we board lindy

2 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

As Azura is docked at Newcastle it would be nice if she started and ended around Britain cruises from here and we will look forward to booking one.

We would definitely be booking one 👍

1 minute ago, wowzz said:

P&O have already said that these cruises will begin and end in Southampton.

Yes I know so short cruises of 7 days or less wouldn’t be of any interest to us

13 minutes ago, terrierjohn said:

If true they wont be as attractive as a longer round Britain cruise, especially for passengers living in the north.  However if they based  Iona in Liverpool I would certainly be interested in a short cruise experience.

We would also be interested in short cruises from Newcastle or Liverpool just not viable for us to travel to Southampton for a couple of days

17 hours ago, brian1 said:

Last time I had my haircut was in November before we drove home,10 euro.Now it is getting a joke,I'm thinking of having one of those top knot thingybobs.

That top knot thingymebob is called a MUN. 
man bun 😂

3 minutes ago, Cathygh said:

Its disappointing but for the best. It must be so hard to get agreement to visit enough ports to make running cruises possible. So we will try one of the Uk ones, even if we can't get off

Cathy

We have done around Britain cruise and absolutely loved it and would do it again  

23 minutes ago, emam said:

Wow she looks fab contemplating  taking a short drive to see her  but haven’t been out of the house for 6 months not sure if I dare 🥴

The canapés we had were awful so we asked could we have crisps nuts or  cheese and olives instead and the butler obliged 👍

Still waiting to find out if my 14 night transatlantic in June will be cancelled just managed to sort out the mess from my April transatlantic cruise it’s all becoming so complicated with so many cruises being transferred then cancelled 😞 

We will have been vaccinated by then so who knows, fed up with all the uncertainty 

13 hours ago, jeanlyon said:

So on Wednesday I took my dog out and he met another dog that he hates.  He pulled, I lost my balance fell on my hip and today I had total hip replacement in Derriford Plymouth

 

You couldn't make it up could you😥

Sorry to hear that wishing you a speedy recovery👍

1 hour ago, Windsurfboy said:

 

We're Booked on their 32 night Black sea out of Southampton for 2022 hoping things will be ok by then .  Saga suites are about 15% more than Cunard QG,  but you get more.  Lovely designed  suite, but I think Cunard QG suites are not well designed,  our P&O suite although same size as Cunard QG  felt much bigger and you get a proper dining table,  P&O feels like a real suite. Saga  looks similiary better designed than Cunard.

 

In the end intinerary dominates, and we now feel like a 2 week cruise is not long enough, especially for the med out of the UK. P&O now only have four  19day med cruises 2 each on  Arcadia and Aurora, all rest are 2 weeks 

 

39 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said:

 

Looks like a good deal,  but you'd agree that Saga is significantly dearer. It could be a very attractive choice as a well designed spacious  ship with a lot of extras and some good itineraries  . 

39 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said:

 

Looks like a good deal,  but you'd agree that Saga is significantly dearer. It could be a very attractive choice as a well designed spacious  ship with a lot of extras and some good itineraries  . 

Absolutely agree 14 nights not enough we have booked 19 nights on Arcadia in Oct 2022 and Cunard B2B 24 nights in Dec 2022 just love longer cruises 

Yes I agree and compare well to Cunard  grills prices in fact we can’t wait for all this pandemic to be over and to sample a Saga cruise some of the itineraries look great as do the new ships 

I think a lot of people will be swapping over to Saga cruises for various reasons we will definitely be booking a Saga cruise when they resume sailing.

1 minute ago, Glenndale said:

If you paid with a credit card there will be an electronic trail to prove payment to TA was made.

Maybe TA held onto payment? If you did pay with a credit card start a section 75 with CC company.

Hi I think the travel agent is hanging on to our deposits we did pay by credit card and have all the receipts, it’s just so annoying that We can’t contact anyone and keep getting pushed from pillar to post we will in future only book direct then if there are problems you know exactly who to contact.

We have and still are having dreadful experiences with other cruise companies trying to get refunds our Cruise was cancelled in Dec 20 and we still are trying to get our refund as cruise company are denying any deposits have been made and TA saying payments have been made I’m stuck in the middle and trying to get hold of anyone is so difficult.