Difficulty in booking post cruise hotel package thru Princess

[Beardog850]

Hi Friends. Husband and I are booked on Regal Princess for British Isles cruise in April 2025. We are seeking to extend our stay in London post cruise.  We usually book either before or after thru Princess.  Princess claims that hotels are not yet available.  I am skeptical.  Any one else having same/similar issue?  Thanks in advance

[Host Kat]

1 hour ago, Beardog850 said:

Hi Friends. Husband and I are booked on Regal Princess for British Isles cruise in April 2025. We are seeking to extend our stay in London post cruise.  We usually book either before or after thru Princess.  Princess claims that hotels are not yet available.  I am skeptical.  Any one else having same/similar issue?  Thanks in advance

 

Hello @Beardog850 and welcome back to the Cruise Critic website & our message boards! I see it has been a while since you have posted.

 

Thank you for your new thread on the Ask s Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry was off topic there since it is about a specific cruise line. Your new thread has been moved to the Princess Cruises forum where it will be on topic. Browse through the thread titles in this forum looking for threads of interest. You may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you.

 

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[Arizona Wildcat]

1 hour ago, Beardog850 said:

Hi Friends. Husband and I are booked on Regal Princess for British Isles cruise in April 2025. We are seeking to extend our stay in London post cruise.  We usually book either before or after thru Princess.  Princess claims that hotels are not yet available.  I am skeptical.  Any one else having same/similar issue?  Thanks in advance

Best to book using a search engine or go to the forum on London.  Princess only books a couple hotels.  You could also go to the Roll Call for your cruise.  Lots of help there I am sure.

[StollyBolly]

I know other lines have a window when they make their hotels available, usually in a certain time frame prior to cruise.  Could this be the same?   

[Abercrombie2019]

3 hours ago, Beardog850 said:

Hi Friends. Husband and I are booked on Regal Princess for British Isles cruise in April 2025. We are seeking to extend our stay in London post cruise.  We usually book either before or after thru Princess.  Princess claims that hotels are not yet available.  I am skeptical.  Any one else having same/similar issue?  Thanks in advance

We are looking for a pre cruise hotel in London with Princess for 2026.  (We did it in 2023 and were very happy.). Our CVP put us on a wait list because it is too early for Princess to have contracts in place with the hotels.  She said that the wait list is happening for a lot of the cruises she’s booked (with even closer sailing dates).  If we don’t like the pricing when we find out what it is, we will book on our own.

[ProfMHC]

Just got off waitlist for a January cruise. I had booked refundable hotel just in case. Princess hotel much nicer and for once cheaper