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https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/travel-agents/domestic-sailings-give-trade-chance-to-show-its-value

Thanks Banbury, excellent. I just looked this morning at 11am and then 15.30, to see what rate there being booked at.

36 Cabins have been booked between 11 am and 3pm. So looking at 8 cabins an hour being sold, and that's before the announcement. I'm only checking as off work and bored now, so no way stealing your thunder mate, estimating the speed of sale shows demand as well.

Keep it up Banbury...got a few days off now so might join you in the analysis. End of today a starting point again. Most will have been off over Easter so no surprise

This better be a decent BJ, announcement!

Yep, and Boris hasn’t announced ‘officially’ yet to the nation that UK cruises are good to go, which he’ll do on Monday 5th. That’s why I said they will be sold out by 8th April?

Banbury keep up the obsession I love it! In travel sales terms that is seriously quick!!

You guys are not doing my Anxiety any good this morning.

Got that bit wrong about the 750 but you know what I mean..I’m out delivering:-)

So you may find, let’s say there’s 750 people on board...but 50 of them are Single, paying single occupancy for a double room.

Hahaha...it’s looking good! Gordon...it doesn’t matter about the rooms, there’ll mainly a be doubles, singles just have to pay the single supplement for single occupancy. Cheers

Brilliant work Banbury...keep it up! As soon as Gov give the green light to public, we already know about, I predict sold out by COB 8th April

Haha don’t you start Rox. Great question, totally get you.

I think this sentence sums it up -

Generally speaking, the law of the sea stipulates that maritime countries essentially control their territorial waters from the shore out to a distance of 12 miles (19.3 km), the “12-mile limit.” Within this zone, all laws of that country apply.

So essentially same as you being on there land. It wouldn’t stop cruise lines sailing in International Waters and be Saga Pirates....but cannot dock for supplies.

Banbury - I’ll go 71% on the sweepstake.

Banbury - this doesn’t really help, but don’t want to blow my cover, message below.

Wow amazing thank you cross fingers for some bookings, yeh availability ok the fullest are the inaugural, 3rd July to Norway, and the great British isles, but still availability so all good at the min, some of the prices aren’t based on the lowest grade cabins as a couple have sold out. Let me know how it goes.

Can’t reveal source but Government have 100% given the Green Light for UK cruising.
As Gordon says though all about foreign cruising now.

Sum - Small world! Great village and community Actually from Bingley. Owned Baildon Travel before checking Farsley out for its fine residents with cash and potential haha

Haha Joe, enjoy too! Yep, just patience now.

But if your impatient - go to my business Facebook page - ‘Farsley Travel’ and look at the Saga offer on there :-)

Gordon yes. Customer sentiment is poor at the moment!? It’s like everyone is waiting for the 5th April. Everyone is sick of having things changed, moved, cancelled etc etc. So waiting for certainty. And I know the task force is lobbying for certainty, and not just a ‘Shapps Roulette’ approach as it was put.
My business partner works as well for the largest operator to Disneyland Paris. (And I mean £80 million turnover a year) just Paris not even Florida. Today not even 1 booking!

I do know someone involved with the Taskforce and wider connections but not keen on approaching? Or I might have a few Vodkas and change my mind. In fact sod I might as well!?

No worries, not doing a great job myself!

From experience, they wouldn’t put 100% on sale, because it could threaten to be oversold. And in these covid restricted circumstances that would make no sense and be foolish. And only to disappoint customers. It’s not like the old days when airlines just went for it, and if it was oversold, the airport will sort them on the next flight.
They have lots of selling distribution channels. Direct Sales from the website, over on the phone. Newspaper and Magazine.
There is approximately a network of 4000 travel agents in the UK able to sell them, through there shops, websites, and large online cruise travel agents like the likes of Cruise118. Cruise.co.uk etc etc. So keeping track of bookings would have to be monitored on an hourly basis to keep track. Makes no sense.
So as my contact mentions the ‘consolidation’. They have 80% of a ship to fill. 1st, Call all the existing customers, see who wants what.
After they have been rebooked, they can sell whatever of the remain 80% is left. Does that make sense?

BB they are running at 80% capacity I know that 100%. So what is on sale is what is left to sell. So your average 54% would equate to being only 26% left to sell, on a very broad average across the cruises??