P&O Cruises 'Early Booking Spectacular'

P&O Cruises is offering free return travel from home to ship and discounts of up to 20% on 2012 and 2013 bookings made by November 30.

This ‘Early Booking Spectacular’ offers passengers a more inclusive holiday option with no additional travel costs, as domestic flights, coach travel or valet parking (Cruise Connections) will be complimentary on bookings made during this three-month period. The discounts, of up to 20%, are available on cruises from the 2012/13 brochure on all seven ships in the P&O Cruises fleet.

The free Cruise Connections are offered on cruises of seven nights and more, enabling passengers to receive a discount of up to 20% PLUS a choice of one of the following:

Free valet car parking in Southampton (saving up to £311 per car); Free return coach transfers to/from Southampton; free return domestic flights to/from Southampton (including coach transfers in Southampton) from Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester or Leeds Bradford; free return flights for Adonia Mediterranean fly-cruises from London Gatwick or Manchester airport; free airport parking on Adonia Mediterranean fly-cruises and Ventura Caribbean fly-cruises; OR free one-way airport coach transfer to or from Southampton on selected fly-cruises.

A 14-night Mediterranean cruise holiday on board Azura departing April 15, 2012, is now priced from £1,099 with total savings of £425 per person, including:

- A 20% cruise discount of £275 per person

- Free flights from Glasgow, worth £150 per person

This cruise departs from and returns to Southampton, calling in Cadiz, Cartagena, Rome (from Civitavecchia), Florence/Pisa (from Livorno), Villefranche, Barcelona and Gibraltar.

A family of four travelling on a 9-night Atlantic Coast cruise on board Ventura, departing August 12, 2012, will pay £3,196 with total savings of £2,296, including:

- A 20% cruise discount of £250 per person

- An additional 40% cruise discount for third and fourth passengers aged 16 and under sharing a four-berth cabin, of £400 per child

- Free return coach transfers for four passengers from Glasgow, worth £124 per person

This cruise departs from and returns to Southampton, calling in Gibraltar, Casablanca, Cadiz, Lisbon and Vigo.

For more info, see www.pocruises.co.uk or for bookings, see the special cruise agents of The Cruise Line Ltd.

Celebrity's Adriatic Bonus

Here's a great cruise deal to ponder this weekend: Join Celebrity Cruises’ excellent Solstice-class ship Celebrity Eclipse on a 16-night Western Mediterranean and Adriatic cruise this autumn from just £1,299 (or just £81.19/person per night, based on two sharing an inside cabin).

The price includes the full 16-night voyage sailing from Southampton and calling at Seville (for Cadiz), Cagliari (Sardinia), Palermo (Sicily), Venice, Dubrovnik (Croatia), Cartagena and La Coruna before returning to Southampton; all meals and entertainment onboard and all relevant cruise taxes/fees. Price is based on an October 14 departure.

For more info, visit www.celebritycruises.co.uk or conmtact the specialist cruise agents of The Cruise Line Ltd.

Regent Seven Seas Autumn Sunshine

By guest blogger Steve Newman

Five nights of Autumn sunshine are now possible with Regent Seven Seas Cruises on their new Barcelona cruise this November. The voyage includes Valencia and Funchal (Madeira) on Seven Seas Voyager (above), departing November 8, with 5 nights in a balcony suite from £1,499 per person.

The full itinerary is as follows:

8 November, sail from Barcelona
9 November, Valencia 8am-6pm
10 November, Cartagena 8am-6pm
11 November, Malaga 8am-6pm
12 November, At Sea
13 November, Funchal, Disembark

The generous price includes the 5-night all-inclusive cruise, free return economy flights, free unlimited shore excursions in every port, fine dining including speciality restaurants, all drinks and beverages, all gratuities, all onboard activities and use of luxury amenities, and 24-hour room service and in-suite dining.

For more information, look up http://www.rssc.co.uk/ or visit Regent Seven Seas at the Cruise Show at Birmingham NEC on October 16-17 and at London's Olympia next March (26-27). For more great deals on RSSC cruises, check out top specialist agents The Cruise Line Ltd.