p&o 0verbooking

[poole boy]

noticed in the papers yesterday that p&0 have over booked there cruises on Britannia and are currently contacting customers offering money back or 125% to switch to another cruise at a later date I do not think this reflects well on p&o and is probably the reason when we booked our cruise it said tickets would be ready 5 weeks before sailing it has now changed to 3 weeks before sailing.
good luck to p&o trying to change our cruise date as its my wife's birthday on the cruise date we have booked

[david63]

I suspect that P&O, and possibly other cruise lines, pre-empted the easing of lockdown and have now come unstuck.

[towny44]

I suspect that P&O, and possibly other cruise lines, pre-empted the easing of lockdown and have now come unstuck.

Lots of discussion about this on CC and P&O were only following govt advice about capacity limitations, and the 4 week delay in lockdown ending means that although they are still running under full capacity, they are now slightly above the end of May maximum of 1000 passengers max.

[Stephen]

Not sure how a cruise line manages to over book, unless it’s the saver bookings that have been over booked where your cabin is allocated on arrival. I don’t know.

Just read you post John which makes more sense. Still not a good outcome though for those passengers affected and for cruise lines reputations .

[Kendhni]

noticed in the papers yesterday that p&0 have over booked there cruises on Britannia and are currently contacting customers offering money back or 125% to switch to another cruise at a later date I do not think this reflects well on p&o and is probably the reason when we booked our cruise it said tickets would be ready 5 weeks before sailing it has now changed to 3 weeks before sailing.
good luck to p&o trying to change our cruise date as its my wife's birthday on the cruise date we have booked

I have heard similar stories from other lines as well - it seems it is down to a maximum capacity being forced on the cruise lines.

[Bensham33]

Warners are having to do the same. It's all down to the lockdown being extended.

[Whynd1]

Yes we knew Warners had overbooked. They are in the process of contacting guests and cancelling.

Lindsey