Cruise and Maritime Voyages

Look Whats Included

Whether to mark a special occasion or you just feel that you richly deserve to reward yourselves, an upgrade to a De Luxe cabin, a Junior Suite or a full Suite will provide you with some extra space, additional amenities and a number of little touches and flourishes all designed to make your cruise holiday more fulfilling. All of our De Luxe cabins and Suites are located in prime positions and we are sure that you find that the combination of extra space and the range of added value benefits really make it worthwhile to upgrade your cruising experience.

Our exceptional value fares are available for a limited period only and may be withdrawn without notice at any time. It is therefore strongly recommended that you make your reservation without delay to avoid the disappointment of not getting the cruise and cabin of your choice.

All this is included in the fare:

• Comfortable cabin accommodation of your choice.
• Excellent service standards from an attentive international crew.
• A delicious selection of traditional British and international full board cuisine.
• Afternoon teas and late night snacks.
• Welcome and Farewell Captain's cocktail parties (cruises of 6 nights or more).
• Self-service tea and coffee from 6.30am to 10.00pm.
• Stylish big show evening entertainment and cabarets.
• Popular classical interludes.
• Daytime activites.
• Informative guest lecture programme (cruises of 5 nights or more).
• Club Class - meet like minded passengers for playing bridge, cards, backgammon, chess and more.
• A wide range of leisure facilities to enrich your time onboard.
• Innovative and exciting itineraries with a great selection of ports of call.
• Porterage of your luggage at the port and all Port taxes.

And remember, we offer...

• A more traditional and leisurely style cruising experience.
• Distinctive, small to medium sized cruise ships accessible to more ports of call.
• A friendly and attentive standard of service from an experienced international crew.
• A wide choice of wonderful excursions at most ports of call.
• Sterling is the onboard currency so there is no need to worry about exchange problems.
• For your added convenience, a choice of six UK departure ports plus Dublin in Ireland.

Extras not included

Travel insurance. Travel costs to the port of embarkation or airport for fly-cruises. Optional shore excursions. Long term port parking. Expenditure of a personal nature on board ship - drinks, gifts, shopping, laundry, communications etc. Visas. Health Certificate and vaccination charges. Crew gratuities which will be automatically billed to your on board account - see below.

Gratuities

According to international custom in the hospitality industry, tipping is accepted as recognition of good service. For your greater convenience we operate an automatic tipping system on board Marco Polo and Discovery so instead of worrying how much and when to tip, an amount of £5.00 per person per night (£4.00 per person per night for cruises of more than 16 nights duration) will be debited to your onboard account.

Gratuities are included in the fares for Astor cruises