We just did a Q&A video and repositioning cruises came up. Your video and this link is terrific. We referenced it in our comments, so hopefully some of our viewers check it out. People have been encouraging us to try a repositioning cruise, and we've been frustrated that everyone needs us to give them our email address before we can see prices, so this is terrific. The biggest downside to us about a repositioning cruise is that there are so many cool places we want to see that spending a month on one is time we don't want to give up. But we aren't completely opposed if we can find a shorter one that still will get us to a part of the world we want to be in. -Judy & Kevin, Finding Gina Marie
Neil, since you and Sarah are UK citizen, you'll always need to be aware of visa status on transatlantic cruises. Recently UK citizens weren't able to board transatlantic cruises they'd paid for because they hadn't extended their visas.
Omg at the total knowledge you're dropping on this vid! Hubs immediately is looking at a repositioning cruise in early May to London. We would have never considered this if you guys had not posted the videos. Outstanding info! Love following y'all 😊
Wow! This looks like the BEST tool! I just started cruising this year and it was a pain trying to get all the various information I needed to make choices that were suitable for me. This looks like the tool I need. Thank you!!!
Brillant tool and thanks for sharing! I just played around with it. One little comment: there is the category "cabins only" where you could select only inside cabin, instead of doing it for each vessel separately. Also I personally find it easier to select only the lower options for "cabin price per day" and keeping all vessels selected - just because I have no idea so far about their price range.
Both of those sites are fine..... My wife and I cruise quite a bit.... The first one that required registering was affiliated with vacations to go. It's very reputable, been around for a long time etc. I don't normally booked through them, although I have before. Their side is very good for comparing cruises effectively and quickly though.
This video and your great advice saved me time and $$$, as I was starting my search for my 1st solo, transatlantic cruise but was already overwhelmed. Thanks to you and your well timed video, I'm booked and excited for my trip. Bon Voyage on your trip❤❤❤
Helpful food for thought! Not really considered crusing as repositiioning nor infil between slow travel countries but will certainly put it the mix for future plans. Many thanks 2GR!
Cruiseplum told me I had to be a US or Canadian citizen! They charge everyone different rates depending on country of residence - it;s not just the exchange rate
A big thank you for this great app! We have been looking at all the options so well categorized. You explained it so perfectly Neil, we have been following many of your footsteps and are look forward to your posts.
Definitely interesting and a faster site that cruisewatch, which I’d been using for similar purposes. I’ll be curious to see how the prices match over time, as they don’t entirely match up with the prices on the actual cruiseline’s website. The price history is certainly useful. Thanks!
Went to the site. It states the deals are available to US/Canada residents only. If you are not a resident then you need to check with the cruise line direct to see if you qualify for the deal.
Nothing is free in life, no free lunches - in exchange for convenience, you've allowed them to collect all your data: you sold your soul to the devil :) Seriously though, that's the way things are - we simply can't use the internet any other way.
Useful but far from prefect. Very USA orientated. Lots of cruise lines missing including P&O, Saga, Ambassador etc. Hopefully will develop. Sticking to Cruisecritic database until it does.
Really interesting. Does it price in GBP or do you have to go to dollars and convert? Also, be very interested in how you book your flights to embarkation locations. Hope you and Sarah are keeping well.
I love cruiseplum for research, just wish it was for people outside of US/Canada too. I emailed the creators a few months ago to say the site was brilliant and to ask if there were plans to include UK/Australia or other countries but they said it’s not currently something they’re looking at doing but may eventually.
Sent them a note asking for uk support - plus a few other suggestions: " I like the fact that you have some sort of notable date feature - but what I would like to see is a way of a) Blocking out dates based on user preferences - such as other holidays or cruises booked, school holidays etc. b) Adding some intelligence to the date blocking - such as cruises immediately contiguous to a blocked out date for a cruise are probably ok to keep if the start or end at the same port as the other cruise, plus also cruises starting or ending in school holidays - but maybe having a few days outside of the school holidays are less at risk at being full of children than those that start and end in school holidays Ports of call. Ideally I would like a tool to have an awareness of previous visits to ports - so that it can prioritise cruises with new ports (or ports that we want to revisit). The ability to exclude certain cabin types from searches - such as inside cabins, certain types of mini suite (such as those on P&O Iona that are on the promenade deck). Finally - having some knowledge of the different ways of booking with the main operators - such as 'Select fares' on P&O / Cunard - which cost more, but sometimes give a lot of onboard credit - so can sometimes make the whole fare cheaper."
Cruiseplum is undoubtedly a great site but it doesn’t really work for UK based travelers. The prices available to UK residents are significantly higher than what is suggested on Cruiseplum. I am just looking at a MSC cruise from Southampton in Nov 24. Total price including service, tips etc is $1200 for an inside cabin. I have tried clicking through to book but US nationality is pre-populated and this cannot be changed. When I try to book an inside cabin on the company’s UK website the price I am offered is £1247 ($1562). That is almost exactly 30% more expensive for a British citizen than for a US citizen. So while Cruiseplum is a good way of finding out which cruises are available and how expensive they are relative to each other be prepared to pay a lot more than the suggested prices unless of course you are a US or Canadian citizen. Not quite a game changer for the rest of us.
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just been on cruise plum but not UK friendly sadly...
We just did a Q&A video and repositioning cruises came up. Your video and this link is terrific. We referenced it in our comments, so hopefully some of our viewers check it out. People have been encouraging us to try a repositioning cruise, and we've been frustrated that everyone needs us to give them our email address before we can see prices, so this is terrific. The biggest downside to us about a repositioning cruise is that there are so many cool places we want to see that spending a month on one is time we don't want to give up. But we aren't completely opposed if we can find a shorter one that still will get us to a part of the world we want to be in. -Judy & Kevin, Finding Gina Marie
Going to that site right now. We were just talking about a repositioning cruise for March!
Neil, since you and Sarah are UK citizen, you'll always need to be aware of visa status on transatlantic cruises. Recently UK citizens weren't able to board transatlantic cruises they'd paid for because they hadn't extended their visas.
Omg at the total knowledge you're dropping on this vid! Hubs immediately is looking at a repositioning cruise in early May to London. We would have never considered this if you guys had not posted the videos. Outstanding info! Love following y'all 😊
Thank you!! This is really a great tool
Sarah, we feel your pain...
Will definitely be using that website, looks so much less cluttered and confusing then the websites I've been looking at. Thank-you!
Wow! This looks like the BEST tool! I just started cruising this year and it was a pain trying to get all the various information I needed to make choices that were suitable for me. This looks like the tool I need. Thank you!!!
Brilliant! I’ve been using cruise timetables as my starting point but this site is sooo much better! Many thanks and happy cruising!!
This video is GOLD! Thanks
Brillant tool and thanks for sharing!
I just played around with it. One little comment: there is the category "cabins only" where you could select only inside cabin, instead of doing it for each vessel separately. Also I personally find it easier to select only the lower options for "cabin price per day" and keeping all vessels selected - just because I have no idea so far about their price range.
Great tip! Thank you 👍
Thanks! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Very helpful
Me too!!
Both of those sites are fine..... My wife and I cruise quite a bit.... The first one that required registering was affiliated with vacations to go. It's very reputable, been around for a long time etc. I don't normally booked through them, although I have before. Their side is very good for comparing cruises effectively and quickly though.
Very intresting tool, thank you for the share, its exactly the tool us newbies need when negotiating this mode of travel.
Agree completely. Been using cruiseplum for a few months now. . . Very useful for finding certain itineraries and ports. Thanks.
This video and your great advice saved me time and $$$, as I was starting my search for my 1st solo, transatlantic cruise but was already overwhelmed. Thanks to you and your well timed video, I'm booked and excited for my trip. Bon Voyage on your trip❤❤❤
Helpful food for thought! Not really considered crusing as repositiioning nor infil between slow travel countries but will certainly put it the mix for future plans. Many thanks 2GR!
Cruiseplum told me I had to be a US or Canadian citizen! They charge everyone different rates depending on country of residence - it;s not just the exchange rate
I don't think UK citizens can use this site
Great information on the cruise plum website. Thanks!
Sounds like a fantastic website. Thank you for this video.
A big thank you for this great app! We have been looking at all the options so well categorized. You explained it so perfectly Neil, we have been following many of your footsteps and are look forward to your posts.
Thanks Neil, that’s really helpful and I can’t wait to use this website to book our next cruise 😊
Love it! Thanks!
Fantastic tool, well done to the techie guys and thanks for sharing
Looks really cool. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks
This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this tool. I will definitely be using this in the future.
Great video. I actually like Vacations2Go even more!
What a brilliant site. Thanks for sharing ❤
Fantastic content, shall definitely be on to that :)
Good tease for the next video. I look forward to learning the one word. Happy Holidays Neil & Sarah 🎉🌲🎄🌎
Definitely interesting and a faster site that cruisewatch, which I’d been using for similar purposes. I’ll be curious to see how the prices match over time, as they don’t entirely match up with the prices on the actual cruiseline’s website. The price history is certainly useful. Thanks!
Excellent site - thank you!!
Really useful video. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing.
But cruiseplum asks for country of residence and only 2 choices are available US or Canada???? So if from another country then data is not useful?
Yeah i agree . Good if you are from these countries. Utter Rubbish for everybody else.
Brilliant tips thanks 🙏
This is great!
Thank you!!!!
Freedom!
Went to the site. It states the deals are available to US/Canada residents only. If you are not a resident then you need to check with the cruise line direct to see if you qualify for the deal.
Nothing is free in life, no free lunches - in exchange for convenience, you've allowed them to collect all your data: you sold your soul to the devil :) Seriously though, that's the way things are - we simply can't use the internet any other way.
Useful but far from prefect. Very USA orientated. Lots of cruise lines missing including P&O, Saga, Ambassador etc. Hopefully will develop. Sticking to Cruisecritic database until it does.
I'm l looking at cruiseplum now, but the number of included cruise lines is very limited. No Viking?
Really interesting. Does it price in GBP or do you have to go to dollars and convert? Also, be very interested in how you book your flights to embarkation locations. Hope you and Sarah are keeping well.
Only 13 cruise lines? Where is Silversea?
Tried Cruiseplum . Why does it only allow usa and canada on its introduction process ? Utter Rubbish .
I love cruiseplum for research, just wish it was for people outside of US/Canada too. I emailed the creators a few months ago to say the site was brilliant and to ask if there were plans to include UK/Australia or other countries but they said it’s not currently something they’re looking at doing but may eventually.
This is pretty disappointing! Why do the cruise lines restrict customers based on where you reside?
I think I will contact them too - I guess the more UK people who contact them to more likely they are to see a benefit
Sent them a note asking for uk support - plus a few other suggestions: " I like the fact that you have some sort of notable date feature - but what I would like to see is a way of
a) Blocking out dates based on user preferences - such as other holidays or cruises booked, school holidays etc.
b) Adding some intelligence to the date blocking - such as cruises immediately contiguous to a blocked out date for a cruise are probably ok to keep if the start or end at the same port as the other cruise, plus also cruises starting or ending in school holidays - but maybe having a few days outside of the school holidays are less at risk at being full of children than those that start and end in school holidays
Ports of call.
Ideally I would like a tool to have an awareness of previous visits to ports - so that it can prioritise cruises with new ports (or ports that we want to revisit).
The ability to exclude certain cabin types from searches - such as inside cabins, certain types of mini suite (such as those on P&O Iona that are on the promenade deck).
Finally - having some knowledge of the different ways of booking with the main operators - such as 'Select fares' on P&O / Cunard - which cost more, but sometimes give a lot of onboard credit - so can sometimes make the whole fare cheaper."
Cruiseplum is undoubtedly a great site but it doesn’t really work for UK based travelers. The prices available to UK residents are significantly higher than what is suggested on Cruiseplum. I am just looking at a MSC cruise from Southampton in Nov 24. Total price including service, tips etc is $1200 for an inside cabin. I have tried clicking through to book but US nationality is pre-populated and this cannot be changed. When I try to book an inside cabin on the company’s UK website the price I am offered is £1247 ($1562). That is almost exactly 30% more expensive for a British citizen than for a US citizen. So while Cruiseplum is a good way of finding out which cruises are available and how expensive they are relative to each other be prepared to pay a lot more than the suggested prices unless of course you are a US or Canadian citizen. Not quite a game changer for the rest of us.