LOOKING to save on holidays on the high seas?
Cruise companies are going all out to get you booking, with their January Wave campaigns offering discounts and upgrades.
Lisa Minot looks at the savings to be made if you book in New Year sales . . .
MARELLA
There are savings of up to £300 per booking on select departures between April 1, 2026 and April 30, 2027.
Deals are on sailings of seven nights or more to over 100 destinations including the Caribbean and Canaries.
An 11-night Captivating Coasts repositioning cruise from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, on Marella Explorer will sail from the Canaries on April 26, 2027, to include calls in Tenerife, Lanzarote, Morocco, Malaga, Menorca, Sicily and Corfu.
Prices from £1,941pp all-inclusive cover flights from Gatwick, 20kg luggage and transfers. See tui.co.uk/cruise/deals.
P&O
This very British cruise line now has all-inclusive packages for the first time on trips of five nights or more.
Departures are from March 2026 and include all drinks, wifi and speciality dining credit.
A Classic package is from £49pp per day and the Deluxe is from £59pp, with a wider range of spirits, ultimate wifi and up to £80 dining credit.
Deals include a seven-night all-inclusive Canary Islands and Madeira fly-cruise on P&O Azura from £972pp, including drinks, wifi, speciality dining credit, flights and transfers, departing March 6. See pocruises.com.
MSC
The company has reduced the price of drinks packages on select sailings to just £196pp (previously £250) so you can enjoy beers, wines and cocktails from just £28 per day on seven-night cruises.
Other incentives in their Wave campaign include fly-cruise packages to the Mediterranean with flights from just £99 or low £100 deposits to secure the cruise of your choice.
Deals include setting sail from Southampton on MSC Virtuosa on October 31 for a seven-night voyage that calls at Brest, Lisbon, Vigo and Cherbourg. From £494pp.
To book, see msccruises.co.uk.
PRINCESS
There are savings of up to £800 per Stateroom and low deposits of £99 in the cruise line’s Value Is Princess VIP sale.
Book before March 2 and save up to £75pp on sailings from six to eight nights; £150pp on sailings from nine to 16 nights and up to £200 on cruises of more than 17 nights.
The promotion includes all 17 ships in the fleet, including the latest addition, Star Princess, with fares on the new ship on seven-night Western Caribbean cruises from £494pp.
And sister ship Sun Princess is also included, with seven night sailings from Barcelona from £774pp. See princess.com/en-uk.
CELEBRITY
Save up to 60 per cent on the second guest, with £500 in savings or $600 on-board spend.
On European sailings from May 1 next year, guests can upgrade to Celebrity’s All Included package, which combines the classic drinks package with wifi from only £50pp, per day.
In 2026, the premium cruise line will offer even more ways to explore Europe with three Edge-class ships, the latest Xcel, Ascent and Apex sailing to more than 100 European destinations with 59 overnight stays, including Madeira and Istanbul.