NeilWM

This is possibly a dumb question but I am reviewing Oceania options for pre-cruise transfer from London to Southampton and cheapest option is “OCI Hotel to Ship Transfer”. Can someone tell me what OCI is short for, something to do with coach?

As we are rapidly growing older we are moving towards being classified more as cruisers than travellers

We love both Azamara and Oceania

And for what it is worth Oceania is very cost competitive with current sale, price was not a consideration, lack of hassles with booking, etc main driver

After carefully considering options I have just booked a cruise on Oceania where I could look at options, pick my cabin and sort everything out in 5 minutes. Hopefully I can review options with Azamara next time.

Excuse my ignorance as we have less specialist cruise travel agents in Australia, Do travel agents have a separate booking system that is possibly working ok, or do they need to book using the same system as us or by being patient on the phone?

Excuse my ignorance as we have less specialist cruise travel agents in Australia, Do travel agents have a separate booking system that is possibly working ok, or do they need to book using the same system as us or by being patient on the phone?

The fact that so many people either can’t or are not comfortable booking new cruises because of this fiasco must cause them some pain

Great idea, will try a travel agent in the hope they can make a booking in the next week or so

I was wanting to book a couple of Azamara cruises in the near future but think I need to review Oceania and Viking options instead 🥃

I am a retired IT expert whose hair went grey from data conversion issues on many projects so will not add to that commentary for health reasons.😀 On a separate matter I have been trying to book new cruises and noticed whatever cruise I try to book to to anywhere on any date if I try to book an Oceanview (05) cabin the system always selects 4018 and shows only cabins available as 4018, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023 or 4024. Does anyone else have similar issues?