P&O Sharp Practice at time of Booking

We NEVER book a cruise online, if you like a price you see on line, screen shot it or print it...take it to your local TA they will normally match it.

I too have had exactly the same issue with an airline - and yes, after inputting credit card details etc. With cruises, I check the on-line price and then call my cruise-specialist TA, who will always match or slightly beat the P&O price.

We would never book online with P&O. Like others we use a specialist Cruise Agent who always give us extra discount above that given by P&O. I really like to have someone to talk through the booking with - an agent who has got to know what we like and when we have booked a cruise as soon as booking opens has always got us the cabin we wanted - or at least of of our three choices, usually our first choice. Well worth having a Cruise Agent you can rely on.

I always use a specialist cruise Travel Agent. They know what's going on and also give an extra discount. I would never book a cruise online.

Just to correct the mis-information - to have a valid contract there has to be Offer, Acceptance and Consideration.The price on a supermarket shelf or on P&O's website is legally known as An Invitation to Treat. When you proceed to pay you are making an Offer to Buy, The supplier can then accept or reject the offer and if your offer is rejected then there is no Acceptance so no Contract.

It is true to say that Tesco and other retailers may well accept your offer to buy at the "wrongly" marked price but that is a Goodwill gesture.

It's also enlightened self-interest. Customers can complain to trading standards about mis-pricing. Also, no supermarkets wants me creating a mini-storm in front of scores of customers! Every UK supermarket will honour shelf prices for that reason. The advent of digital price signs means that it'll be harder to prove.

Stuart

Not difficult to prove just take screen shots and if the price is not the one being advertised then go to advertising standards with those screen shots.