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“Lost suitcases.”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Marissa479 on 29/01/2024

We booked in August 12th 2023. The flights where so long started in Manchester early in the morning. Had to change to Brussels flight that's when our nightmare started. It was late afternoon when we arrived (could have flown to Mexico the length of time it took) in Athens we found out they had LEFT our Luggage! IMAGINE OUR HORROR GOING ON A CRUISE FOR 2WEEKS WITH OUT CLOTHES MEDS. The lady at the terminal said get on your cruise and they will be sent to you. The Never came after hours and hours of putting complaints in at the help desk. No one was able to help. We called Cruise.co.uk and no one picked up our calls. The whole holiday was ruined. Every time we got off instead of enjoying our experience we had too shop for clothes and meds. Brussels air lines were no help either we never got compensation for our bad experience. Plus our cases came back 20 days after them going missing one was damaged and things had been taken from it. For an expense of £3,750 price of flights, cruise and extra money going to Manchester to try and find our cases was in vain. We called Cruise.co.uk to explain we had tried to call for help which they never did. Finally we got through to them 3 weeks after the cruise. They never offered any compensation. We had to try and claim on our own insurance which was a pathetic £300. So will not be using CRUISE.CO.UK OR BRUSSELS AIR LINES EVER AGAIN. 

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“A Very good experience”

★★★★★

written by Hodgestx139 on 02/07/2023

Cruised on Spirit o Discovery earlier in the year.From start to finish the organisation was faultless.The ship is in pristine condition and was kept immaculate.Standard of service was better than good and food at all outlets was superb.The only real downside was the standard of entertainment was rather poor. I would however recommend Saga.The initial out lay may be high but EVERYTHING is included and this makes for a stressless holiay

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“ABANDONED IN NEW YORK NEW YEARS EVE 2022”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Ducati2 on 23/01/2023

As our Pre paid transfer to the hotel failed to arrive we were ABANDONED at New York cruise terminal on NEW YEARS EVE 2022. We had to take a taxi at our own expense to the hotel. I received an email from CRUISE.CO.UK. stating that they would refund me £100.00. After repeated calls I am still waiting for the payment. BEWARE booking with CRUISE.CO.UK as they do not honor their promises quoted in emails. They have now lost my trust and I will not be booking any further cruises with them.

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“Additional Costs”

★★★☆☆

written by Calebv499 on 02/08/2022

I have just returned from your Norwegian fjords cruise leaving from Rosyth on the 8th July 2022 cabin 5008 ref DPCWYL2 I was surprised to find a cost of £25 each add to our on board account on the Tuesday when asked the custom services why, they explained that it was for our LFT at the terminal on Friday I explained the following reason why I thought I should not pay it but they said they could not do anything I had to talk to head office. So on return I contacted head office requesting a refund for the following reasons 1 the three documents received from you before the cruise Ticket, label letter and boarding time letter did not say I Had to bring a LFT. All they said that for smooth boarding all I needed was passports, tickets and a vaccination certificate which I had no mention of a LFT test and I would have thought if you are charging for this it should be clearly stated. 2 I did not receive any emails from you prior to leaving for the terminal. You did send a message to my emergency number person I emailed customer services on the 7th asking  if I missed any information again if you are charging it should be clearly highlighted Barrhead travels info did not say we had to do a LFT when I asked them. 3 The staff at the terminal did not tell us there was a cost for the LFT and if they did we would have gone home and did the tests as we only live 5 mins away as we did not board for another 2 hours. So I cannot see how they can charge me for something you did not tell me about or gave me the chance to use and alternative I had available. Also how do you know all the other guests actually used there own LFT and not somebody else's So I would be grateful if you could return my £50.They offered me £25 refund only I would like to say you need to change you all inclusive drink package way of paying. I had to pay an extra £80 as I booked it on board because I wanted to put it on my on board account so I could use my £ 200 credit I had been given when booking the cruise. I had asked Barrhead if I could do this but was not advised it would cost more so I lost out on my £200 credit. So instead of £200 credit your saving is worth £40 only If I could have ordered online before I left directly to my on board account rather than paying by card it would have been better and this system does not help last minute booking customers. I would like to complain about the organisation at the terminal we were crowded into the main hall for over 2.5 hours standing tightly together no wonder there was an outbreak of COVID on this cruise. What happen to the colour coding of label which was supposed to reduce congestion at booking in. As I have cancer and my wife is her mother carer we have managed to avoid catching Covid till now, but on return we both tested positive and I had to get hospital assistance due to Fred Olson poor systems organisation we where both out of action for 10 days.

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“I’m really not happy with this company… I’m...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Grossi2611 on 13/07/2022

I’m really not happy with this company… I’m really not happy with this company at all, we have always used another cruise company which have been amazing. They have messed up our group booking so much it’s unreal. The person suffering is my mother that has a disability. I don’t like to be lied to nor do I let anyone upset my mother. Thank you so much for your mess ups. My mum would rather not come then feel humiliated. Bravo bravo… the pain you have caused is not acceptable I won’t stop till I get justice….. don’t promise if you can’t deliver…..

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“Poor Customer Service. Will my refund ever be made...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by paulnm on 24/02/2022

We made a booking on 24/10/2021 for travel 04/06/2022. Princess Cruises changed their COVID vaccination policy on 11/01/2022. Cruise.co.uk nor Princess informed us of this. Cruise.co.uk requested final payment on or before 04/02/2022. Payment was made 02/02/2022. We found out independently of the change in COVID policy on 04/02/2022 and contacted Cruise.co.uk on 05/02/2022 to request a refund. A refund was agreed on 08/02/2022. Despite following this up for more than 2 weeks, a refund has not been made as at 24/02/2022 and does not seem like it will be made soon. Communication from Cruise.co.uk is poor and they fail to answer questions regarding payment to/from their suppliers, provide a copy of their complaints policy nor information about their trade body.

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Tantum's Response to paulnm's Review

Written on: 12/04/2022

We were the same, 3 times over the last 2 years our cruise with TUI was cancelled cruise .co didn't inform us we only found out on Facebook when i rang to ask them if it had been cancelled they recon they hadn't been informed of any cancellations. I am now into my 11th week of cancelation, still no refund yet people who booked with TUI direct had their refund within 2/3 weeks

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“Total disregard for customer refunds”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Theresa340 on 13/01/2021

We have had 2 cruises booked with cruise.co.uk. One last November and one this April. Both have been cancelled. The November cruise was cancelled back at the end of September and we're still waiting for a refund. They do not keep you updated and we have to chase them only to receive a standard reply that we will get a refund by 31 March that's 6 months after cancellation! I feel that they are using my hard earned money to keep their company afloat and this is simply not acceptable. I need the refund of my own money to keep my family afloat. I will not use this company again.

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“Still no refund… ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Clarksg74 on 14/07/2020

Still waiting to hear about the refund for a cancelled cruise in April. Cruise.co.uk are doing everything they can to avoid a refund. Book direct with the cruise company!!

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“Misleading Advertising ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Wyattny264 on 09/12/2017

Advertised one price but when called up the price was almost 40% more! They put it down to computer problems / Royal Caribbean problems and could not see any problem with false advertising. They even went so far as so explain they put the prices in so that people will call in to confirm the prices! Their mo is get the potential customers to call with false advertising then try sell them a product. I would never call this company again.

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“I wouldnt even recommend them to an enemy”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Mickth on 30/03/2017

We have used cruise.co.uk in the past purely to book a cruise and been satisfied with the service, so when we saw their "bucket list" cruise to South America, we booked to go, Never have we been so disappointed with a holiday that should have been so good. Shocking itinerary, that wasted hour after hour driving the same road due to poorly located hotels. Hour after hour waiting in airport lounges due to ridiculous flights when much better options were available. Poor quality, dark, dirty and dangerously located hotels that simply could not cope with a touring group of our size. Tours advertised as fully escorted when they aren't, passed from one incompetent tour guide to another with no one taking responsibility to sort out issues as we go. Here was a sample day: waited from 8am until 10:45am for coaches to arrive in an dangerously crowded bus station. Finally arrived at hotel at 9pm, having had no chance to eat anything all day to find the hotel had been told no one would be requiring food! Took another 2 hours to get a simple sandwich, To cap it all shocking customer service in response to the complaints of us and the other 80+ people sold a pup. Cruise.co.uk might be able to book cruises, but our experience is that they have absolutely no idea how to organise a tour. Our advice is to look elsewhere,

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“Misleading Advertising”

★★☆☆☆

written by Jarvo1778 on 05/02/2017

Be careful with this cruise company and the offers that are advertised on some cruises....Drinks packages/Internet Packages etc. When you try and book a cruise these offers are suddenly not relevant to the cruise that you are interested in and just general pop ups. Very bad marketing and very misleading!!!!

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“Not a good customer experience”

★★☆☆☆

written by on 29/08/2015

Booked a Tailor Made holiday last year. Booking process was OKish - but agent kept getting things wrong - forgetting to do things etc. Unfortunately we had to cancel at the last minute (family medical emergency) and they could not have been less helpful. OK T&Cs state no refunds etc. etc. but other parts of the holiday we booked ourselves were very understanding, and refunded etc. All cruise.co.uk do is refer me to the T&Cs. Would not recommend.

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“First experience and the last one....”

★★☆☆☆

written by sajay70 on 03/05/2014

We booked a Mediterranean cruise with them in April that starts from Marseille and ends there. They promised us, in writing, that we could stay in the ship on the last day until 3.30pm when the taxi will come to pick us up to the airport. On the night before disembarkation,we were told by the MSC people that we have to vacate at 8am!! Showing the evidence' did nohing to change their stand. This resulted in a very unpleasant situation and heated & rude arguments. Needless to say, that experience at the end of an otherwise reasonable cruise has left a very bad taste in our mouth. Instead of hanging around the port (where there is no facilities / waiting room) from 9am to 15.30pm,we decided to take a taxi ourselves and go to the airport to wait there. When contacted the agent, there is absolute silence and no reply to our repeated emails!! And the transfer company they use (holidaytaxis) is another absolute disgrace with no time keeping and their 'emergency number' always go to answer phone and they never bother to call you back. We have decided that we will never use neither cruise.co.uk nor MSC cruises in future and will never recommend them to any one.

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“Stressful and aggressive ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 06/01/2014

Once you select a cruse they will FORCE you to sign up with a window that blocks the website. After that they can spam you as much as they want. I work in advertising and this is the most Horrible tactic!!

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“HARRASSED FOR 5 YEARS- WONT STOP TEXTING”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 19/09/2013

I have had many many texts from this company for the last 5 years even though I have phoned and sent emails requesting that they stop. they seem to work via phone message and it is extremely difficult to actually get to speak to someone. Finally told them I will be taking legal action to stop what I feel is harassment.

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“I was interested in booking a cruise for a large group...”

★★★★★

written by on 16/03/2011

I was interested in booking a cruise for a large group of us so I decided to search cruises online and I came across cruise.co.uk. I found the website very easy to use but as there were a large group of us I decided to ring and get a quote. The staff member I spoke to was really friendly and answered all my questions that I had. She was able to give me a very good price so I decided to book, and, it was that simple. Thanks cruise.co.uk for making my booking experience pleasureable.

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“I recently looked through the Cruise.co.uk website for...”

★★★★★

written by Charlotte Everiss on 15/03/2011

I recently looked through the Cruise.co.uk website for ideas on my summer holiday with my family. We have a two and a half year old daughter and the travel agents kept coming up with ludicrous solutions for suitable destinations and cabin choices. The cruise website was easy for me to navigate and narrow down my preferred choices and upon speaking to one of their sales team it was really clear to me that they had an in depth understanding of what their customers needs were and were only too happy to help me find the perfect holiday solution. Thanks Cruise for making choosing our summer holiday an absolute breeze!

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Duchess11's Response to Charlotte Everiss's Review

Written on: 04/04/2016

YES I have this year, and Anthony was very helpful, very informative, and totally agree with these Reviews !!

They really know what they are talking about and sorting it was so easy considering we didn't really know where we wanted to go.

Also the add ons to the Cruise before and after in Hotels brilliant !!

Cant wait to go in October - woop woop !! cheers :-)

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“This is the second time I've booked with cruise and...”

★★★★★

written by on 03/02/2011

This is the second time I've booked with cruise and both experiences have been great.

The sales guy was very polite and informative he said he had worked on cruise ships for over ten years and the information he provided I believe him!

Great price and great service even advised me how to save once onboard!

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“Have spent loads of time on line with many agents...”

★☆☆☆☆

written by tweeny10 on 31/01/2011

Have spent loads of time on line with many agents this has been worst service so far WWW. Cruise opperator kept forgetting how much hed quoted diffrent figure quoted each time. Also informed me pre guest princess perks of reduced deposit not accepted only if booked with Princess direct NOT TRUE I can show other booking with princess made where it is accepted also lowest price quoted as a one off to me was £20 cheaper within 24 hours on thire site and figure is repeated by other agents so is not Exclusive as stated!!!. Will not be dealing again advise wait look and look again before booking.

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“Great service just arrived back from an 18night...”

★★★★★

written by on 13/01/2011

Great service just arrived back from an 18night caribbean cruise was best price after comparing several agents and service was fantastic. Very helpful an supportive all the way through the booking process

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