This year’s best Wave Season offers

Janine Kelso rounds up a few of this season’s eye-popping Wave Season offers and low fares for you to pass onto your clients 

Scenic

Scenic has announced a raft of deals across their portfolio of river cruises and ocean voyages.

Holidaymakers can save up to £2,400 per couple on a European river cruise for 2022 when booking between now and February 18, 2022, and they will also receive complimentary private door-to-door chauffeur-driven transfers.

Clients can also save £200 per person with the line’s early payment discount if paying in full by February 18, 2022, or 120 days before their departure date.

Included in the offer is the nine-day Black Sea Explorer, which costs £2,745 per person, reduced from £3,945, and departing from Budapest on October 25, 2022.

There are also savings of up to £2,500 per couple on 2022/23 South East Asia river cruises.

Eligible itineraries include the 14-day Meandering along the Mekong river cruise, sailing from Siem Reap, Cambodia to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Scenic is also offering savings of up to 30 per cent on its 2022 to 2024 luxury expedition voyages.

Discounts of up to 30 per cent are available on Scenic Eclipse voyages in 2022, while those booking a 2023 ocean voyage or a 2023/24 Antarctica itinerary on Scenic Eclipse can save up to 20 per cent when paying in full 12 months before departure.

A 16-day Antarctica in Depth ocean cruise, sailing roundtrip from Buenos Aires, starts from £10,445 per person, reduced from £13,850, departing December 8, 2022.

Celestyal Cruises

Celestyal Cruises has announced its Wave Season offers with savings of up to 30 per cent off select 2022 sailings. The offer applies for bookings made from now until March 31, 2022.

Prices start from £329 for a three-night Iconic Aegean itinerary, discounted from £460. The voyage sets sail from Athens and calls in at Mykonos; Kusadasi, Turkey; Patmos, Crete and Santorini.

The seven-night Idyllic Aegean voyage has been reduced by more than 30 per cent, from £1,120 to £759 per person. Departing from Athens, the sailing features Thessaloniki, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Crete, Santorini, Mykonos and Milos.

During the line’s Back to the Blue campaign, children aged 12 years and younger sharing the same stateroom with their parents sail for free on selected sailings.

And solo travellers can take advantage of a 15 per cent decrease in solo supplements on select sailings.

Image courtesy of Celestyal Cruises

APT

APT is offering savings of up to £1,500 per person on its cruising holidays as part of its “biggest sale ever”.

The brand’s 2022 peaks campaign ‘Time to Escape’ is offering savings on all bookings made before January 31, 2022, including luxury and essential river cruises in Europe and South East Asia, and small ship cruising in Croatia.

The sale includes savings on new APT and Travelmarvel product, including discounts of £2,400 per couple on Travelmarvel’s 15-day European gems river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest. The cruise costs £2,395 per person, reduced from £3,595, including flights, a 14-night cruise, 41 meals, and free soft drinks, beer and local wine.

Holidaymakers can also enjoy savings of £1,000 per couple on Croatian small ship sailings onboard new yacht Lady Eleganza, or on Travelmarvel’s second yacht, the Princess Eleganza.

Image courtesy of APT

Holland America Line

Holland America Line is offering free cabin upgrades and 50 per cent reduced deposits as part of its Wave Season campaign.

Passengers can take advantage of the Ultimate Upgrade Event benefits by booking before February 28, 2022, for select cruises that depart between summer 2022 and spring 2023.

Anyone who books before January 20, 2022, will also receive up to $200 onboard spending money, depending on the length of the cruise.

Princess Cruises

Princess Cruises is offering reduced fares and a low deposit of £50 per person on all 2022 to 2023 itineraries as part of the line’s Wave Season campaign.

The Real Holiday Sale runs from until February 28, 2022 and applies to more than 1,100 voyages.

Fares lead in at £489 per person or all-inclusive with Princess Plus from £699 per person for a seven-night Spain and France cruise on one of the line’s newest ships, Sky Princess, departing September 17, 2022, sailing roundtrip from Southampton.

The all-inclusive Princess Plus package costs £30 per person per day and includes the premium drinks package, unlimited wi-fi and crew appreciation, which is worth more than £70 a day for guests who pay for these items individually in advance of their cruise, or onboard.

Amadeus River Cruises

Anyone booking before February 28, 2022, and save 15 per cent on all Amadeus River Cruises’ 2022 sailings, thanks to the extension of its early booking offer which was previously due to expire on November 30, 2021.

This offer is valid on all 2022 sailings on the Dutch and Belgian waterways; the Rhine, Main and Moselle; the Danube; and the Seine, Rhone and Saone, as well as on Amadeus River Cruises’ golf, music, Christmas and wine-themed cruises.