Just back from a meeting with Bernard Carter, sales and marketing director UK and Europe for Oceania Cruises, and I'm pleased to report all is well in its upper premium world.
Except for August 12, that is. Oceania has wait lists for wait lists on all its ships for much of the rest of the year - what's that about a credit crunch? - but Nautica's August 12 12-night sailing in the Med is proving about as popular as the proverbial ham sandwich at a Jewish wedding.
OK, so that's an exaggeration, but there's enough space left for Oceania to have been inspired to come up with some incredible offers - £818 per person for an inside cabin. It is cruise-only and it is an inside room, but you can have a balcony for £1,126 per person, which is a real bargain.
Don't blink or you'll miss them...
Jane Archer
