Just as I am reading on Travelmole that Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has put its surcharge up again - its fifth increase since December, taking it to £6 per passengers per day for the first two occupants of a cabin, with a cap of £50 - I get an email from Olsen HQ telling me that a Christmas hamper worth £100 will be delivered to everyone on Balmoral's pre-Christmas cruise to the Canaries this year in time for the big day.
Wouldn't it just have been easier to wave the fuel surcharge on this cruise and save all those delivery charges, not to mention the fuel used, getting the hampers to everyone?
Jane Archer
