25/01/06 - A Cruise for Just You
Single holiday specialist, Just You (0800 915 8000 or visit www.justyou.co.uk), has become the first tour operator to charter a cruise ship exclusively for single travellers.
All cabins on the Ocean Majesty will be available for sole occupancy. As with all Just You holidays, no single supplements are charged. An added benefit of this cruise is that with fewer passengers per cabin, each traveller will have the luxury of even more space than usual to enjoy the facilities the ship has to offer.
A record one million Britons booked a cruise in 2005. Research by Mintel shows cruise holidays are attracting increasing numbers of single customers despite limited availability of single cabins and high surcharges for single occupancy of larger cabins.
Just You Cruise Specialist Peter Squires is not surprised by the popularity of cruise holidays amongst single travellers. He said: "we have already sold over 50% of cabins on this cruise. Cruises give the best of all worlds - passengers know they are not travelling alone, they feel secure in the knowledge they will meet other like-minded people, make friends and more importantly, satisfy their desire to see the world with confidence. "
The Ocean Majesty will set sail from Southampton on Friday 29 September for a leisurely 7-night cruise of Iberia's most famous towns and cities. After a full day cruising at sea, visits are made to five ports of call, the first of which is the charming old town of Vigo on Spain's Atlantic Coast for a days' sightseeing before cruising down to Portugal's historic capital, Lisbon. Sailing up the River Tagus into Lisbon is regarded as one of the finest entries of any cruise port in the world - a fabulous start to a day in the city. The next stop is Gibraltar with an inclusive trip to the famous "Rock", before continuing to the beach resort of Alicante on Spain's lively Costa Blanca.
The Ocean Majesty will make a final call at around midday on day seven in the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona, where she will moor overnight allowing passenger plenty of time for shopping and to explore the many cultural and architectural treasures of the city.
Prices start from £799 for an inside 2-bed cabin on a sole occupancy basis. Each cabin features private facilities, telephone, TV, radio and air-conditioning. The price includes a drinks reception on the first evening, a Gala dinner, all meals on board, excursion to Gibraltar and an excellent programme of daytime and evening entertainment. Also included, return charter flights from Barcelona to Gatwick or Manchester airports, complimentary coach transfers from Gatwick to Southampton and the services of a Just You Tour Manager.