P&O cancels cruises into April 2021

P&O Cruises has extended its pause in operation until April 2021.

P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “With hopeful news headlines clearly we do not want to extend our pause in operations any further than absolutely necessary, but given the ever changing guidance around international travel and the varying regulations in many European ports of call we felt it prudent to cancel these additional dates.

“In addition, as the final payments are due for these cruises very soon we felt it was the right thing to do for our guests.

“We are so sorry to disappoint those who were due to travel but really hope they will re-book for later in the year or for our new programme of 2022 holidays which went on sale earlier this month with strong demand, showing great confidence in cruising in the future.”

All guests with bookings on a cancelled cruise will be notified and will automatically receive an enhanced 125% Future Cruise Credit or alternatively a 100% refund by filling out a web form.

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It comes after Holland America Line announced that it is extending its pause of cruise operations for all departures up until March 31 2021, bringing it in align with Carnival sister brand, Princess Cruises.

The line also will cancel select longer voyages, and cruises of eight days or longer that call in the United States until November 1 2021. Cruises impacted are:

• All cruise departures from January 1 through March 31, 2021.
• Cruises of eight days or more that call at a US port through Nov. 1, 2021.
• Select longer voyages in Asia, Australia/New Zealand and South America through mid-April 2021. Some departures will be rescheduled to comparable dates in 2022.

Sister brand Princess Cruises has also cancelled all cruises through to March 31, 2021 as well as all cruises longer than seven days in and out of the United States through to November 1, 2021.

Japanese cruises have been cancelled through to June 25, 2021.

“We are focused on preparing our ships to meet the CDC health and safety requirements for our eventual return to service,” said Jan Swartz, president of Princess Cruises. “We also appreciate the continued support we have received from our guests, partners and travel advisors, reinforcing for all of us why we do what we do.”