How keen are cruise traces to get your small business? Keen sufficient that one main model is now throwing in multiday land excursions value hundreds of {dollars} free of charge when you decide to a crusing.
Upscale line Oceania Cruises this week introduced that clients who e book choose 2023 sailings will get a free pre- or post-cruise land tour value as much as $4,600 per particular person as an add-on.
The free pre- and post-cruise land excursions can be found with 15 of Oceania’s longer sailings scheduled for 2023. The excursions vary from one to 3 nights in size and embrace visits to such iconic locations because the Taj Mahal in India and Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
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The supply is out there to clients who e book one of many sailings between now and Jan. 8. One of many caveats is that every of the excursions has restricted capability and may solely be booked topic to availability.
The free add-on land excursions embrace:
- A 3-night “India’s Crown Jewel” tour that visits Delhi in addition to the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah in Agra, India. It is accessible free of charge as a pre- or post-cruise add-on to an 18-night voyage from Cape City, South Africa, to Mumbai, India, beginning on Jan. 18, 2023, and a 14-night voyage from Mumbai to Bangkok, Thailand, beginning on Feb. 5, 2023. The sailings are on Oceania’s 684-passenger Nautica.
- A 3-night tour to the temple complexes of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom in Cambodia. It is accessible as a free pre- or post-cruise add-on to a 14-night voyage from Mumbai to Bangkok beginning on Feb. 5, 2023, and on a 10-night voyage from Bangkok to Singapore beginning on Feb. 19, 2023. The sailings are additionally on Nautica.
- A 3-night “Glimpse of Arabia” tour that visits a number of websites within the United Arab Emirates together with the waterfront Museum of Islamic Civilization in Sharjah, the Grand Mosque and the Louvre Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi. It is accessible as a free post-cruise add-on to a 21-night voyage from Cape City to Dubai scheduled for April 5, 2023. The crusing is on Oceania’s 684-passenger Insignia.
Further free excursions embrace a one-night journey to the Nazca Strains in Peru or a three-night journey to the wine nation close to Santiago, Chile, that may be added to a 24-day crusing from San Francisco to Santiago.
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There’s additionally a free three-night “Winelands & Wildlife” tour to the wine nation close to Cape City that’s accessible with 4 completely different sailings that start or finish within the South African metropolis.
Free add-on excursions that showcase Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney and San Francisco additionally can be found with numerous 2023 cruises that start or finish within the cities.
The free add-on promotion comes as cruise traces search for methods to spice up bookings with out dropping their base fares.
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Many cruise traces have struggled to get occupancies on ships again to regular ranges since they restarted operations in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. In lieu of discounting fares, many traces have been providing “value-add” freebies to clients together with free shore excursions, drinks packages, Wi-Fi packages and gratuities.
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