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The Cruise People's Gay Scruton, Miri Lopusna and Kevin Griffin will help get you away to sea.
Company Background
The Cruise People Ltd opened in London in 1992. The company prides itself on its repeat clientele, which it considers a compliment to its way of doing business, stressing product, quality, service and value. We are active members of the Leading Cruise Agents of the UK (LCA), the Association of Cruise Experts (ACE), the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. For further background, see the following article from Issue 25 of "Cruise Trade News": -
"In The Spotlight": A Backgrounder on The Cruise People Ltd (Summer 2010)
Product We specialise in niche product that includes ultra-luxury cruising in the world's top-rated ships, expedition voyages to polar regions and out of the way islands, coasts and rivers, freighter travel around the world, to and from Australia, New Zealand and southern climes, small ship cruises in Alaska, the South Pacific and Japan, and anything that is unusual and interesting.
Quality Why does The Cruise People Ltd pride itself on its repeat business? Instead of telling you about about our quality, we ask you to consider why people might return to us so often. We offer individual service and help clients choose ships and holidays that suit them. We will always endeavour get you the best price and the best amenities. It is important to us that our clients return happy or, as we know, they will not come back.
Service Our service is personal. We don't just take bookings, we undertake to do your research for you, narrow down the possibilities and present the alternatives. We take the time to discuss your requirements at length. Thirty-five years in the business have introduced us to connections that the typical travel agent does not have and we do not depend on flights and holiday trade - our only business is sea travel.
Value Rather than discounting from a brochure price, we know where the best promotional fares and special offers are - and will let you know. We will make suggestions on how to save money on your holiday at sea and do the work for you. We also offer alternatives not offered by many other agents, such as freighter voyages and positioning cruises, which can be half the cost of similar-length cruise voyages.
Clients In eighteen years in London, we have served clients from not only the UK, from Falmouth and Jersey to Inverness and Isle of Skye, but also from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Far East, as well as from Australasia and the Americas. Fully 45% of our business is repeat and about 40% comes from outside the UK.
As we serve an international market we accept payments in Sterling, Euros or US Dollars.
London Office
The Cruise People's London office at 88 York Street is located in a Georgian terrace that was completed in 1790.
(Nearest Underground Stations are Baker Street, Marylebone and Edgware Road).
Our consultants inspect ships on an ongoing basis to keep abreast of latest developments. In the past several months, we have sailed in or visited many different ships, from ultra-luxury cruise ships to cargo ships and expedition vessels.
"Thank you thank you ... we are off ... you did it for us ... Brilliant!"
- Mrs Victoria M, one of a family of four who sailed from the US back to the UK during the Volcanic Ash Shutdown, April 19, 2010.
"There are only a few agents who specialise in this field and the one I chose is based in London, Cruise People of 88 York Street W1. http://www.cruisepeople.co.uk/. I asked them to see if they could offer a three sector round the world voyage eastabout using different ships on each sector and suggested CMA CGM, UK to New Zealand, a month's break in the Antipodes, Bank Line to Singapore and Rickmers Pearl String Singapore to Europe. This is tricky as the sheer flexibility of the schedules meant that if one sector was significantly delayed you could miss the sailing in the subsequent sector. However, the agent specialising in booking such trips, came up with the CMA CGM Matisse followed by the Gazellebank and then Rickmers New Orleans."
- from "Round the World Eastabout: A Journey on Freighters" by Stuart McKenzie (Stuart McKenzie, 2009).
"When Jim informed us he was being posted to Thailand to extend yet another refinery and our daughter Flora, along with another student, had won a competition to design the Scottish team costumes for the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, we were given a wonderful opportunity to consider a round-the-world trip. Fifteen firms were contacted with this complicated agenda and Kevin Griffin of The Cruise People in London was able to provide transport on six containerships, which would meet most of our sea travel requirements."
- from "The Travels of a Shepherd Boy" by Ogilvie Dickson (Ogilivie Dickson, 2007).
"I found a cruise agency in London which specialised in booking passage on cargo freighters. A lovely Swedish woman called Mona was put in charge of my case. Mona was tall, glamorously blonde and extremely friendly. None of this had stopped her working as a cook on a Swedish freighter for three years. If anyone knew how to get places on a freighter, it was Mona."
- from "Supercargo: A Journey Among Ports" by Thornton McCamish (Lonely Planet, 2002).
Associated company: The Griffin Maritime Co. Ltd
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