No Fly Cruise News & Features

Hurtigruten add taster and Iceland no-fly cruises to 2022 programme
Norwegian expedition cruise line, Hurtigruten, has today announced additional no-fly cruises to sail in 2022. The two voyages, departing from Portsmouth and Liverpool will make a total of thirty no-fly cruises from the expedition line in 2022. A significant...

Princess Cruises to offer series of short, no-fly coastal cruises this summer
Princess Cruises has become the cruise latest line to revise their 2021 Summer season to focus on a series of shorter, no-fly cruises from the UK. Regal Princess and Sky Princess will offer short breaks and week-long no-fly sailings from Southampton. The...

P&O Cruises to offer “the ultimate escape” no-fly cruise-staycation this summer
P&O Cruises has announced that it will now offer a series of short break and week-long no-fly cruises this summer, being promoted as “the ultimate escape” staycation. The cruises will go on sale later this month. The major UK-based cruise line has taken...

Tradewind Voyages announce 8 brand-new no-fly cruises in 2021
Suffolk based, start-up cruise line, Tradewind Voyages has announced 8, brand-new, no-fly cruises that will all depart from UK ports in July and August this year. All operated on their sole ship, the new-build Golden Horizon. The original cruises, including the...
No-Fly Cruise Infographic for 2022 Sailings
At NoFlyCruises HQ, the team are rather partial to a cruise infographic or two. And although we don't see as many cruise infographics as we would like, they are still a great way to get information across, and ensure more people get to see it. With that in...

River cruise and escorted-tour specialist Riviera Travel enters UK No-Fly Cruises market in 2021
NoFlyCruises has learned that popular, Burton based river cruise and tour specialist, Riviera Travel, has announced a number of no-fly cruises to operate this summer around the British Isles & Ireland. This is the first time Riviera Travel has offered...

P&O Cruises names new ship Arvia as a “fitting celebration of the seashore”
P&O Cruises second LNG-powered Excel class ship, which will join the fleet in December 2022, is to be named Arvia. The new ship promises to be an innovative and future-focused ship and will offer an outstanding, varied and contemporary holiday according to...

The No Fly Cruises Vlogcast: 5 Best No-Fly Destinations From The UK
NoFlyCruises is delighted to welcome back renowned cruise vlogger and YouTuber, Gary Bembridge, for his second Vlogcast. Gary will be exploring the variety of options, benefits and experiences that no fly cruising can offer from UK ports, and his credentials...

Experience a real ‘Taste of Southern France’ on Scenic’s NEW no-fly river cruise
No fly cruising doesn't just include ocean sailings, oh, no! It also includes some amazing river cruises and at No Fly Cruises we quite like this newly released itinerary from Scenic, which is aptly titled 'Tastes of Southern France'. It's a five-star adventure...

The No Fly Cruises Vlogcast: 5 Reasons to choose a No Fly Cruise
NoFlyCruises is delighted to welcome renowned cruise vlogger and YouTuber, Gary Bembridge, as a regular Vlogcaster to our website. Gary will be exploring the variety of options, benefits and experiences that no fly cruising can offer from UK ports, and his...

Fred’s new 2022 no fly cruises from Southampton, Liverpool, Newcastle and Edinburgh
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched a series of brand new no-fly cruises for 2022, available to book from Friday, 29th January 2021. The seven sailings will feature the entire Fred. Olsen fleet – Bolette, Borealis, Balmoral and Braemar – with options to join...

Hurtigruten’s UK boss cites increased demand for No Fly Cruises
Norwegian expedition line, Hurtigruten, has today announced nine new no-fly cruises that will depart from Dover in 2022/23. These new voyages range from 11 to 22-day sailings onboard the newly refurbished MS Maud. Destinations will include popular no-fly ports...

Azamara has a new owner and a new ship, will they be adding no-fly cruises too?
It has been a busy week of news for Azamara and the NoFlyCruises team is struggling to keep up! First, we learned of a new owner - the private equity company Sycamore Partners - and we now understand that the luxury, small-ship line has also acquired a new...

MSC Cruises announce a ‘magnificent’ Summer Season of No Fly Cruises in 2022
MSC Cruises has announced its third full No Fly Cruise season in Summer 2022. Homeporting in Southampton with a brand new terminal with next generation facilities following a recently announced partnership with ABP Southampton. This in addition to the return of...

Fancy a no fly circumnavigation of South America? We do!
A cruise dropped into the NoFlyCruises inbox today that caught our eye and as much as we'd like to keep it a secret, we decided it was only fair to share it. When it is safe to resume, we know through various surveys and online focus groups that people want to...

No Fly Cruises Arrive in Hollywood!
Whilst this sounds like a far-fetched headline, it’s actually completely true! We are used to watching the world’s most gorgeous ships grace the small screen thanks to Jane Macdonald most recently. Glancing back further in time we have had numerous movies...

No Fly Cruise Spotlight: ‘Revisiting Prussia’
The team at NoFlyCruises always get excited when new no fly cruises are released. Especially when they have interesting themes or itineraries. So, when we received news of a brand-new Fred. Olsen Cruises no fly cruise named ‘Revisiting Prussia’, well, we were...

Fancy a ‘private’ no fly cruise in the Scottish Highlands?
The team at NoFlyCruises does! After reading about a lovely new product currently waiting to sail on the Caledonian Canal, in the Scottish Highlands. Welcome to Highland Lassie, a product concept in creation for seven years that opened her doors to guests in...

No fly cruise operator SAGA moves closer to sailing with new COVID safety accreditation
SAGA has this morning announced that it has become the first cruise operator to be awarded the new Shield+ Covid-19 safety accreditation by Lloyd’s Register. Lloyd's Register, the maritime safety experts, awarded SAGA with their highest category of health...

Cultural cruise brand Voyages to Antiquity launches partner no fly cruises with Tripsmiths
The news around no fly cruises just keeps on coming as we learn that the cultural cruise line, Voyages to Antiquity, that chartered its only ship in 2019 has now joined forces with Tripsmiths to continue to offer its past and prospective guests a cruising...

New Southampton cruise terminal will allow next-gen ships to ‘plug in’ while alongside
Associated British Ports is to open a new next-generation-ready, open access cruise terminal for the imminent 2021 season in popular no fly cruises port, Southampton, the NoFlyCruises team has learned. This will be the fifth dedicated cruise terminal at...

Fred. Olsen presents exciting new no fly cruises to Canada & Spitsbergen for 2022
UK based NoFlyCruises specialist Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced several new itineraries for its 2022 voyage programme. The two brand new cruises, which are now available to book are: ‘Canada in the Fall’ and ‘Rugged and Remote Spitsbergen’, with early...

Princess Cruises announces exciting no fly cruise firsts for 2022
As positive news grows for a return to no fly cruising from UK ports, one of the best-known names, Princess Cruises, has announced that 2022 will see its longest ever UK season. The newly announced season will include cruises on Sky Princess, which joined the...

World’s first gin distillery at sea to debut aboard P&O Cruises new ship IONA
P&O Cruises has today announced that its brand-new ship IONA will be home to the world's first gin distillery at sea and quite frankly, the entire team at NoFlyCruises thinks this is an amazing idea! Gin has grown massively in popularity over the years and there...

Are No Fly Cruises set to restart soon?
NoFlyCruises understands that cruising from UK ports could restart within just months further to more focus by the governments ‘Global Travel Taskforce’. The FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) effectively banned cruising from UK ports and...

Windstar Cruises offering iconic Tower Bridge No Fly Cruise in 2021
The team at NoFlyCruises always gets excited when we see a roundtrip cruise from Tower Bridge. You only need to read our port guide to see just how special this port is. From the experience of tendering across the River Thames, from Millennium Pier next to the...

Windstar Cruises
With less than 350 guests per sailing, Windstar Cruises offers the ultimate intimate cruising experience aboard your choice of yacht or sailing ship. Their service is personalised, their itineraries are expertly crafted and each port is so much more than just a...

No Fly Cruises Investigates | Lundy Island
One of our subscribers sent us a question last week about an island in the Bristol Channel that they had once visited called Lundy. The question was whether it was a potential cruise destination, owing to it's stunning wildlife and positioning on the classical...

Fred. Olsen Introduces No Risk Deposits
Image courtesy of Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has introduced 'No Risk Deposits' which represent and update to their impressive 'Plain Sailing Guarantee' - very good news for no fly cruise fans. The new initiative goes further than many...

Oceania Cruises announces 4 enticing no fly cruises in their new 2022 preview
A firm NoFlyCruises favourite, luxury cruise line Oceania Cruises has released its 2022 Europe voyage preview and we are excited to see a number of enticing no fly cruises on offer. The collection, which goes on sale next week, comprises of 4 no fly cruises...