Princess goes back to the future

Wednesday, 12 Feb, 2010 0

SAN FRANCISCO – Steering a course popular in the past, Princess Cruises in the United States is giving passengers a chance to invite friends and family aboard on embarkation day to wish them “bon voyage.”

The California-based cruise line said the experience gives guests a “taste” of cruising.

“Unique in the cruise industry, the Bon Voyage Experience enables passengers to extend an invitation to their guests to join them onboard…for a four-course dining room lunch with wine, a ship tour and even a souvenir photo,” the cruise line says in a press release.

Because of increasingly tighter security procedures, the practice of inviting guests on board disappeared more than two decades ago, says Princess.

The programme’s cost is US$39 per person. It will debut in March in the ports of Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale, then on to New York, San Francisco and Seattle.

By David Wilkening



 

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