{"id":28620,"date":"2021-07-29T12:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T11:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/?p=28620"},"modified":"2021-07-29T15:04:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T14:04:59","slug":"international-cruise-ban-lifted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport Secretary Confirms Ban On International Cruises To Be Lifted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_56_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-69d6ac7131c0e\" ><span class=\"\"><span 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/#The_UKs_Secretary_of_State_for_Transport_Grant_Shapps_has_confirmed_the_ban_on_international_cruises_which_has_been_in_place_since_March_2020_will_be_lifted\" title=\"The UK&#8217;s Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, has confirmed the ban on international cruises, which has been in place since March 2020, will be lifted.\">The UK&#8217;s Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, has confirmed the ban on international cruises, which has been in place since March 2020, will be lifted.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/#Easing_of_restrictions\" title=\"Easing of restrictions\">Easing of restrictions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/#Cruising_returns\" title=\"Cruising returns\">Cruising returns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/#_The_inside_track\" title=\"\u00a0The inside track\">\u00a0The inside track<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_UKs_Secretary_of_State_for_Transport_Grant_Shapps_has_confirmed_the_ban_on_international_cruises_which_has_been_in_place_since_March_2020_will_be_lifted\"><\/span>The UK&#8217;s Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, has confirmed the ban on international cruises, which has been in place since March 2020, will be lifted.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The cruise tourism industry breathed a heavy sigh of relief recently as Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, confirmed the nearly 18 month-long <strong>ban on international cruises would be coming to an end from August 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Cruising industry bosses welcomed the latest easing of travel restrictions with P&amp;O and Carnival UK president, Simon Palethorpe, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #212426;\">We are delighted that the work done by the cruise industry over the past 18 months has been recognised and we are now able to resume international cruising.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28626\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28626 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogimg.bluebaytravel.co.uk\/uploads\/2021\/07\/caribbean-cruise1.jpg\" alt=\"caribbean-cruise\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/caribbean-cruise1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/caribbean-cruise1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ban on international cruises will be lifted from August 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Easing_of_restrictions\"><\/span>Easing of restrictions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This latest update, which is paving the way for a return to international sailing, was announced by Shapps on Twitter. On the same day the government also confirmed <strong>double-vaccinated citizens in the EU and US would be able to visit the UK without the need to quarantine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28621\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogimg.bluebaytravel.co.uk\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shapps-twitter.jpg\" alt=\"shapps-twitter\" width=\"801\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shapps-twitter.jpg 801w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shapps-twitter-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grant Shapps announced the changes to cruise policy on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The transport secretary also confirmed, via his Twitter feed that the latest easing of travel restrictions for US and EU nationals coming into the UK was aimed at bringing families and friends back together:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" style=\"color: #0f1419;\">We&#8217;re\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" style=\"color: #0f1419;\">helping reunite people living in the US and European countries with their family and friends in the UK <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" style=\"color: #0f1419;\">From 2nd August at 4am people from these countries will be able to come to the England from an amber country without having to quarantine if they&#8217;re fully vaxxed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He added those changes apply to visitors who&#8217;ve had a complete dose of either the <strong>FDA or EMA vaccine<\/strong>. However, vaccinated travellers will still be required to follow the testing guidance for <a title=\"Quarantine-Free Travel To Amber Destinations For Vaccinated Brits\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/quarantine-free-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\">quarantine-free travel from Amber Listed countries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cruising_returns\"><\/span>Cruising returns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For many, the return of international cruising will herald the restart of holiday normality. But for industry professionals it means, a long-awaited, return to work life.<\/p>\n<p>Including, for companies like Blue Bay, who started to open out their cruise offering this year with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/caribbeanwarehouse.co.uk\/holidays\/barbados\/christ-church\/barbados-fly-cruise-stay-with-sugar-bay-barbados\" target=\"_blank\">Caribbean fly, cruise and stay<\/a> deals<\/strong> starting to appear on their promotions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28629\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28629 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogimg.bluebaytravel.co.uk\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cruise-in-water.jpg\" alt=\"cruise-in-water\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cruise-in-water.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cruise-in-water-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK cruise offerings have paved the way for change<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since March last year the FCDO has been warning passengers against cruising. However, since May,\u00a0cruise companies have been allowed to run trips confined to domestic waters. The <strong>success of those UK-wide events<\/strong> has proven to be the catalyst to international voyages returning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel<\/strong>,\u00a0said of the sector&#8217;s switch to the provision of UK tours:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #212426;\">The programme of domestic cruising in the UK this summer has been incredibly successful with the cruise lines, ports and associations working tirelessly to ensure they could provide a safe and welcoming onboard experience<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The government have confirmed cruising travel advice would be amended from the previous don&#8217;t go message to one which chooses to encourage would-be passengers to &#8220;<span style=\"color: #212426;\">understand the risks associated with cruise travel and take personal responsibility for their own safety abroad.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #212426;\">Following up on that statement, the Department for Transport also said it would be <strong>guided by the epidemiological evidence<\/strong> when it came to monitoring the ongoing situation on cruises.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28627\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28627 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogimg.bluebaytravel.co.uk\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cruise.jpg\" alt=\"cruise\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cruise.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cruise-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travel bosses are positive about the return of international cruises<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_The_inside_track\"><\/span>\u00a0The inside track<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Needless to say, word of the new allowance for international travel has boosted confidence within the industry and wider travel sector.<strong> Cruise line bosses have been quick to praise the move.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>World Travel Holdings, owner of Cruise118, managing director Alison Earnshaw<\/strong> told<a href=\"https:\/\/travelweekly.co.uk\/news\/travel-agents\/cruise-specialists-hail-lifting-of-international-ban\" target=\"_blank\"> Travel Weekly<\/a> of her delight at the latest update:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #212426;\">It\u2019s really good news. We have been waiting for this for some time. There was a lot of speculation and we\u2019d heard that it would come at the end of July. This is a massive step forward for cruise.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However,<strong> a spokesperson from Abta<\/strong> called for caution ahead of the new freedoms and again took the chance to remind the government that more support is still needed throughout the wider travel sector.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #212426;\">The industry is not out of the woods and there is more that needs to be done to support travel businesses through to recovery<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Travel association bosses have long campaigned for provisions such as an <strong>extension to the government&#8217;s furlough scheme and cheaper PCR testing<\/strong> to be made available among other requests.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s thought many cruise companies will be ready to <strong>set sail for sunnier climbs again from August to late September<\/strong> after relevant provisions have been made to restart journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK&#8217;s Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, has confirmed the ban on international cruises, which has been in place since March 2020, will be lifted. The cruise tourism industry breathed a heavy sigh of relief recently as Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, confirmed the nearly 18 month-long ban on international cruises would be coming to an end from August 2. Cruising industry bosses welcomed the latest easing of travel restrictions with P&amp;O and Carnival UK president, Simon Palethorpe, adding: We are delighted that the work done by the cruise industry over the past 18 months has been recognised and we are now able to resume international cruising.\u00a0 Easing of restrictions This latest update, which is paving the way for a return to international sailing, was announced by Shapps on Twitter. On the same day the government also confirmed double-vaccinated citizens in the EU and US would be able to visit the UK without the need to quarantine. The transport secretary also confirmed, via his Twitter feed that the latest easing of travel restrictions for US and EU nationals coming into the UK was aimed at bringing families and friends back together: We&#8217;re\u00a0helping reunite people living in the US and European countries with their family and friends in the UK From 2nd August at 4am people from these countries will be able to come to the England from an amber country without having to quarantine if they&#8217;re fully vaxxed.\u00a0 He added those changes apply to visitors who&#8217;ve had a complete dose of either the FDA or EMA vaccine. However, vaccinated travellers will still be required to follow the testing guidance for quarantine-free travel from Amber Listed countries. Cruising returns For many, the return of international cruising will herald the restart of holiday normality. But for industry professionals it means, a long-awaited, return to work life. Including, for companies like Blue Bay, who started to open out their cruise offering this year with Caribbean fly, cruise and stay deals starting to appear on their promotions. Since March last year the FCDO has been warning passengers against cruising. However, since May,\u00a0cruise companies have been allowed to run trips confined to domestic waters. The success of those UK-wide events has proven to be the catalyst to international voyages returning. Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel,\u00a0said of the sector&#8217;s switch to the provision of UK tours: The programme of domestic cruising in the UK this summer has been incredibly successful with the cruise lines, ports and associations working tirelessly to ensure they could provide a safe and welcoming onboard experience The government have confirmed cruising travel advice would be amended from the previous don&#8217;t go message to one which chooses to encourage would-be passengers to &#8220;understand the risks associated with cruise travel and take personal responsibility for their own safety abroad.&#8221; Following up on that statement, the Department for Transport also said it would be guided by the epidemiological evidence when it came to monitoring the ongoing situation on cruises. &nbsp; \u00a0The inside track Needless to say, word of the new allowance for international travel has boosted confidence within the industry and wider travel sector. Cruise line bosses have been quick to praise the move. World Travel Holdings, owner of Cruise118, managing director Alison Earnshaw told Travel Weekly of her delight at the latest update: It\u2019s really good news. We have been waiting for this for some time. There was a lot of speculation and we\u2019d heard that it would come at the end of July. This is a massive step forward for cruise. However, a spokesperson from Abta called for caution ahead of the new freedoms and again took the chance to remind the government that more support is still needed throughout the wider travel sector. The industry is not out of the woods and there is more that needs to be done to support travel businesses through to recovery Travel association bosses have long campaigned for provisions such as an extension to the government&#8217;s furlough scheme and cheaper PCR testing to be made available among other requests. It&#8217;s thought many cruise companies will be ready to set sail for sunnier climbs again from August to late September after relevant provisions have been made to restart journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":28628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[579],"tags":[1075,696,1740,1741,267,1771,1770],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Transport Secretary Confirms Ban On International Cruises To Be Lifted - Blue Bay Travel Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grant Shapps has confirmed in his latest easing of government restrictions the ban on international cruises will be scrapped.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transport Secretary Confirms Ban On International Cruises To Be Lifted - Blue Bay Travel Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grant Shapps has confirmed in his latest easing of government restrictions the ban on international cruises will be scrapped.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blue Bay Travel Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-29T11:34:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-29T14:04:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cruise-ships-bahamas.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Spruce\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Spruce\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Spruce\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/5623a54573f3392d93928abffaa1cdb3\"},\"headline\":\"Transport Secretary Confirms Ban On International Cruises To Be Lifted\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-29T11:34:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-29T14:04:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/international-cruise-ban-lifted\/\"},\"wordCount\":784,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebaytravel.co.uk\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"barbados cruise &amp; 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