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How your weekly Tesco shop can pay for your cruises

Did you know shopping in Tesco can help pay towards your cruises? In this post, we’ll let you know how you can pay for your cruise using your Tesco Clubcard points, which are worth THREE (please note, in June 2023 this with be changing and they will be worth less) times the face value of the vouchers you receive in the post.

 

Collecting Tesco Clubcard Points

The Tesco Clubcard is a store card that provides you with points for spending money at Tesco or any of its Partners. You can collect 1 point for every £1 you spend in Tesco stores and Tesco online. Paying for fuel, you will get 1 point for every £2 you spend. You can also earn extra points if you are a Tesco Bank or Tesco Mobile customer.

How to convert the points to Cruises

When you receive your Tesco Clubcard vouchers, it may be tempting to spend the face value in-store on some nice treat, but if you head online you can ‘boost’ your vouchers so that they are worth three times the value for a range of partners, including cruise lines!

To boost your vouchers, you will need to sign in online at https://secure.tesco.com/clubcard/boost/

The process is quite simple:

  • Sign in to the Tesco Clubcard website (https://secure.tesco.com/clubcard/boost/)
  • Select the value of Clubcard vouchers you want to exchange and check out
  • You will then receive an email from Tesco within an hour that will contain your voucher
  • Contact the cruise line directly to make a booking

Currently, Tesco allows you to boost your vouchers for three cruise line, you need to look closely as only certain fairs and cruise types are supported. Don’t worry, this post should help make it crystal clear.

Using Clubcard vouchers to book a Cunard Cruise

We love a Cunard cruise, and its great that you can triple your Clubcard points in exchange for a little luxury. For every £10 worth of Clubcard vouchers, you will get £30 to spend with Cunard.

  • The cruise must be a minimum of 6 nights.
  • You must book directly with Cunard at least 90 days before you travel.
  • Vouchers can’t be used with any other offer.
  • You must make a new booking and select the ‘Cunard’ fare. The vouchers can’t be used on Early Saver or Saver Fares.
  • The maximum amount of Clubcard vouchers that you can turn into Clubcard vouchers is £270, which will give you £810 towards your cruise.
  • The vouchers must be used at time of booking and can’t be added on at a later date  

Using Clubcard vouchers to book a P&O Cruise

If you follow us, you will know we love a P&O cruise and in fact, we’ve previously used Tesco Clubcard points to pay for a P&O cruise. Its great, as every £5 in Tesco Clubcard vouchers converts into £15 to spend with P&O.  

Here are a few things to be aware of:

  • The cruise must be a minimum of 6 nights.
  • You must book directly with P&O at least 90 days before you travel.
  • Vouchers can’t be used with any other offer.
  • You must make a new booking and select the ‘Select’ fare. The vouchers can’t be used on Early Saver or Saver Fares.
  • The maximum amount of Clubcard vouchers that you can turn into Clubcard vouchers is £270, which will give you £810 towards your cruise.
  • The vouchers must be used at time of booking and can’t be added on at a later date  

Using Clubcard vouchers to book a Royal Caribbean Cruise

Using your Tesco Clubcard vouchers to book a Royal Caribbean cruise is great as you can convert £0.50 of Clubcard vouchers into £1.50 to spend on your Royal Caribbean cruise.

Be aware of the following:

  • Minimum cruise fare of £510 per guest (excluding taxes and charges)
  • The maximum voucher redemption is £510 per guest.
  • You must book your cruise directly with RCI 56 days before departure
  • The cruise must be a minimum of 7 nights.
  • The vouchers must be used at time of booking and can’t be added on at a later date  

More info > https://www.royalcaribbean.com/gbr/en/discover-cruise-holidays/partnerships/tesco

Is it worth it though?

It does sound great doesn’t it, getting THREE times the value of your Clubcard voucher to spend on a cruise – what’s not to love about that?

You need to read the small print before converting your vouchers to make sure you are converting it for an eligible cruise. We also highly recommend checking out the prices with various agents, as sometimes they can be significantly cheaper than booking direct. Remember, these vouchers can’t be used on discounted fares.

We looked at using some Tesco Clubcard vouchers for our Royal Caribbean cruise. It would have shaved around £200 off the final bill. But by going via a travel agent, we were able to save that amount anyway, and still have the Clubcard vouchers left to spend.

Where this has worked out great for us in the past is with P&O. We’ve managed to find a very good value cruise, that even with a discount from travel agents, it still saved us a significant amount off our cruise.

So, as we always say, shop around first, but if you are one of those people that always book direct with the cruise line and always opts for the full fare, Tesco Clubcard vouchers could save you a fortune.

 

Further Reading:

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