Value Alert: Another Way To Leverage Your Labor Day Holiday, New York To London

London Sunset

Cunard has dropped prices to $1,099 for a balcony on its August 26 seven night transatlantic sailing from New York, creating another opportunity to exploit your Labor Day vacation break and spend the holiday on Monday, Sept. 2 in London. 

Agents may offer on-board credits of $100 or more or other benefits. Always ask before booking. You'll find our review of the QM2 experience here. (See our June 14 article here for an alternative way to leverage the holiday on a sailing ship from Barcelona to Lisbon.)

QM2 New York Harbor

Cunard Queen Mary 2, 3,064 passengers, built 2004, refurbished 2016. Balcony cabins now start at $1,099 per person plus $77.03 fees and $80.50 gratuities. 

QM2 Typical Balcony Cabin

Room features

• 24-hour room service
• Bathrobe and slippers
• Nightly turn-down service with pillow chocolate
• Satellite TV with multi-language film and music channels
• Refrigerator, safe, hair dryer
• Daily shipboard newspaper
• Half a bottle of Bon Voyage wine
• Direct-dial telephone
• Fruit basket (on request)
• 220V British 3-pin and 110V 2-pin sockets

Scheduled speakers for the voyage

• David Sipress - Cartoonist. A graduate of Williams College and Harvard, David Sipress’ first cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1998, and he was newyorker.com’s first Daily Cartoonist, during the 2012 Presidential election.
• Giancarlo Impiglia - Artist & Art Historian. Giancarlo Impiglia is an artist and art historian whose name is renowned in the world of art. He studied at the Art Lyceum and the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He also studied at the Italian Center of Cinematography of Rome, participating in several movies as cameraman and set designer.
• Giles Ramsay - Theatre Director & Producer. Giles Ramsay is an independent theatre director and producer who specialises in creating new work with artists in developing countries. Giles combines academic analysis with hands on experience to bring a unique insight to the world of the theatre.
• Dr Helen Doe - Maritime Historian. Helen is a historian from the University of Exeter who specialises in both naval and merchant history, from the days of sail to container ships.
• Maureen Ryan - Ex-Assistant Purser & Social Hostess, Cunard. Known to many as Queen Victoria’s Madrina and the only person to have served on Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, QE2 and Queen Mary 2, Maureen started her long career with Cunard as an assistant purser and later social hostess. Taking a break from sea life, Maureen worked as a PA in the Foreign Office in London, and British Embassies in Addis Ababa and Paris, later rejoining Cunard as a social hostess on QE2, Cunard Countess, Cunard Princess and Queen Mary 2.

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