Windermere Lake Cruises is continuing to warmly welcome group travel and coach parties on all services. It has attractive incentives for all pre-booked groups and coach drivers at the Boatman’s Café in Bowness. For passengers, these include 10 per cent discount vouchers to use in the café and gift shop, along with new menus, table service and toilet facilities. For drivers and group guides, the attraction offers free parking, group rates, a voucher for refreshments and the opportunity to purchase local gifts at a reduced rate and to re-sell to passengers at the full rate.
In-line with government advice, new procedures are in-place at Windermere Lake Cruises which means all coaches must be pre-booked, with coach parking available exclusively to parties who have booked a cruise. Covid-secure measures also mean all passengers must be pre-booked onto their preferred sailing due to onboard seat allocation plans to ensure social-distancing is adhered-to for those not part of the same household or support bubble.
“Our goal is simply to make sure that all our passengers can enjoy a cruise on Lake Windermere during the Covid-19 pandemic, whilst following government guidelines for the safety of our visitors and staff,” says Windermere Lake Cruises’ sales & marketing director Jennifer Cormack. “We have made changes to our timetables and seating allocations on board to enable us to control the number of passengers onboard. We have new cleaning procedures in place, hand sanitisation stations both on board and prior to boarding, and we politely remind all operators and passengers to ensure face coverings are worn on board.”
Windermere Lake Cruises is also continuing to work in close collaboration with many local attractions and businesses including sister-attraction the Lakeland Motor Museum to offer packages such as the ‘Transport Trio’, which includes entry to the Lakeland Motor Museum, sailing with Windermere Lake Cruises and a journey on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.
Among Windermere Lake Cruises’ regular tour operators to book the Transport Trio package is CTA member Crusader Holidays, whose product manager Gillian Kretzschmar says: “In the spirit of optimism and positivity, Crusader Holidays is delighted to be working with Windermere Lake Cruises as the wheels of travel very slowly begin to turn again. Crusader Holidays and Windermere Lake Cruises set the bar high for ensuring Covid-19 safety measures and procedures keep our mutual customers safe and secure whilst delivering memorable holiday experiences.
“Windermere Lake Cruises recognises that coach holiday passengers are made up of socially distanced couples and individuals and we hope that many other attractions will consider ‘groups’ in the same way until such times as we all get back to normal.”
Further details and full information on our Covid secure operating procedures can be found here and for further questions please do not hesitate to contact Windermere Lake Cruises’ friendly team on 015394 43360.
