Cruises are becoming more flexible.

P&O CRUISES 2010 Worldwide Adventures brochure has been released this week with cruise only and holiday package add-on options giving passengers more flexibility and empowerment when booking their cruise holiday.

Pricebreaker early booking discounts of up to 45 per cent are available, along with on board credit of up to pounds 125 per person for bookings made before the end of February 2009.

With two ships, Arcadia and Aurora, sailing round trip from Southampton the 2010 programme will visit 73 destinations in 33 countries and offer a total of 38 holidays ranging from 14 to 53 night cruises.

P&O Cruises managing director, Nigel Esdale, said "As well as having an enticing choice of far-flung destinations for passengers to explore, this brochure also gives today's savvy traveller more flexibility by offering cruise only and holiday package options."

The prices for all featured holidays will be cruise only, and 'build your own' holiday package add-on prices will be available for flights, coach transfers and any hotel accommodation.

Operating as sectors of Arcadia and Aurora's world voyages, passengers can embark, and disembark, in a number of cities and holidays can be enhanced with a pre or post city stay when starting or ending in Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Cape Town, Dubai, Mumbai, San Francisco or